Mars Attacks! (1996)

Director:

Tim Burton

Writers (WGA):

Len Brown (trading card series) &
Woody Gelman (trading card series) ...
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Release Date:

13 December 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Nice planet. We'll take it!

Plot:

The Earth is invaded by Martians with irresistible weapons and a cruel sense of humor.

Plot Keywords:

Martian | General | Alien | Weapon | Casino

Awards:

2 wins & 14 nominations

Cast

Jack Nicholson	...	President James Dale / Art Land
Glenn Close	...	First Lady Marsha Dale
Annette Bening	...	Barbara Land
Pierce Brosnan	...	Professor Donald Kessler
Danny DeVito	...	Rude Gambler
Martin Short	...	Press Secretary Jerry Ross
Sarah Jessica Parker	...	Nathalie Lake
Michael J. Fox	...	Jason Stone
Rod Steiger	...	General Decker
Tom Jones	...	Himself
Jim Brown	...	Byron Williams
Lukas Haas	...	Richie Norris
Natalie Portman	...	Taffy Dale
Pam Grier	...	Louise Williams
Lisa Marie	...	Martian Girl
Brian Haley	...	Mitch, Secret Service Agent
Sylvia Sidney	...	Grandma Florence Norris
Jack Black	...	Billy Glenn Norris
Ray J	...	Cedric Williams
Paul Winfield	...	General Casey
Brandon Hammond	...	Neville Williams
Jerzy Skolimowski	...	Dr. Zeigler
Janice Rivera	...	Cindy, Byron's Co-Worker
Rance Howard	...	Texan Investor
Richard Assad	...	Saudi Investor
O-Lan Jones	...	Sue Ann Norris
Christina Applegate	...	Sharona
Joe Don Baker	...	Richie's Dad
Timi Prulhiere	...	White House Tour Guide
Barbet Schroeder	...	Maurice, the French President
Chi Hoang Cai	...	Mr. Lee
Tommy Bush	...	Hillbilly
Joseph Maher	...	White House Decorator
Gloria M. Malgarini	...	Nun
Betty Bunch	...	Nun
Gloria Hoffmann	...	Nun
Willie Garson	...	Corporate Guy
John Roselius	...	GNN Boss
Michael Reilly Burke	...	GNN Reporter
Vinny Argiro	...	Mr. Brian, Casino Manager
Valerie Wildman	...	GNN Reporter
Richard Irving	...	GNN Reporter
Jonathan Emerson	...	Newscaster
Tamara 'Gingir' Curry	...	Hooker
Rebecca Broussard	...	Hooker
Steve Valentine	...	TV Director
Coco Leigh	...	Female Journalist
Don Lamoth	...	Colonel #2
Jeffrey King	...	NASA Technician
Enrique Castillo	...	Hispanic Colonel
C. Wayne Owens	...	Stranger
Joseph Patrick Moynihan	...	Stranger
Roger Peterson	...	Colonel
John Finnegan	...	Speaker of the House
Ed Lambert	...	Morose Old Guy
John Gray	...	Incredibly Old Guy
Gregg Daniel	...	Lab Technician
J. Kenneth Campbell	...	Doctor
Jeanne Mori	...	Doctor
Velletta Carlson	...	Elderly Woman Playing Slots
Kevin Mangan	...	Trailer Lover
Rebeca Silva	...	Hispanic Woman
Josh Phillip Weinstein	...	Hippie (as Josh Weinstein)
Julian Barnes	...	White House Waiter (as Juian Barnes)
Ken Thomas	...	White House Photographer
Darelle Porter Holden	...	Tom Jones Backup Singer
Christi Black	...	Tom Jones Backup Singer (as Cristi Black)
Sharon Hendrix	...	Tom Jones Backup Singer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jim Beatty	...	Reporter (uncredited)
John Bradley	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Colleen Ann Brah	...	Tom Jones Show Girl (uncredited)
Greg Bronson	...	Businessman at Newsstand (uncredited)
Maria Celeste Genitempo	...	Spectator (uncredited)
Geri Gilmore	...	Old Hippy Lady (uncredited)
Matthew James Gulbranson	...	Presidential Aide (uncredited)
Roger Jackson	...	Translator Device (voice) (uncredited)
Walter Ludwig	...	Navy-Band Member (uncredited)
Scott McKinley	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Bob Pepper	...	Attacked Citizen (uncredited)
Kelly Lynn Richards	...	Washington DC Tourist (uncredited)
David Sherrill	...	Lt. Col. Swenson (uncredited)
William Victor Skrabanek	...	Congressman (uncredited)
Alexandra Smothers	...	Cleopatra Cocktail Waitress (uncredited)
Jay So	...	Gambler (uncredited)
Edward Tubbs	...	Desert Landing Spectator (uncredited)
Carl Washington	...	White House Tourist (uncredited)

Directed by
Tim Burton

Writing credits (WGA)
Len Brown		(trading card series) &
Woody Gelman		(trading card series) &
Wally Wood		(trading card series) &
Bob Powell		(trading card series) &
Norman Saunders		(trading card series) (as Norm Saunders)
Jonathan Gems		(screen story)
Jonathan Gems		(screenplay)

