Earth Minus Zero (1996)

A family are visited by aliens who wish to abduct them and put them in their intergalactic zoo.

Director:

Joey Travolta

Writers:

Jim Esposito (screenplay), James Ford (screenplay),

Stars:

Pat Morita, Marcia Strassman, Brock Pierce

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Pat Morita	...	Dr. Mobius Jefferson
Marcia Strassman	...	Debbie Heller
Brock Pierce	...	Joey Heller
Sam J. Jones	...	Marshal Heller (as Sam Jones)
Rhonda Shear	...	Penny "Poops" Cooper
Don Stark	...	John Wayne "J.W."
Dan McGee	...	Minus Creature
Scott Carr	...	Minus Creature
David E. Ornston	...	Editor
Nur Kahn	...	Pizza Driver
Sam Sleiman	...	Pizza Man #1
Cindy Margolis	...	Pizza Girl
Monty the Dog	...	Himself
Brittney Lee Harvey	...	Cindy Heller (as Brittany Lee Harvey)
Evan Bardo	...	High School Kid

Storyline

A family are visited by aliens who wish to abduct them and put them in their intergalactic zoo.

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Plot Keywords:

shrinking | miniaturization | independent film

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for mild language and some crude humor

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Im Auftrag des Planeten Nerva

Company Credits

Production Co:

Lethal Intent Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min 81 min (TV)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the ADR listing of the end credits (at around 1h 23 mins), Ron Ruzika is listed as "Minus' voice" and Paula Halden is listed as "Edna's voice" (the secretary of the editor Larry at around 15 mins).

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Goofs

At 40:33 Dr. Jefferson throws his lab coat onto an overstuffed chair, but when Mr. Heller reaches the lab coat after climbing a stack of books on the floor at 46:34, it is on top of a table.

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Connections

References First Blood (1982)

User Reviews

Not a "zero" in family entertainment, not at all, but not great, either

The Hellers (Marcia Strassman and Sam J. Jones are the parents) are having their troubles. Mom is the main breadwinner while her inventor husband looks for work and dreams big. Their teenage son is having difficulty at school and their young daughter is overly ga-ga about video games. A shy, retiring Dr. Mobius (Pat Morita) watches over the son at school, from time to time. One day, aliens come down and want to take some earthlings back home. Wouldn't you know, they have a nifty hand-held "shrinker" that turns folks into mouse-size. But, after turning the Heller parents into "shrinks", haha, the teenage son protects his sister by grabbing the device and turning the main alien into a very small one, too. Now, the two Heller kids go off in search of Dr. Mobius, for his help in getting their parents back to normal and kicking some alien bottoms. Can the Doc help? This is a cute little film, not especially great, but, not bad either. The actors are one of the best elements, especially Jones who is quite funny. The other items, costumes, sets, special effects, script and direction, are okay but nothing extraordinary. If your family likes such films as Honey I Shrunk the Kids or Slow Moe, they will probably go for this one, also. Sometimes, a new view makes all the difference in the proverbial "Mommy, I'm bored!".