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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Graham Baker
Writer (WGA):
Rockne S. O'Bannon (written by)
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Release Date:
7 October 1988 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Sci-Fi | Thriller more
Tagline:
Prepare Yourself. more
Plot:
A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
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(25 articles)
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User Comments:
Not too bad more (38 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Caan ... Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes

Mandy Patinkin ... Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco

Terence Stamp ... William Harcourt

Kevyn Major Howard ... Rudyard Kipling
Leslie Bevis ... Cassandra

Peter Jason ... Fedorchuk

Conrad Dunn ... Quint (as George Jenesky)

Jeff Kober ... Joshua Strader
Roger Aaron Brown ... Det. Bill Tuggle
Tony Simotes ... Wiltey
Michael David Simms ... Human Dealer
Ed Krieger ... Alien Dealer

Tony Perez ... Alterez

Brian Thompson ... Trent Porter

Francis X. McCarthy ... Capt. Warner (as Frank McCarthy)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Future Tense (USA) (working title)
Outer Heat (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
When George is comforting the old woman a poster of former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard can be seen hanging next to the Pepsi cooler. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When George is hanging outside the helicopter, above the water surface, he should be screaming in pain since the rotor-blades would whip up a pretty dense cloud of seawater, thus he would be injured since his race is extremely sensitive against seawater, as pointed out by Joshua Strader, and William Harcourt in the end scene, their bodies react to it as we would to sulfuric acid, as referenced in the movie. more
Quotes:
Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes: [Sykes has just cornered Harcourt] Hands Up!
[Harcourt raises his hands, producing a tube of ja-bru-kha]
Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes: You make one move and you're history.
William Harcourt: Not history... ETERNITY!
[consumes the ja-bru-kha]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Gynaikes dilitirio (1993) more
Soundtrack:
SYMPATHY FOR THE DEVIL more

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8 out of 11 people found the following comment useful.
Not too bad, 6 February 2000
7/10
Author: obiwan-27 (lckrause@gmail.com) from New England

Curiously enough, this movie is far inferior to the excellent television series it inspired, something you don't see very often. However, ALIEN NATION the film is enjoyable in its own right if you are not opposed to buddy cop movies. That's basically what this is, a buddy cop movie with some scifi stuff thrown in. The acting by Caan and Patinkin (a great actor) is good stuff, and probably saves the film from being below average. That, along with the original storyline and fairly well-crafted Newcomer/human society, holds the film up well enough in order for me to give it a 7. Not as good as the TV show, but not too bad either.

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