Men in White (TV 1998)

Satire of recent science fiction films including all of the obvious choices and "Dr. Strangelove" finds two garbage men defeating an alien invasion.

Director:

Scott P. Levy

Writers:

Rob Kerchner, Scott Sandin

Stars:

Thomas F. Wilson, Karim Prince, M. Emmet Walsh

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Thomas F. Wilson	...	Ed Klingbottom (as Tom Wilson)
Karim Prince	...	Roy Dubro
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Junior Assistant Dispatch Trainee Stanley Snyder
Brion James	...	General
Wigald Boning	...	Strangemeister
Ben Stein	...	Men in Strangemeister's Head
George Kennedy	...	General Vice
Donna D'Errico	...	Press Secretary
Barry Bostwick	...	President Smith
Rodger Halston
Don Stroud
John Bishop	...	G-Man
Charles Philip Moore	...	Alien #1
John Rizzi	...	Alien #2
Sebastian Mitzig

Storyline

Two garbagemen (Tom Wilson, Karim Prince) are picked up by aliens to be experimented on and they become the lead in stopping the ultimate alien invasion which is secretly being planned by a weak Dr. Strangelove clone (Wigald Boning as Strangemeister).

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Plot Keywords:

alien | ufo | spoof | national lampoon series

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Taglines:

No gravity, no oxygen, no brains... no problem.

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Genres:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 August 1998 (USA)

Also Known As:

National Lampoon's Men in White

Company Credits

Production Co:

Saban Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

83 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

If you turn on the Close Captions on your TV every time the cow that the Men in White befriends appears, you can read the cow's thoughts when they interact.

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Goofs

In numerous scenes where Roy and Ed are in the truck while it is being driven, the emergency brake is clearly on.

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Connections

References Barney & Friends (1992)

User Reviews

No Brains And No Laughs

I wished I'd taped MEN IN WHITE so I could watch it again

" What ? You mean you really enjoyed it Theo ? "

No I mean I could watch it again to see if it was as retarded , stupid and as embarrassingly unfunny as I can remember it

A lot of people have claimed it was made for children . May I suggest it was also made by children ? because the whole structure of the script lacks any type of discipline on the part of the producers and writers and much of set pieces seem to have been included because it seemed like a good idea at the time

The cast don't help but I genuinely started to feel sorry for them . Honestly you can believe that during filming the cast had to lie to their families that they were filming a hard core porn film such was their embarrassment at having to appear in something as dismal as this . To give you an idea of how bad the acting is every time BAYWATCH babe Donna D'Ericco disappeared from the narrative I waited patiently for her to reappear then seconds later I forgot she was in the movie . Got that ? A star from BAYWATCH appears and seconds later you forget they're in the movie . This tells you all you need to know about the standard of MEN IN WHITE

Fair enough it's trying to be a live action cartoon similar to THE GOODIES ( Although THE DISMALS would be a better adjective for this movie ) , though perhaps the movie deserves some credit for never descending to toilet humour , but considering this is a kids movie ( This didn't stop ITV broadcasting it at 11 pm ) then there should be no near the knuckle humour in it anyway