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My Favorite Martian is a american film of genre Drama directed by Donald Petrie released in USA on 11 february 1999 with Jeff Daniels
My Favorite Martian (1999)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 11 february 1999
Length 1h20
Directed by Donald Petrie
OriginUSA
Themes Space adventure films, Mars in film, Comedy science fiction films, Films about extraterrestrial life, Martiens, Space opera, Children's films, Films about extraterrestrial life
Rating51%
My Favorite Martian is a 1999 comic science fiction film starring Christopher Lloyd, Jeff Daniels, Daryl Hannah, Elizabeth Hurley, Wallace Shawn and Ray Walston, based on the 1960s television series of the same name in which Walston starred. It was directed by Donald Petrie and written by Sherri Stoner and Deanna Oliver, based on the television series created by John L. Greene. Creatures were created by Amalgamated Dynamics from designs by Jordu Schell. The film, produced on a budget of $65 million, was a major box office flop after grossing $36 million domestically.
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The film opens on Mars, showing the last moments of a Mars rover's mission. As the rover prepares to sample a Martian rock, the rover loses power and becomes inoperable. The scene pans up from the dead rover to show a huge, undiscovered Martian city just beyond the rock the rover was about to sample. A spaceship is seen quickly rocketing from the city and accelerating into space.Actors
Jeff Daniels
(Tim O'Hara)
Christopher Lloyd
(Uncle Martin)
Daryl Hannah
(Lizzie)
Elizabeth Hurley
(Brace Channing)
Ray Walston
(Armitan)
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