My Favorite Martian (1999)

A Martian lands on Earth and makes friends with a reporter.

Director:

Donald Petrie

Writers:

John L. Greene (television series My Favorite Martian), Sherri Stoner

Stars:

Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Elizabeth Hurley

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Christopher Lloyd	...	Uncle Martin
Jeff Daniels	...	Tim O'Hara
Elizabeth Hurley	...	Brace Channing
Daryl Hannah	...	Lizzie
Wallace Shawn	...	Coleye
Christine Ebersole	...	Mrs. Brown
Michael Lerner	...	Mr. Channing
Ray Walston	...	Armitan
Shelley Malil	...	Felix
Jeremy Hotz	...	Billy
T.K. Carter	...	Lenny
Dawn Maxey	...	Salesgirl
Steven Anthony Lawrence	...	Nurplex Kid
Michael Chieffo	...	Earl Metz
Troy Evans	...	Captain Dalton

Storyline

Life couldn't get much worse for News Producer Tim O'Hara. He humiliates the one he loves, Brace Channing and ends up getting fired by her father. Then, a Martian from Mars arrives in his home. The Martian adopts the name 'Uncle Martin' and becomes friends with Tim, whilst he fixes his ship. Unaware to Martin, Tim actually wants to reveal him to the world, but can he actually do that to his new friend and 'Uncle'?

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Plot Keywords:

martian | spaceship | alien | bare chested male | male nudity | 

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Taglines:

Friendship is making a world a difference!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG for some crude humor, action-violence, sensuality, partial nudity and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Bill Murray, Michael Douglas, Charlton Heston, and Martin Sheen were also considered for the role of Uncle Martin.

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Goofs

[11:16]Uncle Martin says people of earth (earlings AKA terrans) are fortunate to have so much water as he's looking at the ocean water. He knows so much about earth, he should have known that ocean water is useless. Santa Barbara did build a water desalination plant in the early 1990's but was never turned on.

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Quotes

Uncle Martin: You Earthlings don't know how lucky you are. The only water we get on Mars has to be squeezed from rocks.

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Crazy Credits

Zoot AS HIMSELF

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Connections

References Kung Fu (1972)

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Soundtracks

Get Ready 4 This
Written by Filip DeWilde, Jean-Paul DeCoster (as Jean Paul DeCoster) and Simon Harris
Performed by 2 Unlimited
Courtesy of Radikal Records

User Reviews

Does not do the Original justice. Not worth spending your time and money on....

We went into this movie because my husband had enjoyed the original version of `My favourite Martian'. We had our 6 year old daughter with us. She wanted to leave halfway through the movie which was fine with both her parents! The parts we did see were only occasionally humorous, mostly either too silly or gross. I would expect that this movie might appeal to kids between 9-12, if that. It's definitely not suited for younger children. From what I've heard the original series was by far superior and if you are going to "relive the past" you'll probably be disappointed.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 February 1999 (USA)

Also Known As:

My Favorite Martian

Filming Locations:

219 Stearns Wharf, Santa Barbara, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$65,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$8,828,586, 14 February 1999

Gross USA:

$36,850,101

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$36,850,101

Company Credits

Production Co:

Walt Disney Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

DTS Dolby Digital SDDS

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1