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They Live (1988)
Directed by John Carpenter
“You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they're people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong.”
Science Fiction, Action, Thriller · 1h 33m
A lone drifter stumbles upon a unique pair of sunglasses that reveal aliens are systematically gaining control of the Earth by masquerading as humans and lulling the public into submission.
Cast
Roddy Piper
John Nada
Keith David
Frank Armitage
Meg Foster
Holly Thompsen
George Buck Flower
Drifter
Peter Jason
Gilbert
Raymond St. Jacques
Street Preacher
Jason Robards III
Family Man
John Lawrence
Bearded Man
Susan Barnes
Brown Haired Woman
Sy Richardson
Black Revolutionary
W
Wendy Brainard
Family Man's Daughter
L
Lucille Meredith
Female Interviewer
Crew
- Director
- John Carpenter
- Screenplay
- John Carpenter
- Novel
- Ray Nelson
- Director of Photography
- Gary B. Kibbe
- Original Music Composer
- John Carpenter, Alan Howarth
- Editor
- Frank E. Jimenez, Gib Jaffe
- Producer
- Larry Franco
Details
- Release date
- 1988-11-04
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Genres
- Science Fiction, Action, Thriller
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Alive Films, Larry Franco Productions
- Budget
- $4,000,000
- Box office
- $13,000,000