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They Live  (1988)
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(Foreign Titles)
Tagline(s):You see them on the street. You watch them on TV.
You think they're people just like you.
You're wrong. Dead wrong.
Nomination Year: 1992
SYNOPSIS: A down-and-out construction worker named Nada finds a pair of sunglasses which allows him to see extraterrestrials and their alien mind-control messages...and they're everywhere! They live and work among us. He manages to convice a couple people, then discovers a secret underground human movement to thwart the alien invaders. Nada joins their effort to blow up the alien mental transmitters, so that normal people can see the aliens for what they truly are: butt-ugly.
Bryan Cassidy
Smithee Award Nominations
"Cutting Butter With A Chainsaw"
You Should Have Seen Them During the "Tastes Great/Less Filling" Battle
"Put on these sunglasses!" *WHAM!*
"Never!" *WHAM!"
Repeat until bored.
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Directors
Director Claim to Fame
John Carpenter Giant in the horror/sci-fi directing biz: Halloween, The Thing, Christine, Starman, to name but a few -- and of course, some Smithee films. 
Cast
Actor Character Claim to Fame
Roddy Piper <Not Yet in Database> As "Rowdy Roddy Piper," he used to be a pro wrestler 
Keith David <Not Yet in Database>  
Meg Foster <Not Yet in Database> Actress famous for her eerie ice-blue eyes and wide mouth; was the second "Cagney" of "Cagney & Lacey" and did lots of bit sci- fi/fantasy parts. 
George Flower <Not Yet in Database> Nicknamed "Buck." From bums to bartenders, guards to background patients, he's a contender for appearing in more Smithee films than anyone else, ever... Also wrote The Bikini Carwash Company
Peter Jason <Not Yet in Database>  
Jason Robards III <Not Yet in Database> Son of the "real" Jason Robards 
Susan Blanchard <Not Yet in Database>  
Robert Grasmere Scruffy Blond Man Directed Flying Monkeys
Al Leong <Not Yet in Database> Quite often plays the token dirty long- haired Asian. Was Uli in Die Hard, Genghis Khan in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and a hatchetman in Big Trouble in Little China
Eileen Wesson <Not Yet in Database> no relation to "...Oil" or "Smith &..." 
Norman Alden <Not Yet in Database> venerable career stretching back to 1957 
John F. Goff Well-Dressed Customer Prolific actor in B-Movies and sci- fi/horror flicks. 
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