A natural follow-on to Ed Wood, Carley revisits Tim Burton’s B-movie homage comedy, Mars Attacks!

Why cant we work out our differences?

Why cant we work things out?

Little people, why cant we all just get along?

President James Dale

The Recap

1996 was the year of the alien invasion.

Based on a popular series of trading cards,Mars Attacks!is part B-movie, part dark comedy.

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As news of the aliens spreads it creates different reactions among the population.

In New York, newsman Jason Stone (Michael J.

Meanwhile, Arts new-age wife Barbara (Annette Bening) is excited by their arrival.

But when problems again resurface the Martians take them all out.

Eventually over twelve drafts of the script were written before it was ready to hit the big screen.