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They Live
1988
John Nada (Roddy Piper) is a quiet loner, a drifter who gets work where ever he can find it. While working on a construction site in L.A. and sleeping in a vagrant community at night, John stumbles upon a secret society of alien beings who pose as wealthy and powerful people in human society. John joins a rebel group commited .. Read more
| Starring | Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George Flower |
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| Director | John Carpenter |
| Genres | Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
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They Live
John Nada (Roddy Piper) is a quiet loner, a drifter who gets work where ever he can find it. While working on a construction site in L.A. and sleeping in a vagrant community at night, John stumbles upon a secret society of alien beings who pose as wealthy and powerful people in human society. John joins a rebel group commited to exposing this conspiricy, and becomes their reluctant leader and the only hope of the human race. Wrestler Rowdy Roddy Piper is outstanding as the unassuming hero, playing the role with understated shock at what he uncovers and stubborn courage when he confronts it. Director John Carpenter laces the film with his trademark blend of humour and horror, making aliens that are hideously arrogant, greedy, and easy to hate, while the humans are confused and desperate in their struggle against them. The world looks a little different at the end of THEY LIVE, and one will never look at billboards, money, or sunglasses the same way again. The film contains the longest, and perhaps most realistic, fist fight in film history. Paying homage to INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS, the film was based on the short story EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING by Ray Nelson.
| Starring | Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George Flower |
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| Director | John Carpenter |
| Studio | ELEVATION |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 29 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 30 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy |
| Language | DVD: English Blu-ray: English |
| Dubbed | German, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish |
| Released | Production year: 1988 To Rent: DVD: 21 Oct 2002 Blu-ray: not available |
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John Nada (Piper) is grouchy because ever since he arrived in Los Angeles from Colorado, there's been nothing but... read more on Time Out
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YOU EITHER LOVE OR YOU HATE IT... I LOVE IT.
The title says it all. This is one of those films that most people like but won't admit to it. It has one of the more believable 'alien invasion' ... read more »
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You can almost see the join
To a certain extent this is a good film, mainly because the concept behind it is strong: a sort of 'they walk among us' idea, not unlike Invasion of the... read more »
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Cheesey film but a great concept, worth watching (drunk).
This should perhaps come with cheese warning for the lactose intolerant amongst us. In terms of sci-fi conspiracy concept the film is class A, but in terms of ... read more »
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Alien Conspiracy Actually Warns of Real Nazi's
The Aliens are a sub plot in this movie as Carpenter in his own words said they represented the Nazi's controlling our society today. It is certainly a ... read more »
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John Nada (Roddy Piper) is a quiet loner, a drifter who gets work where ever he can find it. While working on a construction site in L.A. and sleeping in a vagrant community at night, John stumbles upon a secret society of alien beings who pose as wealthy and powerful people in human society. John ...
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They Live
John Nada (Roddy Piper) is a quiet loner, a drifter who gets work where ever he can find it. While working on a construction site in L.A. and sleeping in a vagrant community at night, John stumbles upon a secret society of alien beings who pose as wealthy and powerful people in human society. John ...
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