My Favorite Martian (film)
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| Directed by | Donald Petrie |
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Jerry Leider Robert Shapiro Marc Toberoff |
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Sherri Stoner Deanna Oliver |
| Based on | television series My Favorite Martian created by John L. Greene |
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| Music by | John Debney |
| Cinematography | Thomas E. Ackerman |
| Edited by | Malcolm Campbell |
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| Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures |
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $65 million |
| Box office | $36,850,101 |
My Favorite Martian is a 1999 American science fiction comedy 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 grossed $36.8 million domestically against a budget of $65 million.
News producer Tim O'Hara (Jeff Daniels) is fired for unwillingly "compromising" his boss's daughter, reporter Brace Channing (Elizabeth Hurley), during a live broadcast of the first Space Shuttle launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base. His assistant, Lizzie (Daryl Hannah), tries to comfort him, and it is apparent she has a crush on him. Later, Tim witnesses a small Martian spacecraft crash landing. Realizing his chance to deliver a story that will "rock the Earth", he brings Brace to show her the ship, but by the time he reaches the crash site the ship has been shrunk to toy size. Nearby, its only occupant (Christopher Lloyd) hides in the bushes. Tim takes the now-shrunken spaceship home with him, with the Martian following him to retrieve it. After a confrontation, Tim is knocked out and the Martian disguises himself to look like Tim and ends up kissing Lizzie when she visits.
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