Alien Autopsy (2006)

User Rating:

4.9/10   

Director:

Jonny Campbell

Writer:

William Davies (writer)

Release Date:

7 April 2006 (Ireland)

Genre:

Comedy | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

What Are You Looking At?

Plot:

Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two British lads were accused of having faked a documentary from the Roswell incident in 1947. |

Plot Keywords:

Film Set | Airplane | Museum | Top Secret | Hoax

Cast

Declan Donnelly	...	Ray Santilli
Ant McPartlin	...	Gary Shoefield
Bill Pullman	...	Morgan Banner
Götz Otto	...	Laszlo Voros
Morwenna Banks	...	Jasmine
Omid Djalili	...	Melik
Harry Dean Stanton	...	Harvey
Mike Blakeley	...	Camera Team
Matthew Blakeley	...	Camera Team
John Shrapnel	...	Michael Kuhn
Madeleine Moffat	...	Nan (as Madaleine Moffat)
John Cater	...	Maurice
Lee Oakes	...	Edgar
Perry Benson	...	Trading Standards Officer
Jimmy Carr	...	Gary's Boss

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sexual content, partial nudity, language and some disturbing images.

Runtime:

Finland:91 min | UK:95 min

Country:

Germany | UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital | DTS

Certification:

UK:12A | Ireland:12A | Italy:T | USA:PG-13 | Germany:12 | Finland:K-11 | Singapore:PG | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Ealing Studios, Ealing, London, England, UK

Company:

Fragile Films

Goofs:

Continuity: When Harvey drives Ray to Florida to view the original film, the first shot of the front of the car shows a faulty headlamp on the right hand side. When the car draws into Harvey's drive this headlamp is now of normal brightness.

Quotes:

Ray Santilli: Voros was in the middle of a crop circle, looking up to the heavens, hoping for some sort of close encounter probably, just came out of nowhere.
Morgan Banner: Alien spacecraft...
Gary Shoefield: No, a green Land Rover. Knocked him over. Killed him.
Ray Santilli: Dead.
Gary Shoefield: He was naked.

Movie Connections:

References Alien Autopsy: (Fact or Fiction?) (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Asteroid

Credible, entertaining and fun

I went to the premiere last night and wasn't sure what to expect - my initial thoughts were that Ant and Dec would fizzle out in a medium to which they don't fit. I was pleasantly surprised, however.

Overall, Alien Autopsy is a very funny, whimsical film. The script is patchy in places - subplots get twisted and don't really tie together satisfactorily in the end - but this is made up by the pleasure (and it really is a genuine pleasure) to see Ant and Dec putting in strong performances in the lead roles. This is the sort of film that the critics would be sharpening their knives for. I think those knives can be put back in the drawer.

Make no mistake: this isn't your traditional British comedy. The cameos fit perfectly into the plot and everyone has a purpose. There are no big faces included for the sake of it. Somehow, it works.

This is an enjoyable film and good family entertainment. It won't win any awards, but it's harmless, clean fun - and very good harmless clean fun at that.