They Live (1988 film)

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film horror film satirical film science fiction film

They Live (1988 film) is a satirical science fiction horror movie about a drifter who discovers that the ruling class are disguised aliens manipulating humanity through subliminal messages.

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They Live	7

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ horror film ⓘ satirical film ⓘ science fiction film ⓘ
basedOn	Eight O’Clock in the Morning NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOnAuthor	Ray Nelson NERFINISHED ⓘ
boxOfficeGrossUSD	13500000 ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Gary B. Kibbe NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decadeOfRelease	1980s ⓘ
director	John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy	Universal Pictures ⓘ
editedBy	Frank E. Jimenez NERFINISHED ⓘ Gib Jaffe NERFINISHED ⓘ
famousLine	I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and I’m all out of bubblegum. ⓘ
filmingLocation	Los Angeles ⓘ
FrankArmitageIsPseudonymOf	John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	action ⓘ horror ⓘ satire ⓘ science fiction ⓘ
hasCultFollowing	true ⓘ
mainCharacter	John Nada NERFINISHED ⓘ
MPAARating	R ⓘ
musicBy	Alan Howarth NERFINISHED ⓘ John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableScene	extended alley fistfight between John Nada and Frank Armitage ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
plotSummary	A drifter discovers that the ruling class are disguised aliens manipulating humanity through subliminal messages. ⓘ
producedBy	Larry J. Franco NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany	Alive Films NERFINISHED ⓘ Larry Franco Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	drifter ⓘ
releaseDate	1988-11-04 ⓘ
releaseYear	1988 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes	94 ⓘ
screenplayCredit	Frank Armitage NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Los Angeles ⓘ
starredActor	Keith David NERFINISHED ⓘ Meg Foster NERFINISHED ⓘ Roddy Piper NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	class struggle ⓘ conspiracy ⓘ consumerism ⓘ media manipulation ⓘ social satire ⓘ
title	They Live NERFINISHED ⓘ
writer	John Carpenter NERFINISHED ⓘ