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Overview

User Rating:
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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Rockne S. O'Bannon (written by)
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Release Date:
7 October 1988 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Prepare Yourself. more
Plot:
A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilisation. These aliens, known as Newcomers... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Great Movie more (38 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Caan ... Det. Sgt. Matthew Sykes

Mandy Patinkin ... Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco

Terence Stamp ... William Harcourt

Kevyn Major Howard ... Rudyard Kipling
Leslie Bevis ... Cassandra

Peter Jason ... Fedorchuk

Conrad Dunn ... Quint (as George Jenesky)

Jeff Kober ... Joshua Strader
Roger Aaron Brown ... Det. Bill Tuggle
Tony Simotes ... Wiltey
Michael David Simms ... Human Dealer
Ed Krieger ... Alien Dealer

Tony Perez ... Alterez

Brian Thompson ... Trent Porter

Francis X. McCarthy ... Capt. Warner (as Frank McCarthy)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Future Tense (USA) (working title)
Outer Heat (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
91 min
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

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Trivia:
The October 1987 draft of the screenplay credits a rewrite to James Cameron. He is not credited in the final film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Sykes and George are chasing Harcourt and Kipling in the police car as they push them off the freeway they are on the driver's side, in the very next scene, they are on the passenger side of the car. more
Quotes:
Det. Samuel 'George' Francisco: If the drug is here, we must destroy it! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Signs (2002) more
Soundtrack:
SURFIN' SAFARI more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Great Movie, 26 January 2006
10/10
Author: wombatman-1 from United Kingdom

This is a great movie, and has and great series to go with it. Also the Social backdrop is cleverly handled and not to blatant, Concentrating mainly on the stupidity of bigotry and showing it to be a product of fear, its fun with plenty of action some of which is quite realistic, without being gruesome. The movie also contains a little humour, some quiet subtle, and is well paced. The only downside is you will want to know what happened next.

it also works as a drama due to the nicely scripted family scenes, which are not to sugary. Obligatory bad guys, with wonderfully bad guy plans, and cop to cop jibes, which are not lame.

So if you like Sci-fi, drama and cop movies you will love this, the makeup is decent, and the 80's fashion is not overdone, so does not date the movie.

Also it has some real stars in it, see the IMDb site for the cast list.

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