Produced by
Tim Burton	....	producer
Paul Deason	....	associate producer
Larry J. Franco	....	producer (as Larry Franco)
Mark S. Miller	....	associate producer
Mary Ann Marino	....	associate producer (uncredited)
Laurie Parker	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Danny Elfman

Cinematography by
Peter Suschitzky

Film Editing by
Chris Lebenzon

Casting by
Matthew Barry
Jeanne McCarthy
Victoria Thomas

Production Design by
Wynn Thomas

Art Direction by
John Dexter
James Hegedus		(supervising art director)

Set Decoration by
Nancy Haigh

Costume Design by
Colleen Atwood

Makeup Department
Julie Hewett	....	makeup artist
Barbara Lacy	....	makeup artist
Norma Lee	....	hair stylist
Candace Neal	....	key hair stylist
Robin L. Neal	....	makeup artist (as Robin Neal)
Ve Neill	....	makeup artist: Mr. Nicholson
Valli O'Reilly	....	key makeup artist
Julie C. Steffes	....	body makeup artist (as Julie Steffes)
Joy Zapata	....	hair stylist: Mr. Nicholson
Gary Archer	....	dental prosthetics (uncredited)
Sherri Bramlett	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Barry R. Koper	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Brian Penikas	....	prosthetic makeup artist (uncredited)
Frank Rogers	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Bron Roylance	....	makeup artist: Mr. Brosnan and Mr. Fox (uncredited)

Production Management
Paul Deason	....	unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
C.C. Barnes	....	second second assistant director
Paul F. Bernard	....	second second assistant director (as Paul Bernard)
Catherine Bond	....	second second assistant director (as Cathy Bond)
Heather French	....	dga trainee
David Kelley	....	second assistant director
Thomas J. Mack	....	first assistant director (as Tom Mack)

Art Department
Richard Berger	....	set designer
Kevin Considine	....	set dresser
Jann K. Engel	....	assistant art director (as Jann Engel)
Richard Fernandez	....	assistant art director
Robert Greenfield	....	leadman
Martin Grimes	....	assistant property master (as Marty Grimes)
Michael Anthony Jackson	....	illustrator (as Michael Jackson)
Erik Knight	....	art department researcher
Gary A. Krakoff	....	construction coordinator (as Gary Krakoff)
Tony Leonardi	....	stand-by painter
Kathy Lucas	....	set decorator: Washington D.C. (as Katherine Lucas)
Kevin Mangan	....	greens
James P. Meehan	....	on-set dresser (as James Meehan)
Jerry Moss	....	property master
Maura Moss	....	assistant property master
Andrew Petrotta	....	assistant property master
Hugo Santiago	....	art director: Washington D.C.
Mark Weissenfluh	....	set dresser
Salvador Anaya	....	plaster foreman (uncredited)
Richard F. Anderson	....	set dresser (uncredited)
François Audouy	....	graphic designer (uncredited)
Paige Augustine	....	assistant set decorator (uncredited)
Adam L. Barker	....	plaster foreman (uncredited)
Michael R. Barnard	....	shop manager (uncredited)
Mariko Braswell	....	model builder (uncredited)
Timothy Burgard	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Marco A. Campos	....	general foreman (uncredited)
Andrea Cantrell	....	props (uncredited)
James Carson	....	illustrator (uncredited)
David B. Clark	....	painter (uncredited)
Christopher L. Conner	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Alan Feffer	....	construction grip (uncredited)
Susanna Glattly	....	scenic foreman: Washington DC (uncredited)
Gavin Jones	....	mouldmaker (uncredited)
Anthony Klaiman	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Scott Lafferty	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Tim R. Lafferty	....	construction foreman (uncredited)
Leslie 'Tinker' Linville	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Ted Lubonovich II	....	carpenter: Washington D.C. (uncredited)
Ron Mendell	....	set designer (uncredited)
Thomas C. Mentzer	....	construction foreman (uncredited)
Silvija L. Moess	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Douglas P. Newell	....	carpenter (uncredited)
Timothy Oakley	....	prop fabricator (uncredited)
Natalie Richards	....	assistant art director: additional photography (uncredited)
Robin Richesson	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Michael Sabo	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Charles S. Serrano	....	construction foreman (uncredited)
Stephen G. Shifflette	....	lead man: Washington D.C. (uncredited)
Angela Stauffer	....	construction staff assistant (uncredited)
Donna Leigh Tatum	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Pete von Sholly	....	storyboard artist (uncredited)
Kathleen Walker	....	construction estimator (uncredited)

