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Overview
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Writers:
Melody Brooke (host writer)
Jim McCullough Jr. (writer)
Release Date:
29 December 1986 (West Germany) more
Tagline:
At the end of a century when man still dreamed of flying, the people of Aurora, Texas, had an encounter that was out of this world.
Plot:
A tiny alien lands in the small town Aurora in Texas in the times of the Wild West. He flies around in his spaceship and checks out everything... more | add synopsis
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It is pretty cheesy. more (13 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Jack Elam | ... | Charlie |
 | Peter Brown | ... | Sheriff |
 | Carol Bagdasarian | ... | Alain (as Carol Bagdarsarian) |
| Dottie West | ... | Irene |
| Will Mitchell | ... | Ranger |
| Charles B. Pierce | ... | Preacher |
| Mickey Hays | ... | Aurora Spaceman |
| George 'Spanky' McFarland | ... | Governor (as Spanky McFarland) |
| Mindy Smith | ... | Sue Beth Mikeska |
| Carly McCullough | ... | Ginger |
| Tracy Kuehnert | ... | Becky |
| Paula Barrett | ... | Secretary |
| Foster Litton | ... | Bartender |
| Kaye Winters | ... | Mrs. Mikeska |
| Lois Lane | ... | 1st Woman |
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90 min | West Germany:86 min (video)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #27861) | UK:U | USA:PG | West Germany:12
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Mickey Hays was a child who suffered from progeria, a disease that made him age rapidly. He got the part in this movie through the work of the Make A Wish Foundation, which grants the wishes of children with terminal diseases. Mickey's wish was that he could star in a real Hollywood movie, so the MAWF arranged for him to have the part of the little alien in this feature. more
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Featured in I Am Not a Freak (1987) (TV) more
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I live one town over from Aurora, TX. I read about his movie recently in the local newspaper. It is based on a "true story." Local legend holds that the ship did crash, and the alien was buried near Aurora.
It is pretty bad. Jack Elam some how pulls off the really bad dialog, and it is interesting to see an adult Spanky.