My Favorite Martian
The martian has landed. There goes the neighborhood.
1999 | 94m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Donald Petrie |
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| Writer: | Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver |
| Staring: |
| Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars. | |
| Release Date: | Feb 11, 1999 |
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| Director: | Donald Petrie |
| Writer: | Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver |
| Genres: | Family, Comedy, Science Fiction |
| Keywords | alien, martian, fish out of water |
| Production Companies | Walt Disney Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $36,850,101
Budget: $65,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Christopher Lloyd | Uncle Martin |
| Jeff Daniels | Tim O'Hara |
| Elizabeth Hurley | Brace Channing |
| Daryl Hannah | Lizzie |
| Wallace Shawn | Coleye |
| Christine Ebersole | Mrs. Brown |
| Michael Lerner | Mr. Channing |
| Ray Walston | Armitan |
| Shelley Malil | Felix |
| Jeremy Hotz | Billy |
| T.K. Carter | Lenny |
| Dawn Maxey | Salesgirl |
| Steven Anthony Lawrence | Nurplex Kid |
| Michael Chieffo | Earl Metz |
| Troy Evans | Captain Dalton |
| Arthur Senzy | Cmdr. Murdoch |
| Charles Rahi Chun | Radar Controller |
| Michael Dempsey | Van Gundy |
| David St. James | Prescott |
| Dee Anne Helsel | Dressing Room Woman |
| Lorin McCraley | Cool Dude |
| Ken Thorley | KTSC Floor Manager |
| Tom Hallick | Howard Greenly |
| Barry Pearl | News Director |
| Buck Kartalian | Muscle Man |
| Steve Bond | The Seti Group Driver |
| Sylvester Terkay | Huge Guard |
| Michael Bailey Smith | Big Guard |
| Christian Keiber | Guard at Clearing |
| Debra Christofferson | Mrs. Butz |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Donald Petrie | Director |
| Sherri Stoner | Screenplay |
| Deanna Oliver | Screenplay |
| Phil Tippett | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Dana Hee | Stunts |
| Edward Conna | Stunts |
| Fred Lerner | Stunts |
| Ray Lykins | Stunts |
| Ben Scott | Stunts |
| Chad Stahelski | Stunts |
| Bob Yerkes | Stunts |
| John Debney | Original Music Composer |
| Thomas E. Ackerman | Director of Photography |
| Malcolm Campbell | Editor |
| John T. Van Vliet | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Daryl Kass | Unit Production Manager |
| Irving E. Lewis | Stunts |
| Alan Oliney | Stunts |
| Chad Parker | Stunts |
| Spike Silver | Stunts |
| Mark Yerkes | Stunts |
| Michael Taylor | Set Decoration |
| Nancy McArdle | Costume Supervisor |
| Mitzi Haralson | Costumer |
| Karen Asano-Myers | Hair Department Head |
| D.J. Plumb | Key Hair Stylist |
| Kenneth C. Mantlo | Boom Operator |
| James A. Brewer | First Assistant Editor |
| Ray Neapolitan | Assistant Editor |
| April Lawrence | Visual Effects Editor |
| Michael Hilkene | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Avram D. Gold | Dialogue Editor |
| Laura Graham | ADR Editor |
| John O. Wilde | Foley Supervisor |
| Solange S. Schwalbe | Foley Editor |
| Dan O'Connell | Foley Artist |
| Nerses Gezalyan | Foley Mixer |
| Robert J. Litt | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Rick Hart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Michael K. O'Melia | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Jeffrey A. Johnson | Best Boy Grip |
| Al Eisenmann | Assistant Property Master |
| Peter Albiez | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Susan MacLeod | Visual Effects Producer |
| Bruce DiValerio | Construction Coordinator |
| Phillips 'Flip' Wylly Jr. | Location Manager |
| Terri Greening | First Assistant Accountant |
| Edward Flotard | Transportation Coordinator |
| Nick Mestrundrea | Craft Service |
| Suzanne Smith | Visual Effects |
| Sandy Veneziano | Production Design |
| Hope Hanafin | Costume Design |
| Martha Elcan | First Assistant Director |
| Noon Orsatti | Stunt Coordinator, Stunts |
| Frankie 'G' Garbutt | Stunts |
| Mickey Gilbert | Stunts |
| Christopher Burian-Mohr | Art Direction |
| Paul Ford | Leadman |
| Ruby K. Manis | Costumer |
| Kenny Myers | Makeup Department Head |
| Kathryn Fenton | Key Makeup Artist |
| Susan Bierbaum | Script Supervisor |
| Donn Cambern | Additional Editing |
| Jeff Etcher | Assistant Editor |
| Deidre Leonard | Assistant Editor |
| Andrew Silver | Music Editor |
| Gaston Biraben | Dialogue Editor |
| Michele Perrone | ADR Supervisor |
| Linda Folk | ADR Editor |
| Douglas Parker | First Assistant Sound Editor |
| John T. Cucci | Foley Artist |
| Linda Lew | Foley Recordist |
| Elliot Tyson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| H. Mark Vuille | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lloyd Moriarity | Key Grip |
| Steven Melton | Property Master |
| Richard Ratliff | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Roy Augenstein | Special Effects Technician |
| David Wallace Allen | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Nancy Mickelberry | Set Designer |
| Karlene Gallegly | Location Manager |
| Byron Macdonald | Production Accountant |
| Joyce Rudolph | Still Photographer |
| Terry Claborn | Color Timer |
| Tony Schwartz | Second Assistant Director |
| John L. Greene | Series Writer |
| Janet Hirshenson | Casting |
| Jane Jenkins | Casting |
| Ernie F. Orsatti | Stunt Coordinator |
| Todd Bryant | Stunts |
| Donna Evans | Stunts |
| Dale Gibson | Stunts |
| Pete Turner | Stunts |
| Paul N.J. Ottosson | Foley Editor |
| Patti Hawn | Unit Publicist |
| Dixie Webster-Davis | Extras Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Marc Toberoff | Producer |
| Barry Bernardi | Executive Producer |
| Jerry Leider | Producer |
| Robert Shapiro | Producer |
| Daryl Kass | Co-Producer |
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Popularity History
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Rubbish, despite a pretty good cast. <em>'My Favorite Martian'</em> is an unfunny, wide of the mark 1999 release from Disney. None of the humour got laughs, or mild amusement, out from me - except one scene involving a toilet, which is marginally amusing. It also tries to join the comedy up with ... heart, especially between Martin and Tim, but it simply doesn't hit. There are moments where I could tell the film wanted me to care for the character(s) but I never did. It's also a surprisingly horny film, with iffy innuendo and even some inappropriate touching in there. If this was an <em>'American Pie'</em> type of film then it might fit, but it feels very out of place here. Zoot (Wayne Knight) confirms those words, his dumb character is obnoxious. Knight, who is oddly uncredited, is joined by Christopher Lloyd (Martin) and Jeff Daniels (Tim). That should be a great match, but they never really click together in my opinion - a missed opportunity, for sure. Elizabeth Hurley (Brace) and Daryl Hannah (Lizzie) are also involved, though the female characters are pretty pointless - Hurley has a small part in the main plot at one point, at least. It's a no from me. Straight into the bottom ten of Disney live-action, of the ones I've seen up until '99. Perhaps fans of the original television series will enjoy this, but I didn't.