Sound Department
Sandina Bailo-Lape	....	foley editor (as Sandina Bailo Lape)
Steve Boeddeker	....	assistant sound designer
Sara Bolder	....	dialogue editor
Lisa Chino	....	assistant supervising sound editor
Frank E. Eulner	....	sound effects editor (as Frank Eulner)
Andre Fenley	....	assistant sound editor
Ken Fischer	....	sound effects editor
Richard Hymns	....	supervising sound editor
Bill King	....	boom operator
Dennis Maitland	....	production sound mixer (as Dennis L. Maitland Sr.)
James J. Mase	....	cable person (as James Mase)
Shawn Murphy	....	re-recording mixer
Cheryl Nardi	....	assistant sound editor
Susan Sanford	....	assistant sound editor
Michael Silvers	....	supervising adr editor
Michael Silvers	....	supervising dialogue editor
Gary Summers	....	sound re-recording mixer
Ewa Sztompke	....	dialogue editor (as Ewa Sztompke Oatfield)
Randy Thom	....	sound designer
Randy Thom	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donna Barrett	....	cable person (uncredited)
Fred Clemons	....	machine room operator (uncredited)
Donavan Dear	....	boom operator (uncredited)
Cody Dorkin	....	adr (uncredited)
Sean England	....	machine room operator (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Astrig Akseralian	....	lead painter: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Noel Baker	....	design sculptor: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Colin Batty	....	design sculptor: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Geraldine Corrigan	....	costumer supervisor: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Donald Elliott	....	special effects foreman (as Donald R. Elliott)
Lucy Gell	....	prototype fabricator: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Georgina Hayns	....	mechanics designer: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Thomas R. Homsher	....	special effects technician
Barry Jones	....	production supervisor: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Christine Keogh	....	prototype fabricator: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Louie Lantieri	....	special effects
Michael Lantieri	....	special effects supervisor
Ian Mackinnon	....	design supervisor: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Graham Maiden	....	shop coordinator: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Darren Marshall	....	design sculptor: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Dan Ossello	....	special effects
Tom Pahk	....	special effects
Peter Saunders	....	design supervisor: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Bridget Smith	....	mold designer: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Stuart Sutcliffe	....	mechanics designer: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Mark Thompson	....	prototype fabricator: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Brian Tipton	....	special effects
Tom Tokunaga	....	special effects
Christine Walker	....	production supervisor: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Simon White	....	shop coordinator: Mackinnon & Saunders LTD.
Robert DeVine	....	special effects (uncredited)
Lance Gilmer	....	special effects makeup (uncredited)
Jake Lee	....	puppet shop coordinator (uncredited)
Larry Odien	....	animatronics (uncredited)
Rob Ronning	....	mold maker (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Michael Adkisson	....	2D roto artist: Warner Digital Studios
Alia Agha	....	3D camera matchmove artist: ILM
Kipp Aldrich	....	video engineering: ILM (as Kipp A. Aldrich)
Adrienne Anderson	....	production staff: ILM
David Andrews	....	visual effects supervisor
Chris Armstrong	....	lead character animator: ILM
Joel Aron	....	computer graphics sequence supervisor: ILM
Julian Backus	....	2D artist: Warner Digital Studios
Charles Bailey	....	model supervisor: ILM (as Charlie Bailey)
Kyle Balda	....	lead character animator: ILM
Darren Bedwell	....	2D texture artist: Warner Digital Studios
Linda Bel	....	lead character animator: ILM (as Linda M. Bel)
Jeffrey Benedict	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Rhett Bennett	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Jeffrey Benoit	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
David Benson	....	software engineer: ILM
Ken Beyer	....	computer systems engineer: ILM
Andrea Biklian	....	negative line-up: ILM
Patrick Bonneau	....	character animator: ILM
Jill Brooks	....	senior visual effects coordinator: ILM
Megan Bryant	....	digital camera supervisor: Warner Digital Studio
Heather Bushman	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Bonjin Byun	....	2D artist: Warner Digital Studios
Diane Caliva	....	film assembly technician: Warner Digital Studios
Sue Campbell	....	character animator: ILM
Phil Carlig	....	2D texture artist: Warner Digital Studios
Tami Carter	....	digital paint & roto: ILM
Amelia Chenoweth	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Andy Chua	....	hardware lead/systems administrator: Warner Digital Studios
Shanna Chung Lim	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios (as Shanna Lim)
Timothy Clark	....	matte painter: Warner Digital Studios (as Tim Clark)
Theresa Corrao	....	production staff: ILM (as Theresa R. Corrao)
