They Live (1988)

Director: John Carpenter  Starring: Roddy Piper  
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Publisher: Universal
Format: DVD
UPC: 00025192123528
Buy.com Sku: 40227295
Item#: V2P4PR
Buy.com Sales Rank: 2620
Category Keywords: Aliens  Enemies  Recommended  Satire  Science-Fiction  Theatrical Release  Thriller 
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Features: DVD, Dolby, English, Spanish, French
 
They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numbour senses without us feeling it. They control our lives withoutus realizing it. Horror master john carpenter directs thisaction-packed sci-fi thriller about one man's battle againstaliens who are systematically gaining control of the earth.
 


Editor's Note

John Nada (Roddy Piper) is a quiet loner, a drifter who gets work where ever he can find it. While working on a construction site in L.A. and sleeping in a vagrant community at night, John stumbles upon a secret society of alien beings who pose as wealthy and powerful people in human society. John joins a rebel group commited to exposing this conspiracy, and becomes their reluctant leader and the only hope of the human race. Former wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper is outstanding as the unassuming hero, playing the role with understated shock at what he uncovers and stubborn courage when he confronts it. Director John Carpenter laces the film with his trademark blend of humor and horror, making aliens that are hideously arrogant, greedy, and easy to hate, while the humans are confused and desperate in their struggle against them. The world looks a little different at the end of THEY LIVE, and one will never look at billboards, money, or sunglasses the same way again. The film contains the longest, and perhaps most realistic, fist fight in film history. Paying homage to INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, the film was based on the short story EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING by Ray Nelson.


Plot Summary

Aimless drifter John Nada finds work as a construction worker in Los Angeles, where a wide gulf separates the upper classes from the working classes. After donning a pair of special sunglasses, Nada discovers that many of society's elite are not humans, but aliens who control humanity through subliminal messages. Now he's the only one who can save the Earth from these villainous invaders.

 
Features
Region 1
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Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Surround - English
Interactive Features:
Scene Access
Interactive Menus



 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: Universal
Release Date: 9/23/2003
Running Time: 95 minutes
Original Release Date: 1988
Catalog ID: 21235
UPC: 00025192123528
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English
Available Subtitles: French, Spanish
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
George Flower
Roddy Piper
Meg Foster
Keith David
John Carpenter - Director

 
Memorable Quotes
"I have come to kick ass and chew bubble gum...and I'm all out of bubble gum."----John Nada (Roddy Piper)


 
Professional Reviews
Los Angeles Times
"...Carpenter and his team seem to be having lots of fun. THEY LIVE, one of his best films, has the paranoid buildup of THE THING or HALLOWEEN..." 11/04/1988 p.C6

Entertainment Weekly
"...With this goofy bit of sci-fi, Carpenter reached the height of subversive absurdity..." 05/23/2003 p.35

Total Film
"...John Carpenter's last decent film is cartoonish, high-concept sci-fi with a heavy hint of politics..." 10/01/2000 p.116

  
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