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The film’s most interesting corollary, even beyond the Wood films, is Independence Day, a happy accident given that they were produced around the same time. Roland Emmerich’s famed, planet-smashing blockbuster was released just a few months prior to Mars Attacks!, which allows Burton’s feature to function as something of a piss-take on Mars Attacks! is a 1996 American science fiction black comedy film [2] directed by Tim Burton, who also co-produced it with Larry J. Franco. The screenplay by Jonathan Gems was based on the Topps trading card series of the same name. In the same year (1996) Mars Attacks made 101 million worldwide, while Independence Day made 800+ million worldwide. Why? I get that one film is much more of a blockbuster released on July 4th week in the summer, but if Mars Attacks had help of being released before Christmas break which usually helps legs of films. Evoking the alarmist horror classic of the fifties, with their quaintly unsophisticated conception of advanced Alien culture, Mars Attacks! found its genesis in a series of bold trading cards once considered too racy for the marketplace. Mars Attacks!: Directed by Tim Burton. With Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan. Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor. Yeah, it's basically splatterhouse style for 13 year olds of 1962, but depending on one's mood there are kicks to get from that. And you could justify it as a middle finger to stifling comic codes and the like of the 1950s--I remember seeing a story from one person growing up at the time where a teacher showed some of the confiscated cards and ranted about how 'this is COMMUNISM!' Mars Attacks! is a movie where the then-reigning James Bond literally goes to pieces aboard a Martian craft, where Sarah Jessica Parker’s head gets attached to a dog’s body, where Rod Steiger INDEPENDENCE DAY Clips "City Attacks & Dog Fight" (1996)PLOT: The aliens are coming and their goal is to invade and destroy Earth. Fighting superior technolo The films that inspired Burton and the movie's relationship to fellow 1996 alien invasion feature "Independence Day" are just as interesting to examine as the movie itself. Mars Attacks! is a 1996 American comic science fiction film directed by Tim Burton, who also co-produced it with Larry J. Franco. The screenplay, which was based on the trading card series of the same name, was written by Jonathan Gems. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Jack Nicholson (in a dual role), Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short Independence Day wasn’t the only star-studded alien invasion flick to come out in 1996. That year, Tim Burton saluted the campy sci-fi epics of decades past with his big-budget B-movie Mars Where Independence Day stands still for The President to give a rousing patriotic speech, Mars Attacks! has The President give a noble and stirring speech pleading for togetherness and understanding only to have the Martin leader’s hand come off when The President shakes it, crawl around his back, stab him and then sprout a flag through his This week Mike is joined by Gav Murphy to discuss more family friendly alien invasion movies from the 90sINDEPENDENCE DAY and MARS ATTACKS! "Ack ack ack!" Mars Attacks! opened to largely middling reviews in December 1996 and commercially bombing domestically. It was unfairly and unfavourably compared by many to Independence Day. The two projects have little in common beyond alien invasion plots, big ensembles, and the same year of release. Featuring impressive CGI space creatures and overflowing with an eclectic all-star cast, Mars Attacks! draws upon the same cultural repository of sci-fi as Independence Day. Mars Attacks! is a 1996 American science fiction film directed by Tim Burton and written by Jonathan Gems. Based on the cult trading card series of the same name, the film uses elements of black comedy and political satire, and is a parody of science fiction B movies. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, and Danny DeVito, with Sarah Jessica Parker, Martin 25th Anniversary! Mars Attacks! vs. Independence Day: Which 1996 alien-invasion blockbuster with a stacked ensemble cast was better?You decide as we pit these two sci-fi spectaculars against each other just before the Fourth of July. Released in December 1996 (six months after Independence Day), Tim Burton’s Mars Attacks! is less sci-fi epic and more sci-fi parody. Featuring an army of CGI aliens and an impressive INDEPENDENCE DAY (1996) MARS ATTACKS! (1996) WITH GAV MURPHY "Ack ack ack!" This week Mike is joined by Gav Murphy to discuss more family friendly alien invasion Mars Attacks! thus concerns an in-vogue American obsession of the 1990s (alien invasions), one featured on TV in the X-Files and in theatrical productions such as Species (1995), The Arrival (1996) and Independence Day (1996). He also revives the Irwin Allen template for disaster films.
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