Bruce Dahl	....	character animator: ILM
Peter Daulton	....	character animator: ILM
Vince De Quattro	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Lou Dellarosa	....	lead character animator: ILM
Lindy DeQuattro	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios (as Lindy Wilson)
Natasha Devaud	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Adam Dotson	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
David Dresher	....	visual effects editor
Edwin Dunkley	....	electronic editorial: ILM (as Ed Dunkley)
Russell Earl	....	digital effects artist: ILM (as Russell William Earl)
Mike Ellis	....	film scanning: ILM
Jenn Emberly	....	lead character animator: ILM
Jamie Engel	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Mark R.R. Farquhar	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios (as Mark Farquhar)
Michael L. Fink	....	visual effects supervisor (as Michael Fink)
Fortunato Frattasio	....	Inferno artist: Warner Digital Studios
Steve Gawley	....	model maker: ILM
Lynn M. Gephart	....	2D visual effects production manager: Warner Digital Studios
Vincent M. Giordano	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Susan Goldsmith	....	digital paint & roto: ILM
Kelly Hartigan Goldstein	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios (as Kelly Hartigan)
Frank Gravatt	....	digital modeler: ILM
Dave Gregory	....	color imaging supervisor: Warner Digital Studios
Grant Guenin	....	Sabre artist: ILM
Gerald Gutschmidt	....	digital effects artist: ILM (as Gerald Gutshmidt D.IV)
Roger Guyett	....	computer graphics supervisor: ILM
Mary Beth Haggerty	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Lindsay Hallett	....	visual effects assistant coordinator: Warner Digital Studios (as Lindsay Burnett)
Tim Harrington	....	character animator: ILM
Christian Hatfield	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Jack Haye	....	location match move technician: ILM (as Jack Edsel Haye)
Matt Head	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios (as Matthew Head)
Michael Hemschoot	....	2D roto artist: Warner Digital Studios
Christina Hills	....	digital effects artist: ILM
David Hisanaga	....	digital effects artist: ILM (as David Yukio Hisanaga)
David Horsley	....	computer graphics sequence supervisor: ILM (as David F. Horsley)
Jim Hourihan	....	software engineer: ILM
Tony Hudson	....	chief digital character modeler: ILM
Roger Huynh	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Greg Hyman	....	visual effects editor: ILM
Carolyn Ippisch	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Hiroki Itokazu	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Jason Ivimey	....	character animator: ILM
Todd Jahnke	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Arthur Jeppe	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Victor Jimenez	....	Inferno supervisor: Warner Digital Studios
Doug Jones	....	negative cutter: ILM
Randy Jonsson	....	3D camera matchmove artist: ILM
Michael Joyce	....	model shop supervisor: Acme Models
Greg Killmaster	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Bill Kimberlin	....	visual effects editor: ILM
Jeanmarie King	....	production staff: ILM
Heather Knight	....	character animator: ILM
John Charles Kohn	....	Inferno artist: Warner Digital Studios (as John Kohn)
Bill Konersman	....	CG landing sequence technical supervisor: Warner Digital Studios
Christian Kubsch	....	location plate producer: ILM
James Kuo	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Jean-Claude Langer	....	digital texture paint artist: ILM
David C. Lawson	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Julija Learie	....	character animator: ILM
Janice Lew	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Aaron Linton	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Victoria Livingstone	....	character animator: ILM
Bill Maher	....	on-set plate manager: Warner Digital Studios
Mary E. Manning	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Robert Marinic	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Erik Mattson	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Tim McLaughlin	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Tim McLaughlin	....	technical director
Dan McNamara	....	editorial supervisor: ILM
Mimi Medel	....	visual effects production manager: Warner Digital Studios
David Meny	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Neil Michka	....	character animator: ILM
Aung Min	....	digital effects artist: ILM (as Min)
Jim Mitchell	....	visual effects supervisor (as James Mitchell)
Todd Mitchell	....	film scanning: ILM
Curt I. Miyashiro	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Hiroyuki Miyoshi	....	software project manager: Warner Digital Studios
Michele Moen	....	matte painter: Warner Digital Studios (as Michelle Moen)
Jack Mongovan	....	chief digital paint & roto artist: ILM
Mark Moore	....	visual effects art director: ILM
David Manos Morris	....	3D camera matchmove artist: ILM
Heather J. Morrison	....	assistant film assembly technician: Warner Digital Studios
Julie Nelson	....	character animator: ILM
Christopher Nibley	....	visual effects director of photography
