Coneheads (film)
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 Coneheads poster |
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| Directed by | Steve Barron |
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| Produced by | Lorne Michaels |
| Written by | Tom Davis Dan Aykroyd Bonnie Turner Terry Turner |
| Starring | Dan Aykroyd Jane Curtin Michelle Burke Chris Farley |
| Music by | David Newman |
| Cinematography | Francis Kenny |
| Editing by | Paul Trejo |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | July 23, 1993 |
| Running time | 88 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Coneheads is the title of a 1993 movie based on the Saturday Night Live sketches about the Coneheads. The film was directed by Steve Barron and produced by Lorne Michaels. As was the case with the previous SNL skit-inspired film The Blues Brothers, Coneheads has been said to have made an "accidental" or "unintentional" political statement or social commentary about the nature of the immigrant experience in America, the filmmakers' ostensible intent being merely to entertain.[citation needed]
The film stars Dan Aykroyd and Jane Curtin as Beldar and Prymaat Clorhone (who later Anglicize their Remulakian surname to "Conehead"), parents of Connie (Michelle Burke, taking over the role played by Laraine Newman on SNL). Michael McKean and David Spade play INS officials; also appearing are Sinbad and SNL alumni Phil Hartman, Jan Hooks, Tim Meadows, Jon Lovitz, Peter Aykroyd, Tom Davis, Garrett Morris, Chris Farley, Laraine Newman, Kevin Nealon, Julia Sweeney, and Adam Sandler.
Other supporting cast members include Jason Alexander and Lisa Jane Persky. Alexander's Seinfeld co-star, Michael Richards, makes a cameo appearance, as do Eddie Griffin, Joey Lauren Adams, Parker Posey, Ellen DeGeneres, Drew Carey, Dave Thomas, and Tom Arnold.
The movie largely took place in Paramus, New Jersey, with scenes also shot in New York City and the New Jersey slums of Jersey City, and Wrightstown.
[edit] Plot
The film follows the adventures of the family - whose ship, as part of an advance scouting mission for an invasion, is shot down by an F-16 fighter-interceptor of the New Jersey Air National Guard, and they try to assimilate into American society and pursue the immigrant's American dream. They live with secret identities while an INS agent tracks them incessantly over the years. They blend into a community and take up activities that are part and parcel of the American Dream. They also deal with their teenage daughter dating. At the end Beldar is allowed by an INS agent to remain on Earth provided Beldar can demonstrate a skill that no one else can.
[edit] Cast
- Robert Knott as Air Traffic Controller
- Jonathan Penner as Captain Air Traffic
- Whip Hubley as F-16 Pilot
- Dan Aykroyd as Beldar Conehead / Donald R. DeCicco
- Jane Curtin as Prymatt Conehead / Mary Margaret DeCicco
- Howard Napper as Ang Pilot
- Michael Richards as Motel Clerk
- Eddie Griffin as Customer
- Sinbad as Otto
- Phil Hartman as Marlax
- Adam Sandler as Carmine
- Grant Martell as Hispanic Man #1
- Art Bonilla as Hispanic Man #2
- David Spade as Eli Turnbull, INS Agent
- Rosa Maria Briz as Hispanic Woman (as Rosa Briz)
- Mitchell Bobrow as Garthok Combatant
[edit] External links
- Coneheads at the Internet Movie Database
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