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Mars Attacks!

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Mars Attacks!
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PG13,1hr 43min
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December 13, 1996
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Warner Home Video
Synopsis: This quirky science fiction comedy is a characteristic feature by iconoclastic director Tim Burton, known to moviegoers for Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, and The Nightmare Before Christmas. The storyline affectionately harkens back to the deadpan sincerity of such '50s and '60s science-fiction films as The Day the Earth Stood Still and War of the Worlds. Flying saucers have been reliably seen over the capitals of the world, and the whole world awaits with bated breath to see what will transpire. ... Full Synopsis
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In its nothing's-quite-at-stake way, Mars Attacks! has Tim Burton's flaked-out spirit -- it makes you feel like a very knowing 8-year-old, seeing through the artifice yet believing in it at the same time. Full Review
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Featured Cast
Art Land, President Dale, President Dale/Art Land
Marsha Dale
Barbara Land
Donald Kessler
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Jack Nicholson in 1996's "Mars Attacks!"
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