Ken Nielsen	....	digital effects artist: ILM (as Kenneth J. Nielsen)
Kate O'Neill	....	visual effects camera assistant: ILM
Michael Olague	....	gaffer: ILM
Rob Ostir	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
David Parsons	....	character animator: ILM
Cary Phillips	....	software engineer: ILM
Jason Piccioni	....	digital color lead: Warner Digital Studios
Joshua Pines	....	scanning supervisor: ILM
Ellen Poon	....	scanning supervisor: ILM
Henry Preston	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Magali Rigaudias	....	character animator: ILM (as Magali Pouet Rigaudias)
Lauren Alexandra Ritchie	....	visual effects producer: Warner Digital Studios
Elsa Rodriguez	....	digital paint & roto: ILM
Amanda Ronai-Dahle	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Mark Ross-Sullivan	....	modelmaker: Acme Models
Christian Rouet	....	software research and development: ILM
Patrice d.S. Saenz	....	3D camera matchmove artist: ILM (as Patrice Saenz)
Christopher Savides	....	digital camera operator: Warner Digital Studios
Durant Schoon	....	digital effects artist: ILM (as B. Durant Schoon)
Sean Schur	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Trish Schutz-Krause	....	character animator: ILM (as Trish Schutz)
Jarmila Seflova	....	digital artist: ILM
Linda Shepard	....	2D texture artist: Warner Digital Studios
Robert Shrider	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Jesse Silver	....	art department supervisor: Warner Digital Studios
Jesse Silver	....	matte artist: Warner Digital Studios
Jim Smentowski	....	computer systems engineer: ILM
David A. Smith	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Kevin Andrew Smith	....	software lead: Warner Digital Studios (as Kevin Smith)
Kevin Andrew Smith	....	systems administrator: Warner Digital Studios (as Kevin Smith)
Ben Snow	....	computer graphics sequence supervisor: ILM
Ellen Somers	....	production supervisor: Warner Digital Studios
Evelyn Spencer	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Kathi Spencer	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Casey Steele	....	model production coordinator: Warner Digital Studios
Brian Steiner	....	CGI lead robot: Warner Digital Studios
Scott Stewart	....	digital paint & roto: ILM (as Scott Charles Stewart)
John Stillman	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Eben Stromquist	....	model maker: ILM
Kenji Sweeney	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Pat Sweeney	....	miniature director of photography: ILM (as Patrick Sweeney)
Ken Swenson	....	modelmaker: Acme Models
Marc Toscano	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Barbara Townsend	....	computer graphics sequence supervisor: ILM (as Barbara L. Nellis)
Katie Tucker-Fico	....	2D artist: Warner Digital Studios (as Katie Tucker)
Bruce Vecchitto	....	digital timing supervisor: ILM
Paul Vega	....	computer graphics technician: ILM (as Paul J. Vega)
Cesar Velazquez	....	software engineer: Warner Digital Studios
Tim Waddy	....	digital armature designer: ILM
Chris Waegner	....	CGI lead saucers: Warner Digital Studios
David Washburn	....	chief 3D camera matchmove: ILM
Robert Weaver	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Erin West	....	production staff: ILM (as Erin Elizabeth West)
John Whisnant	....	3D camera matchmove artist: ILM
Andy White	....	computer graphics supervisor: ILM
R. Christopher White	....	digital effects artist: ILM
Rob White	....	digital camera operator: Warner Digital Studios (as Robert White)
Kelly Wilcox	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Chuck Wiley	....	model maker: ILM
Michael Wilhelmi	....	tape operators lead: Warner Digital Studios
Guy Williams	....	digital effects supervisor: Warner Digital Studios
Scott Wirtz	....	character animator: ILM (as Scott Huck Wirtz)
Brad Woods	....	character animator: ILM
William R. Wright	....	animator
Genevieve Yee	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Ingrid Yegros	....	CG artist: Warner Digital Studios
Michael Aceves	....	matte artist: Warner Digital (uncredited)
Eric Adkins	....	director of photography: visual effects unit (uncredited)
Joe Alter	....	digital effects artist (uncredited)
Pam Auditore	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Travis Baumann	....	digital artist (uncredited)
Ronn Brown	....	matte artist (uncredited)
D. David Calzada	....	visual effects (uncredited)
D. Walt Cameron	....	computer support (uncredited)
Francesco Chiarini	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Robin L. D'Arcy	....	visual effects producer (uncredited)
Fon Davis	....	model maker: ILM (uncredited)
Erik Dehkhoda	....	pre-visualization (uncredited)
Thomas Enright	....	best boy electric: minatures unit (uncredited)
Matt Farell	....	previs artist (uncredited)
Todd Fellows	....	model maker: Acme Model Shop (uncredited)
Mark Fiorenza	....	model maker (uncredited)
Edward J. Franklin	....	ACME model shop (uncredited)
Glen Gustafson	....	film recorder operator: Warner Digital (uncredited)
Mara Hamilton	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)
Aaron Haye	....	modelmaker: ILM (uncredited)
John Joyce	....	modelmaker: Acme Models (uncredited)
Fireball Tim Lawrence	....	visual effects concept artist (uncredited)
