Coneheads (1993)

Directed by

Steve Barron

Genre

comedy film, adventure film, science fiction film, science fiction comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 27m

Rated

PG

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 1,051 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family of aliens from the planet Remulak crash-lands on Earth and tries to blend in with American suburban life. They adopt the name Conehead because of their distinctive pointed heads. The film follows their attempts to navigate human customs and bureaucracy.

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What happens

Coneheads is a 1993 American science-fiction comedy film released by Paramount Pictures. It is produced by Lorne Michaels, directed by Steve Barron, and stars Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and Michelle Burke. The film is based on the NBC Saturday Night Live comedy sketches about aliens stranded on Earth, who have Anglicized their Remulakian surname "Clorhone" to "Conehead". Aykroyd and Curtin reprised their roles, with Burke taking over the role played by Laraine Newman on SNL. The film also features roles and cameos by actors and comedians from SNL and other television series of the time, such as Michael McKean, David Spade, Michael Richards, Sinbad, Adam Sandler, Jan Hooks, Chris Farley, Jason Alexander, Phil Hartman, Drew Carey, Kevin Nealon, Julia Sweeney, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Tim Meadows, Tom Arnold and Jon Lovitz. Released on July 23, 1993, it received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, and was a commercial failure, earning $21 million against a $30 million budget. Three years after the release of Coneheads, screenwriters Bonnie & Terry Turner and star Jane Curtin would revisit the premise of aliens arriving on Earth and assimilating into American society with the TV show 3rd Rock from the Sun, with Curtin instead playing a human character. Coneheads has often been recognized as an allegorical commentary on the illegal-immigrant experience in America. The movie's storyline traces the experiences of Beldar and Prymaat, and later their native-born daughter Connie, from their humble beginnings to the point where they successfully integrate into American society. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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