Amanda & the Alien (TV 1995)

A young Bohemian artist falls in love with a human-eating alien.

Director:

Jon Kroll

Writers:

Robert Silverberg (short story), Jon Kroll (screenplay)

Stars:

John Diehl, Michael Dorn, Stacy Keach

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
John Diehl	...	Colonel Rosencrans
Michael Dorn	...	Lieutenant Vint
Stacy Keach	...	Emmitt Mallory
David Millbern	...	Lieutenant LeBeau
Dan O'Connor	...	Nick
Raymond D. Turner	...	Mac
Alex Meneses	...	Connie Flores
J. Marvin Campbell	...	Guard
Nicole Eggert	...	Amanda Patterson
Marcia Moran	...	Shoper (as Marcia Shapiro)
Carol-Ann Plante	...	Jessica (as Carol-Ann Planté)
René Ashton	...	Shanda (as René Weisser)
Michael Bendetti	...	Charlie Nobles
Edwina Moore	...	News Anchor
Brett Golov	...	Slacker

Storyline

Amanda, an employee at an upscale clothing store, is leading a relatively lonely and unremarkable life. All this changes when an alien that's been held a secret military installation excapes by taking over the body of one of the base employees. Amanda finds the fugitive alien and decides to help it hide from the government agents chasing it, a seemingly easy task, as the alien must change host bodies every few days. Will she be able to help her new companion make a clean getaway?

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Plot Keywords:

alien | artist | female nudity | nudity | character name in title

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality and language

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

20 August 1995 (USA)

Also Known As:

Alien Love

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

IRS Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

Amanda: I always thought that when I fell in love, it would be with a musician or an artist or someone really politically active, not an alien that lives on human flesh.

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Connections

References Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

User Reviews

Very Strange Sci-Fi Sex Comedy

ALIEN LOVE ( As this movie is known in Britain ) is a very strange movie . I don`t mean that it`s an esoteric art house movie in the style of Peter Greenaway or Derek Jarman , I mean it`s a TVM with swearing , sex , some really good T&A , a bad script and a very retro feel . You can just imagine someone like John Hughes directing this ten years earlier , though of course he would have cut out the T&A

Going back to the bad script , one of the problems is that few of the characters have any type of motivation especially Amanda . Why does she pick up Connie at the bar ? Just so she could meet an alien ? Do you see what I mean about retro ? ET , SHORT CIRCUIT and a whole lot of other movies from the mid 1980s had this type of plot with most of them being more defined and convincing than the one seen here . The storyline continues to follow an ill defined , unconvincing and illogical path

That said I did find ALIEN LOVE watchable and not only down to the T&A on display . As a a sci-fi sex comedy it`s much better than FLESH GORDON and EARTH GIRLS ARE EASY