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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Robert A. Heinlein (novel)
Ted Elliott (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
21 October 1994 (USA) more
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Plot:
The Earth is invaded by alien "slugs" that ride on people's backs and control their minds. full summary | add synopsis
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1 nomination more
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Fantasia Cr: Meatball Machine
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Maybe it's NOT for purists more (49 total)
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Donald Sutherland ... Andrew Nivens

Eric Thal ... Sam Nivens

Julie Warner ... Mary Sefton

Keith David ... Alex Holland
Will Patton ... Dr. Graves

Richard Belzer ... Jarvis
Tom Mason ... President Douglas
Yaphet Kotto ... Ressler
Gerry Bamman ... Viscott
Sam Anderson ... Culbertson

J. Patrick McCormack ... Gidding

Marshall Bell ... General Morgan
Nicholas Cascone ... Greenberg
Bruce Jarchow ... Barnes

Benjamin Mouton ... Higgins
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Robert A. Heinlein's The Puppet Masters (USA) (complete title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, sci-fi gore and brief language.
Runtime:
109 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Trivia:
At the start of the film when the boys are trying to convince Mary to go inside the fake spaceship, Andrew Nivens says, "She balked at Pirates of the Caribbean." Both Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio, two of the films credited screenwriters, went on to write all three of the, "Pirates of the Caribbean," movies. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Sam is being interviewed in the hospital by his father, one shot shows another patient in the bed behind his father, but at the end of the scene a wide shot from above shows the bed is empty. more
Quotes:
Niven: It's the kid from the spaceship. Get him off the car. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Faculty (1998) more

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17 out of 22 people found the following comment useful.
Maybe it's NOT for purists, 9 September 2001
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Author: Steven J. Juon (OHHLA) from Omaha, NE

However, being that Heinlein was one of the few sci-fi authors I +didn't+ read (I'm more of an Asimov and Bradbury fan myself) as a kid growing up, and I haven't seen the original film, I didn't have any problems with this movie when it came out in theaters. In fact, I found the premise genuinely creepy, the effects highly believable, and the presence of Donald Sutherland to be a masterful touch. It may not go down in the all-time pantheon of "greatest sci-horror films" ever, but if it was playing on HBO I wouldn't change the channel. Sometimes I think people get too caught up in whether a story is true to the original, and forget that it's JUST a movie and they should try to enjoy it on that basis.

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