Product Details

• Actors: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Kathy Ireland, William R. Moses, Richard Haines
• Directors: Albert Pyun, Mike Hodges
• Writers: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, Albert Pyun, Debra Ricci, Regina Davis
• Producers: Avi Lerner
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 5.1), French (PCM Mono)
• Subtitles: Spanish, French
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
• DVD Release Date: June 7, 2005
• Run Time: 177 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000787YQS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #79,942 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Morons From Outer Space/Alien From LA" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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In Morons from Outer Space, a trio of very dense aliens abandons their equally dimwitted pal Bernard (coscripter Mel Smith) and crashes their rented spacecraft in England, where they become pop media icons under the guiding hand of a disgruntled television employee (coscripter Griff Rhys Jones). Bernard eventually finds his way to America, where his claims of interplanetary pedigree land him in an asylum. This satire of science fiction and societal quirks from British television comics Smith and Jones and director Mike Hodges (Croupier) generates its biggest laughs early, when the hapless trio is pitted against the British and American military (James B. Sikking appears briefly as a trigger-happy Yank officer). The remainder quickly dissipates into generic slapstick and feeble pokes at media hype, though Smith and fellow U.K. performer Jimmy Nail (as beer-guzzling spaceman Dez) have some strong individual moments. Smith later directed such films as Bean (1997) and High Heels and Low Lifes (2001).

Alien from L.A. is a slight but watchable science fiction adventure about a nerdy gal (model Kathy Ireland, hiding behind Buddy Holly specs) who discovers a lost civilization at the center of the Earth. Following clues in a letter concerning her missing adventurer father, Ireland travels to North Africa (the film was actually shot in South Africa), where she discovers–-and falls into-–a pit that contains the spaceship Atlantis, which crashed and sunk into the Earth generations ago. With the help of a friendly miner, Ireland searches for her dad and gains her self-confidence after wrangling with a host of creatures and treacherous Atlanteans. Alien from L.A. won't win over sci-fi diehards with its tongue-in-cheek tone and overly familiar Mad Max/punk-rock set design, and Ireland's performance can be charitably described as befuddled, but camp and "bad movie" fans may get a kick out of the lighthearted proceedings, and Ireland's sarong and bikini wardrobe isn't too hard to take. Director Pyun (The Sword and the Sorcerer) and Ireland reunited for the 1989 semi-sequel, Journey to the Center of the Earth. --Paul Gaita

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•MPAA Rating: PG
•Format: DVD
•Runtime: 177 minutes

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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love Aliens from LA, September 7, 2011

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The movie Aliens from LA, while it might be a bit goofy, it is also very entertaining and one that should not be missed.

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2.0 out of 5 stars so bad lts good, January 30, 2010

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l cant tell which one ls worse , morons from outer space , big production nothing happening , an alien from la , kathy lreland richard geres ex girlfriend , proving you don't have to be talented to make a sci fi parody , part super mario with bob hoskins and john leguisino , and a very low tech blade runner without harrison ford , the trailer alien from la the best thing of the whole movie , seeing ls believing