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Mars Attacks
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Description of this Mars Attacks Poster
Mars Attacks! is a 1996 film directed by Tim Burton.
It is a dark comedy with macabre overtones that pays homage to science fiction (primarily B-movies) typical of the 1950s. The story, setting, and appearance of the aliens are based on an ancient famous series of figurines, in homage to a type of candy popular in the 1960s. The film presents a rich cast, with numerous cameos and special appearances: Jack Nicholson (two characters), Glenn Close, Michael J. Fox, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Tom Jones, Jack Black, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Natalie Portman, Pam Grier, Martin Short, Rod Steiger, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Lisa Marie, and Sylvia Sidney.
The film relies heavily on special effects (performed by Industrial Light & Magic). Initially, the Martians were to be animated in stop-motion, but production opted for CG and the project moved from Barry Purves to George Lucas' Industrial Light & Magic. The soundtrack is entirely by Danny Elfman, except for the music used as a weapon against the Martians, a rendition by country singer Slim Whitman of the song Indian Love Call.
Despite mixed reviews and modest grossing upon its theatrical release, the film has been widely re-evaluated and re-released over the years and is today considered a cult film.
On a farm, two farmers smell a strong smell of barbecue, but seconds later they see a herd of burning cows running down the road. The farmers then have a close encounter with a UFO, which takes off from behind the farm and heads towards Mars. From there, thousands of flying saucers take off from underground and reach the Earth, encircling it. When they were spotted by American radars, President Jim Dale's staff took into account the opinion of the military, who would be in favor of war, and that of scientists, in favor of peaceful contact. The president, out of political opportunism, ultimately chose the path of moderation. To establish the first contact, a welcoming committee is organized in Pahrump, Nevada.
The affair is followed not only by the "high circles", but also by ordinary people: Richie Norris, the young baker from Pahrump, belittled by his parents who prefer his older brother Billy because of his military vocation - the boy is, however, supported by the affection of his elderly grandmother, who suffers from dementia and is in a local nursing home; ex-boxer Byron Williams, who accepts a humiliating and underpaid job to find his wife Louise and his two children, who no longer want to see him as a drugged gangster; Art Land, owner of a casino, where he soothes his alcoholic wife by inviting her to gamble, while continuing to offer Byron "jobs" in the underworld; Jason Stone, GNN news anchor, in love with his colleague Nathalie Lake.
During Nathalie's interview with Professor Donald Kessler, the broadcasts are interrupted and a Martian dressed in red appears on television, uttering strange verses and then making a circle with his hand. As Professor Kessler's universal translator fails to produce convincing results, President Dale decides to invite the Martians back to Earth, but places the army around the landing site where, in the meantime, thousands of people have flocked from all over the United States to witness their arrival.
Under the eyes of the crowd and the Americans who follow the live broadcast on television, the expected flying saucer finally arrives: the Martian comes out first in a red dress, who presents himself as the ambassador of Mars, followed by a troop Martian. He broadcasts a message of peace through the teacher's translator. Kessler, but at the sight of a dove released by a hippie, they kill the bird and General Casey, causing panic in the population who flee in terror. In the ensuing conflict, journalist Jason and Richie's brother, Billy, lose their lives. The Martians have clearly warlike intentions and prove to be particularly treacherous, sadistic and violent. At the end of the attack, the aliens carry Nathalie, her bag, her dog, the dove and Jason's hand, on which they will carry out cruel and comical experiments.
The president is convinced by scientists that there has been a "cultural misunderstanding" and tries to negotiate with the Martians. Invited to the Congress, they carry out a new massacre and kidnap Professor Kessler. General Decker intervenes by shooting at aliens but the gunfire proves ineffective. On the flying saucer, Professor Kessler and Nathalie undergo several experiments: the head of the first is suspended from a cable where she can feed and speak, the second is attached to the body of her dog, while vice versa the head of the dog is attached to Nathalie's body.
To eliminate the president, the Martians infiltrate one of their agents disguised as a femme fatale into the White House. The Martian, managed to enter thanks to her sensual look, first he kills the lewd secretary Jerry Ross by removing his finger with a bite, then hitting him with a golden statue, then she sneaks into the president's room and the first lady's bedroom: the president's dog barks when he wakes him up, but the stranger shoots him and charters him. In the fight that followed, the woman was also killed. The alien will then be knocked unconscious after being distracted to kill a parrot. Enraged, the Emperor of Mars orders the invasion of Earth. A massive robotic suit of armor flies across the world's skies, wreaking havoc, death and devastation: Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Pyramid of Chops, the Washington Monument, Las Vegas and, irreverently, the Moai of the 'Easter island . Mount Rushmore's effigies of presidents are filled with laser on Martian faces.
Seeing the Martian armies wreaking havoc on the planet, the president is convinced of their immense cruelty. After the death of his wife Marsha, he allows himself to be convinced by General Decker to finally obtain the green light for the use of the nuclear arsenal: a powerful atomic missile is launched which the aliens neutralize with a counter-trumpet weapon hilarious. Suddenly, the invaders burst into the headquarters: the American president makes a last desperate attempt to convince them to live together peacefully, but he will be killed by the Martians, skewered by the auction of their flag.
Meanwhile, the alien army continues to wreak death and devastation. As Richie prepares to save her grandmother from the Martian onslaught, she casually discovers their weak point: the head-exploding tonal frequency of country music. Using Grandma's favorite song (Indian Love Call sung by Slim Whitman), the sound is radiated everywhere: the Martian invaders are thus quickly and definitively wiped out. The dissected heads of Kessler and Nathalie, who fell in love during the Martian invasion, manage to exchange a kiss in front of the flying saucer on which they are buried in the sea.
Among the ruins of the Capitol in Washington, Richie and his grandmother are decorated with the Medal of Honor awarded by the president's teenage daughter, Taffie, while Byron reunites with his family after fighting and defeating the Nevada invaders. The Earth is safe thanks to normal and honest people while the entire political, economic and media apparatus, which had revealed its little weakness and baseness of mind in the face of a tragic situation for the entire planet, has been disintegrated by aliens .
The conclusion is on the notes of It's Not Unusual sung by Tom Jones himself, who survived the Martian invasion, in an idyllic setting made of new purities, nature and wild animals.