Stewart Lew	....	digital modeler: ILM (uncredited)
Donn Markel	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Dwayne McClintock	....	motion control engineer: stop motion unit (uncredited)
Dennis McHugh	....	visual effects gaffer (uncredited)
Brandon McNaughton	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Daniel Radford	....	visual effects supervisor (uncredited)
John Rauh	....	digital effects compositor (uncredited)
Ahkeith Salley	....	roto artist (uncredited)
Christine Serino	....	texture map artist (uncredited)
Craig A. Simms	....	digital compositor (uncredited)
Janek Sirrs	....	visual effects (uncredited)
Robert Skotak	....	visual effects designer: 4-Ward Productions (uncredited)
Kurt E. Soderling	....	visual effects camera operator (uncredited)
David Stump	....	effects director of photography (uncredited)
Jim Towler	....	visual effects designer (uncredited)
Trevor Tuttle	....	model maker (uncredited)
Danny Wagner	....	model maker/sculptor: ILM (uncredited)
David Weitzberg	....	digital artist: ILM (uncredited)
Robert West	....	visual effects coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts
Perry Barndt	....	stunts
Stanton Barrett	....	stunts
Daniel W. Barringer	....	stunts
Joey Box	....	stunts
George Cheung	....	stunts
Phil Chong	....	stunts
J. Mark Donaldson	....	stunts (as Mark Donaldson)
Richard L. Duran	....	stunts (as Richard Duran)
Corey Michael Eubanks	....	stunts (as Corey Eubanks)
George Fisher	....	stunts
Tanner Gill	....	stunts
Gary Guercio	....	stunts (as Gary L. Guercio)
Sherry Ham-Bernard	....	stunts
Dick Hancock	....	stunts
Steven Ito	....	stunts
Jesse V. Johnson	....	stunts (as Jesse Johnson)
Hannah Kozak	....	stunts
Julius LeFlore	....	stunts
John Moio	....	stunts
Bennie Moore	....	stunts (as Bennie E. Moore)
Sean B. Murphy	....	stunts
Jimmy Ortega	....	stunts
Jim Palmer	....	stunts
Victor Paul	....	stunts
Patricia M. Peters	....	stunts (as Tricia Peters)
Dan Plum	....	stunts
Darrin Prescott	....	stunts
Thomas Rosales Jr.	....	stunts
George Marshall Ruge	....	stunts
Lynn Salvatori	....	stunts
Dennis Scott	....	stunts (as Dennis R. Scott)
Lincoln Simonds	....	stunts
Erik Stabenau	....	stunts
Mark Stefanich	....	stunts
Jim Stephan	....	stunts
Neil Summers	....	stunts
Clark Tucker	....	stunts
George P. Wilbur	....	stunts
Brian J. Williams	....	stunts
Danny Wong	....	stunts
Greg Anderson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ron Balicki	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Stanton Barrett	....	stunt double: Lucas Haas (uncredited)
Allen Brock	....	stunt player (uncredited)
John Dixon	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Joe Dunne	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Dana Dru Evenson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Johnny Gray	....	utility stunts (uncredited)
Dean Grimes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Brett A. Jones	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ryan Keating	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob McGovern	....	stunt performer (uncredited)
Joe Ordaz	....	stunts (uncredited)
Charlie Picerni	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Robotham	....	stunts (uncredited)
Pat Romano	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Snegoff	....	stunts (uncredited)
Cris Thomas-Palomino	....	stunts (uncredited)
Arthur Tipp	....	utility stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Larry J. Aube	....	rigging key grip (as Larry Aube)
Clyde E. Bryan	....	first assistant camera: VistaVision
George M. Chappell	....	rigging electrician
Michael J. Coo	....	key grip (as Michael Coo)
Ray De La Motte	....	camera operator
Alan R. Disler	....	first assistant camera (as Alan Disler)
David Garden	....	second assistant camera
Mark Hadland	....	assistant chief lighting technician
Ian Kelly	....	supervising video engineer
Ian Kelly	....	video assist operator
Ian Kincaid	....	chief lighting technician (as Ian R. Kincaid)
Craig Kohtala	....	best boy grip
Thomas Nead	....	rigging gaffer (as Tom Nead)
Joseph E. Thibo	....	additional camera operator: Arizona (as Joe Thibo)
Suzanne Trucks	....	second assistant camera
Nico Bally	....	grip (uncredited)
Michael Brennan	....	dolly grip (uncredited)
Joseph Emanuele	....	lamp operator (uncredited)
William E. Fitch	....	grip (uncredited)
Ron Goodman	....	camera operator: SpaceCam (uncredited)
Edward A. Gutentag	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Danny Hernandez	....	electrician (uncredited)
Dwayne McClintock	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Randy Nolen	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)
Glenn Parker	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Christopher Prampin	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
John 'Fest' Sandau	....	gaffer: additional photography (uncredited)
Michael Santoro	....	rigging best boy grip (uncredited)
Kurt E. Soderling	....	aerial camera operator (uncredited)
Edward Stencel	....	grip (uncredited)
Sean Tuell	....	grip (uncredited)
Daniel L. Turrett	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Animation Department
Alice V. Kaiserian	....	animator

