They Live

Poster for the movie "They Live"
Poster for the movie "They Live"

They Live (1988)

R 94 min - Science Fiction, Action - 23 November 1988
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Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.

Director:  John Carpenter
Writers:  John Carpenter

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Storyline

Nada, a wanderer without meaning in his life, discovers a pair of sunglasses capable of showing the world the way it truly is. As he walks the streets of Los Angeles, Nada notices that both the media and the government are comprised of subliminal messages meant to keep the population subdued, and that most of the social elite are skull-faced aliens bent on world domination. With this shocking discovery, Nada fights to free humanity from the mind-controlling aliens.


Collections: John Carpenter

Tagline: You see them on the street. You watch them on TV. You might even vote for one this fall. You think they're people just like you. You're wrong. Dead wrong.

Details

Language:  German, English
Release Date:  23 November 1988

Box Office

Budget:  $4,000,000
Revenue:  $13,008,928

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Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 34 min