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Director: | Jim Mallon |
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Writer: | Jim Mallon, Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Mary Jo Pehl, Bridget Jones Nelson, Paul Chaplin |
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Dr. Clayton Forrester figures he can rule the world if he deadens his subjects' brains by making them endure terrible movies. Exploiting his access to nearby satellite-dwellers Mike Nelson and his robot pals, Crow T. Robot and Tom Servo, Forrester makes them watch "This Island Earth", a cheesy 1950s spaceship film. But when Mike and friends make funny comments throughout the movie and others that follow, Forrester's plan looks increasingly flimsy. | |
Release Date: | Apr 19, 1996 |
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Director: | Jim Mallon |
Writer: | Jim Mallon, Michael J. Nelson, Trace Beaulieu, Kevin Murphy, Mary Jo Pehl, Bridget Jones Nelson, Paul Chaplin |
Genres: | Comedy, Science Fiction |
Keywords | spoof, based on tv series, satire, hubble, scientist, science fiction, cinema on cinema, space adventure, robot, independent film |
Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Gramercy Pictures, Consolidated Puppets |
Box Office |
Revenue: $1,000,000
Budget: $5,000,000 |
Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
Name | Character |
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Michael J. Nelson | Mike Nelson |
Trace Beaulieu | Dr. Forrester / Crow T. Robot |
Kevin Murphy | Tom Servo |
Jim Mallon | Gypsy |
John Brady | Benkitnorf |
Name | Job |
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Jim Mallon | Writer, Director |
Michael J. Nelson | Writer |
Trace Beaulieu | Writer |
Bill Johnson | Editor |
Kevin Murphy | Writer |
Mary Jo Pehl | Writer |
Bridget Jones Nelson | Writer |
Ken Hahn | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Jeff Stonehouse | Director of Photography |
Billy Barber | Original Music Composer |
Jef Maynard | Production Design |
Rando Schmook | Art Direction |
Blakesley Clapp | Set Decoration |
Julie Hartley | Production Manager |
Marie Domingo | First Assistant Director |
Bix Skahill | Second Assistant Director |
Rich Larson | Storyboard Artist |
Slater Crosby | First Assistant Camera |
Thomas A. Naunas | Production Sound Mixer |
Bradley J. Keely | Video Assist Operator |
Carrie Rand Bennett | Boom Operator |
Paul Murphy | Special Effects |
Eric D. Howell | Special Effects |
Linda Froiland | Costume Designer |
Andrea Jackson DuCane | Makeup & Hair |
Robert I. Phillips | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
Glen P. Griffin | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
Linda J. Kuusisto | Script Supervisor |
Jann Lynn Johnson | Production Coordinator |
Chrysa Freeman | Assistant Production Coordinator |
Michael Kienitz | Still Photographer |
Marilyn Nave | Production Coordinator |
Dave Keffer | Assistant Editor |
Fred Street | Supervising Sound Editor |
Joseph Just | Sound Editor |
Tom Naunas | Sound Designer |
Joel Hodgson | Creator, Characters |
Paul Chaplin | Writer |
Name | Title |
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Jim Mallon | Producer |
Trace Beaulieu | Associate Producer |
Kevin Murphy | Associate Producer |
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**It might be really funny to a lot of people, but it didn't work for me.** I know there are a lot of old movies that are painfully bad. Some of them are so bad they're funny. This is quite well known. What I didn't know was that there had been a TV series in the past that made fun of these movie ... s. “Mystery Science Theater 3000” was a series that never aired in Portugal and that I only became aware of when researching this film. Now I understand better certain things that I didn't realize when I was watching it, but even so, I feel that it is a film that is not for me. Before writing, I went to see an episode or two of the original series to compare. What the film did was, essentially, a movie episode. The differences are minimal, and that seems a bit lazy to me right off the bat. There are lots of films based on good TV series, and it's not uncommon for the opposite to happen, but generally there is an effort, on the part of those who make the films, to give us something different, even if the base is there. That didn't happen here. Also, the film tries to make witty jokes based on the older film, but it splatters roundly on the floor with each one. First, because there is a bad placement of the jokes, which happens before we even realize why, as if it were a spoiler. And then, because they are dull jokes, a type of humor that seems like it would only have a chance to work at the expense of a few very alcoholic drinks. I just don't like humor like that, and therefore the movie didn't have any jokes. Luckily, it was a fairly brief movie, just over an hour, or I would have stopped and moved on to something really more interesting.