Casting Department
Christian Heaton	....	extras casting assistant (uncredited)
Heather Laird	....	casting: Kansas (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Marci R. Johnson	....	costumer (as Marci Johnson)
Mitchell Ray Kenney	....	key costumer (as Mitchell Kenney)
Sue Moore	....	costume supervisor
Kelly Porter	....	costumer
Michelle Skoby	....	assistant costume designer
Kenn Smiley	....	costumer
Marie Boller	....	costumer (uncredited)
Tangi Crawford	....	costumer (uncredited)
Daniel Dirks	....	set costumer (uncredited)
Catharine Fletcher Incaprera	....	set costumer (uncredited)
Sam Greenmun	....	specialty wardrobe (uncredited)
Thom Heyer	....	costume assistant (uncredited)
Dale Wibben	....	cutter/fitter (uncredited)
Gary Thomas Williams	....	wardrobe production assistant (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Tim Amyx	....	assistant editor
Rick Howe	....	assistant editor
Joel Negron	....	first assistant editor
David Orr	....	color timer
Steve Bloom	....	assistant editor (uncredited)
Brandon D. Hogan	....	post-production (uncredited)

Music Department
Bob Badami	....	music editor
Steve Bartek	....	music score producer
Steve Bartek	....	orchestrator
Danny Elfman	....	music score producer
Shannon Erbe	....	assistant music editor
Artie Kane	....	conductor
Shawn Murphy	....	music score mixer
Shawn Murphy	....	score recordist
Ellen Segal	....	music editor
Kenneth Karman	....	music editor (uncredited)
Mark McKenzie	....	additional orchestrator (uncredited)
Edgardo Simone	....	additional orchestrator (uncredited)
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Scott Jimerson	....	driver
Tom Marshall	....	transportation captain (as Tommy Marshall)
Manny Quinones	....	transportation captain: Washington D.C.
Dave Robling	....	transportation coordinator
Adam Lee Freeman	....	driver: picture vehicle (uncredited)
J.D. Hicks	....	black powder driver (uncredited)
Brian Kay	....	driver: honeywagon (uncredited)
John McLaughlin	....	transportation local captain (uncredited)
John Rice Sr.	....	transportation captain (uncredited)
Rebecca Romans	....	background driver (uncredited)
Tom Sweeney	....	transportation office administrator (uncredited)
Prentis Woods	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Kokayi Ampah	....	location manager
Herach Arzounian	....	first aid: Las Vegas (as Herach Arzunian)
Rhonda Baer	....	assistant location manager
Joe Biggins	....	set staff assistant
Mike Cuevas	....	staff assistant
Robert Dawson	....	title designer
Rhonda DeVictor	....	staff assistant (as Rhonda De Victor)
Danilo Dixon	....	martian girl consultant
Peter J. Dowd Jr.	....	set staff assistant (as Peter Dowd)
Marty Elfalan	....	assistant production accountant
Larry Fisch	....	assistant production secretary
Cliff Fleming	....	aerial coordinator
Tim Gonzales	....	craft service
Greg Hale	....	set staff assistant
Geoff Harding	....	assistant location manager (as Geoffrey Harding)
Angela Heald	....	production associate
Rosie Heeter	....	staff assistant: Arizona (as Rose Heeter)
Craig Hosking	....	pilot
Karen R. Jones	....	unit publicist
Leif Jonker	....	assistant location manager: Kansas (as Lief Jonker)
Dan Kamin	....	martian girl consultant
Christopher Kelley	....	staff assistant: Washington D.C. (as Christopher Johnson)
Diane Krakower	....	assistant: Mr. Nicholson
Maggie Mancuso	....	assistant location manager: Las Vegas
Marc Mann	....	midi programmer
Rob Massi	....	staff assistant
David G. Mills	....	pilot
Francois Nars	....	martian girl consultant
John E. Olive Jr.	....	assistant location manager: Kansas
Alison Parraco	....	assistant production accountant (as Alison 'Oopie' Parraco)
Kathy Petty	....	production accountant (as Kathleen A. Petty)
Eva Quiroz	....	assistant: Mr. Burton
Theresa Rubino	....	assistant production secretary: Washington D.C.
Chris Saunders	....	pilot (as Christopher Saunders)
John T. Scanlon	....	pilot
Rick Shuster	....	pilot
David Simon	....	location manager: Washington D.C.
Glenn J. Smith	....	pilot
Paul Starr	....	martian girl consultant
Janna Stern	....	script supervisor
Lisa Swain	....	assistant production secretary: Arizona
Bruce W. Talamon	....	script supervisor (as Bruce Talamon)
Cheryl A. Tkach	....	assistant: Mr. Franco
Dirk Vahle	....	pilot
Jon Van Dyke	....	trainer: Poppy
Kimberly Verros	....	assistant production secretary (as Kim Verros)
Ken Vieira	....	pilot
Andrew Ward	....	set staff assistant
Chad Arganbright	....	staff assistant (uncredited)
Chris Beal	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Brian Bero	....	puppeteer (uncredited)
Christopher Boone	....	production assistant (uncredited)
David Combs	....	studio teacher (uncredited)
James F. Cornick	....	lot best boy (uncredited)
Bill Daly	....	post-production accountant manager (uncredited)
Katherine Dorrer	....	set production assistant: Washington D.C. (uncredited)
Steven Elford	....	armatures (uncredited)
Derek Frey	....	assistant to director (uncredited)
Michael Haro	....	assistant location manager (uncredited)
Lisa Hatch	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Matthew Howard	....	adr loop group (uncredited)
Gil Jawetz	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jon Jolles	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Kathleen Keller	....	production coordinator: pre-production (uncredited)
Dirk Magwitz	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Peter McKernan	....	pilot: picture ship (uncredited)
Nancy Neumann	....	studio teacher (uncredited)
Ben Pezzillo	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Diane Puhalla	....	assistant cutter/fitter (uncredited)
Jim Swidarski	....	payroll accountant (uncredited)
Karen Turner	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Frank Welker	....	voices: Martian vocal effects (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Tim Burton Productions
• Warner Bros

