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Alien Nation (1988) 6.1
A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of ... See full summary » Director:Graham BakerWriter:Rockne S. O'Bannon |
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| Terence Stamp | ... |
William Harcourt
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Leslie Bevis | ... |
Cassandra
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Fedorchuk
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Quint
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Joshua Strader
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Det. Bill Tuggle
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Tony Simotes | ... |
Wiltey
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Alien Dealer
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Alterez
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Trent Porter
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Capt. Warner
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A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine but are victims of a new type of discrimination. When the first Newcomer police officer, Sam Francisco is assigned his new partner, he is given Matthew Sykes , a mildly racist veteran, the animosity between them soon gives way to respect as they investigate the Newcomer underworld, and especially Newcomer leader William Harcourt. Written by Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>
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Los Angeles, 1991. They have come to Earth to live among us. They've learned the language, taken jobs, and tried to fit in. But there's something about them we don't know. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 October 1988 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Future Tense See more »Box Office
Budget:
$16,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
$25,216,243 (USA)Company Credits
Production Co:
American Entertainment Partners II L.P., Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation See more »
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2.35 : 1
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Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco: And that fits?
Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes: Well... Yeah, it's rubber. It stretches.
Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco: And still it fits?
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Written by William Robinson
Performed by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.
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Trivia
After Harcourt's transformation, he is no longer played by Terence Stamp, who refused to wear the more elaborate make-up. See more »Goofs
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. See more »Quotes
[Commenting on a "human" condom]Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco: And that fits?
Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes: Well... Yeah, it's rubber. It stretches.
Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco: And still it fits?
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Connections
Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Shutter Island/The Ghost Writer/Happy Tears (2010) See more »Soundtracks
"YOU'VE REALLY GOT A HOLD ON ME"Written by William Robinson
Performed by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Courtesy of Motown Record Company, L.P.
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This is a great movie, and has and great series to go with it. Also the Social backdrop is cleverly handled and not to blatant, Concentrating mainly on the stupidity of bigotry and showing it to be a product of fear, its fun with plenty of action some of which is quite realistic, without being gruesome. The movie also contains a little humour, some quiet subtle, and is well paced. The only downside is you will want to know what happened next.
it also works as a drama due to the nicely scripted family scenes, which are not to sugary. Obligatory bad guys, with wonderfully bad guy plans, and cop to cop jibes, which are not lame.
So if you like Sci-fi, drama and cop movies you will love this, the makeup is decent, and the 80's fashion is not overdone, so does not date the movie.
Also it has some real stars in it, see the IMDb site for the cast list.