UFOria

19841984
PGPG
1h 33m

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6.3/10

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Comedy Sci-Fi

Sheldon Bart is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud, a big-time con man into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a small ... Read allSheldon Bart is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud, a big-time con man into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a small town. While he's helping Brother Bud, he falls in love with Arlene, a local supermarket cl... Read allSheldon Bart is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud, a big-time con man into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a small town. While he's helping Brother Bud, he falls in love with Arlene, a local supermarket clerk who believes in UFOs and is deeply religious and deeply lonely. When Arlene has a visi... Read all

IMDb RATING

6.3/10

447

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Harry Dean Stanton, Fred Ward, and Cindy Williams in UFOria (1984)

Fred Ward and Cindy Williams in UFOria (1984)

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Sheldon Bart is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud, a big-time con man into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a small town. While he's helping Brother Bud, he falls in love with Arlene, a local supermarket clerk who believes in UFOs and is deeply religious and deeply lonely. When Arlene has a vision of a coming UFO, everyone deals with it in their own way. —Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>

title is written in lowercase letters acronym in title shoplifting reference to waylon jennings convertible 28 more

Taglines
- A Down Home Comedy That's Out of This World!
Genres
- Comedy
- Sci-Fi
Certificate
- PG
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Trivia
Completed in 1980 (production having begun that June), this film sat on the shelf for several years. According to a 1983 Rolling Stone article, the studio was unable to come up with a marketing plan for such a quirky, unusual film.

Quotes
Arlene Stewart: Oh Toby, there's a Space Ship coming, and it's gonna be like Noah and i am gonna be Noah.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: What's Wrong with Home Video (1988)

Soundtracks
Quicksand
Written by T Bone Burnett
Performed by T Bone Burnett
Courtesy of Takoma Records

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9/10

One of a kind American Gem

I watched this on youtube (illegally, but where else can you see it). I heard of it years ago. If better known, it would be considered a minor classic. It's similar to Melvin & Howard or other early Jonathan Demme movies. It's funny, always interesting, got a great soundtrack, good performances all around, a thoughtful quote worthy script, and unlike a lot of similar "indie" quirky movies that came later, it never puts it's small town characters down for their goofy beliefs or marginal lifestyles. Check out UFOria and tell your friends. It's amazing that a major studio made it. The director sadly never made another feature as a writer director. He's got a good light touch, and Cindy Williams holds her own as a movie star.

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