Distributors

• Warner Bros (1996) (USA) (theatrical)
• Gemini Film (1997) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Spain) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1997) (Netherlands) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (VHS) (pan and scan)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Argentina Video Home (1997) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (Germany) (VHS)
• Argentina Video Home (1998) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (Netherlands) (DVD) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy (1997) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment (1996) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (1997) (Greece) (VHS)
• Mainostelevisio (MTV3) (2000) (2005) (2010) (Finland) (TV)
• SubTV (2005) (Finland) (TV)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (Finland) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (Finland) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Acme Models
• Amalgamated Dynamics (creature effects)
• Anatomorphex
• Computer Film Company, The (CFC) (rig removal)
• Controlled Demolition (implosion)
• Effects Associates
• Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) (visual effects and animation)
• Mackinnon & Saunders (Martian character and spacesuit design) (as Mackinnon & Saunders Ltd.)
• Warner Digital Studios

Other Companies

• Animals R Us  animal trainers
• Atlantic Records  soundtrack published by
• Chapman/Leonard Studio Equipment  camera cranes and dollies
• Direct Tools & Fasteners  expendables
• Donah Bassett and Associates  negative cutting (as Donah Bassett & Assoc.)
• Global Effects  specialty props
• Greg Taylor Restorations  tanks
• J.L. Fisher  camera dollies
• La-La Land Records  score album released by (limited edition)
• Lightnin' Production Rentals  transportation equipment
• Movie Movers  cast trailers
• Movie Movers  hair and make-up trailers
• Movie Movers  star trailers
• Pacific Studios Inc.  chromatrans background
• Pacific Title  titles and opticals
• Picture Mill, The  main title production
• Technicolor  color timing

Also Known As:

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi fantasy violence and brief sexuality

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Belgium:KT | Chile:TE | Finland:K-12 | France:U | Germany:12 (w) | Israel:PG | Italy:T | Netherlands:12 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | UK:12 | USA:PG-13 | Iceland:12 | Canada:14A (Ontario) | Philippines:PG-13 | Peru:PT | Brazil:14

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Tim Burton Productions

Trivia:

The radio telescope shown in the movie is located at Parkes in New South Wales, Austraila.

Goofs:

Continuity: When General Casey is in his jeep on his way to greet the Martian's in the Nevada desert, his jeep has 4 star flags on the front. However, he is only a 3 star general.

Quotes:

Billy Glenn Norris:Die, you alien shithead!

Movie Connections:

Featured in "Troldspejlet: Troldspejlet special: Stop motion (#21.16)" (1999)

Soundtrack:

I'm Casting My Lasso Towards The Sky

Very enjoyable sci-fi spoof

When Martians make contact with earth opinion is split into two camps between seeking peace or preparing for defence. When the inital meeting is turned into a massacre by a misunderstanding surrounding the dove of peace, the camp seeking war seem to have the stronger case. However the Martian Ambassator apologises and is allowed to meet before the joint houses in the US. However when the Martians use this as an way to wipe out America's leaders in one move. Security is stepped up and the world is put on a war footing, however the martians seem only interesting in destruction and death and deliver both with a wickedly cruel sense of humour.

We all know that Tim Burton and sci-fi blockbuster movies don't always deliver the goods (planet of the apes anyone?). This was released in the same summer as Independence Day and ID came off much, much better. That was mainly because ID gave the people what they wanted - they wanted a little comedy, lots of fancy FX and explosions, nothing different that would cause them to think in any way, and the good guys (the Americans) must win and save the earth! Burton gave them most of that, but it was just too different!

What we have here is a ID style story but it is infused with Burton's manic vision. This takes away from the blockbuster appeal of the average ID, but it makes it a much funnier, wierder experience. Some of it doesn't work, Nicholson's multirole performance is nowhere near the standard of Peter Sellers in Dr Strangelove (which he clearly aspires to) and some of the cameos are forced and silly. However all the stuff with the aliens works really well because it is so OTT and it knows it - Burton just lets his vision run wild. In place of ID destruction of the white house, we have the aliens knocking down the Easter Island statues like 10 pin bowling etc. Where ID took itself very seriously, Mars Attacks plays like a spoof of the 1950's sci-fi and comes off much better for it.

As for the ending - of course it's absurd! Yes it's a bit of a leap to imagine that the aliens would be defeated in this way, but it doesn't matter because it's all tongue in cheek. It is no more stupid than ID which sees the aliens destroyed by Goldblum and Smith flying a spaceship (Smith flies it because he's seen one before - the scientists who have been studying it aren't allowed, even though they know how it works), into the core of the mothership, downloading a computer virus from Windows 98 onto the alien system and clearing off! Both endings are dumb, but at least Mars Attacks doesn't try to cover it up.

There are so many actors here that to try and say who does well and who doesn't would take ages. So here we good. Good -Nicholson (as the president), Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, MJ Fox, Steiger, Pam Grier, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown and Lisa Marie. Bad - Glenn Close, De Vito, Short and a pointless "oh look it's...." cameo from Tom Jones. The actors given screen time are good but stars wheeled out for novelty value are a bit wasted generally.

Overall this may not be to everyone's tastes. When it come out everyone seemed to expect another ID style film. However Burton's mad vision and comic touches make this a very enjoyable spoof.