They Live

They Live
by John Carpenter

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Actor: George 'Buck' Flower, Keith David, Meg Foster, Peter Jason, Roddy Piper
Director: John Carpenter
Brand: Universal
Cinematographer: Gary B. Kibbe
Writer: John Carpenter
Producer: Andre Blay
Producer: Larry J. Franco
Producer: Sandy King
Producer: Shep Gordon
Writer: Ray Nelson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios

DVD Reviews of They Live

DVD Review: How Applicable for Today!
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie rocks! Such a great Carpenter classic, Roddy Piper isn't that bad an actor too. It's amazing how this movie in a weird way echo's the current times and trends - hmm, interesting. Perhaps, it may be that this is not no science-fiction after all. If any of you out there area looking for a fun, cool movie this is it.

DVD Review: Go Movie
Summary: 5 Stars

I love the movie I saw it on youtube and I bought the in amazon

DVD Review: Realy love this movie
Summary: 5 Stars

It's hard to write about this movie to those who haven't seen it. It's one of those films you either love, or you look at with an odd expression and say "huh?" to. Yes, it's sci fi, and yes, it's comedy. There are lots of little political and social jokes that run through the plot, but there's also a great deal of amusement. I'm not going to say that everyone will love this movie, but if you are a fan of sci-fi/comedy, pro wrestler 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper, alien conspiracies,and a slow-heavy blues bassline theme music kinda movies, see They Live. Packed with a hefty supply of cult classic one-liners like "I've come here to chew bubble gum and kick ---, and I'm all outta bubble gum", They Live is a great film.

DVD Review: This film rules
Summary: 5 Stars

They Live is a fun sci-fi film made by John Carpenter and stars former wwe superstar "Rowdy" Roddy Piper.

The story is about John Nada, a homeless unemployed construction worker, who finds a pair of sunglasses, that when worn suddenly reveal a world runed by upwardly mobile, capitlist, yuppie aliens hellbent on kepping the human race sedate and brainwashed with sublimminal messages fed through advertising and the media, so it's down to John and a few others to get the world to wake up and see how much deep s**t the human race is in.

This film has great action bits, funny moments in your face satire and one of the best fist fights i've seen, I also think it's John Carpenter's most accomplished film to date, oh I have also heard news that they are remaking this film and I bet it will suck!! but untill that happens sit back and enjoy this film.

DVD Review: Benjamin Disraeli said it best!
Summary: 5 Stars

This delightfully eerie movie demonstrates that great films are not necessarily pretentious; world-class art can appeal to regular folks; you needn't read John Taylor Gatto to lean the truth about 'Education;" and although you could study "alternative economic history" for months on end at the Yamaguchy website, Mary E. Hobart and David Astle aren't the only reality gurus who can clue you in to what's really going down here on the third stone from the sun. Not at all! John Carpenter manages to do just that in his 95 minute "B-Movie" masterpiece, 'They Live!"

So read the other reviews, form your own opinions, but by all means be sure to see "They Live." And if you are an "art snob" or one of those people who seek cultural justification for pursuing the enjoyable, then consider that what this film divulges is exactly what Benjamin Disraeli had in mind when he penned his cryptic phrase, ""The world is governed by very different personages from what is imagined by those who are not behind the scenes." (!)

Description of They Live

They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. Horror master john carpenter directs this action-packed sci-fi thriller about one mans battle against aliens who are systematically gaining control of the earth. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 09/23/2003 Starring: Roddy Piper Meg Foster Run time: 98 minutes Rating: R Director: John Carpenter

An economic crisis brings unemployed Nada (Roddy Piper) to L.A. in search of work. What he finds instead is that the ruling elite of the world are aliens in disguise, their aim being to keep humans in a state of mindless consumerism. His discovery comes when he dons a pair of special sunglasses made by a resistance group and sees for the first time reality unadorned. Billboards, store signs, magazine covers--all bear subliminal messages to OBEY, to CONSUME, to have NO INDEPENDENT THOUGHT. Money itself says THIS IS YOUR GOD. But worst of all, with these glasses you see which of us are really hideous, bug-eyed aliens. The conceptual breakthrough is hilarious while keeping its roots in darker matters. Although some fault the film for settling into its action plot, the ending has a great payoff. And the direction by John Carpenter is handled with superb workmanlike aplomb. One unforgettable set piece has Piper in a back-alley fistfight with a friend who won't put on the glasses that goes on and on, and just when you think it's over it goes another round. One of the most subversive films ever made in Hollywood, They Live was released on the eve of the 1988 elections. The first TV ads had two hideous alien politicians debating, then one accusing the other of being "No John Kennedy!" --Jim Gay

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