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Synopsis: A group of tenants in an apartment block are being forced to move out so that it can be demolished. The tenants are reluctant to move, so the developers hire a local gang to 'persuade' them to leave. Fortunately, visiting alien mechanical life-forms come to town. When they befriend the tenants, the aliens use their extraterrestrial abilities to defeat the developers.
Director(s): Matthew Robbins
Production: Universal Pictures
  2 wins & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
PG
Year:
1987
106 min
832 Views


You said that

you were going nowhere!

You could do analytic deconstruction,

neo-geo, hard edge.

But no, you've got to be

the Andrew Wyeth of the East Village.

Why don't you go back to your father

and sell vans or rec-vs,

or whatever they're called.

RVs.

But for God's sake,

get out of here.

And to think that

I've been telling my friends

that it's so cool

living with an artist!

You never once asked

to paint me nude!

Hey, man, stop

right here, man!

All right!

Sorry.

It's OK, Frank.

She's here.

She's been helping.

- Give it to me.

- I called Donald.

He made the arrangements.

For what?

A funeral?

We're going to Jersey.

It's a home

for senior citizens.

You took their money.

You took that

bastard's money.

There's cold cereal

in here

and a Libby's

canned fruit,

but she won't

eat the cherries.

And beans-

She just loves beans.

Frank, where's

our bags?

It's the Love Boat

to Cuba.

Shuffleboard and pineapples

filled with rum.

You know what they do?

They put paper umbrellas

sticking out the top,

so when it rains,

it don't thin out the liquor.

And here's her Enderol-

four times a day,

after meals

and at bedtime,

and her HydroDIURIL

twice a day

and don't forget.

OK, I got it.

I won't forget.

OK.

Frank...

Frank, we're tired.

It's- it's not

home anymore.

Say good-bye for us,

will you?

Hell, she won't

even know you're gone.

Come on out, Faye.

Let's do this.

Where's Muriel?

It smells like cherry cordial,

this stuff.

Muriel!

I'm Muriel now.

I'm comin' in, Faye.

Hold it,

I ain't dressed.

Get Frank.

Frank!

Yeah?

Who's that?

It's Frank.

I'm Frank now.

OK.

Put on the red record.

We haven't got

a red record.

Muriel has

a red record.

Makes the pills

go down.

Sure.

- Say "ah. "

- No. Muriel and I say "frog. "

- Frog.

- OK, frog.

Oh, my...

I'm going to clean up

that cafe, Frank.

I'm going to clean

it up right now.

Oh.

Well...

maybe first thing

in the morning.

You don't have to

worry about a thing.

OK?

OK.

# Just around

the corner #

# There's a rainbow

in the sky #

# So #

# Let's have another

cup of coffee #

# And let's have

another piece of pie ##

Did we miss the sunset?

Oh.

Please...

somebody...

help us.

Frank.

Where's the goddamn

toaster?

Good morning.

Island Manor.

Can I help you?

Hello?

Hello.

Faye!

Faye, what is this?

Come on, Tommy,

slow down!

Oh, no.

Yo! Wait a minute!

Those are my pictures!

Wait! Would you stop?

Stop! Just wait!

Oh, God.

Today they collect

the garbage.

- Hi.

- Hi.

It's all right.

It's me- 3B.

Someone was in my room.

Yeah, me too.

I think we got elves.

- Good morning.

- Hi.

Who are you?

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Mick Garris

Mick Garris (born December 4, 1951) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California. more…

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