What Planet Are You From? Page #4

Synopsis: A highly advanced civilization, whose citizens feel no emotion and reproduce by cloning, plans to conquer Earth from the inside by sending an operative, fashioned with a humming, mechanical penis, to impregnate a human and stay until the birth. The alien, Harold Anderson, goes to Phoenix as a banker and sets to work finding a mate. His approaches to women are inept, and the humming phallus doesn't help, but on the advice of a banking colleague, he cruises an A.A. meeting, meets Susan, and somehow convinces her to marry him. The clock starts to tick: will she conceive, have a baby, and lose Harold (and the child) to his planet before he discovers emotion and starts to care?
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Director(s): Mike Nichols
Production: Columbia Pictures
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.6
Metacritic:
41
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
R
Year:
2000
105 min
Website
108 Views


I'm sorry. I'm Susan.

Hi, Susan.

Anyway, I'm an alcoholic.

I've been sober

a couple of months now.

Thanks. That's okay.

My father was an abusive alcoholic.

And I guess maybe I'm lucky

that he left when I was 7.

But my stepfather was an alcoholic.

And so was my second stepfather.

Anyway, I have a history

of picking the wrong men.

Big surprise, right?

The thing is, I never knew I had

a drinking problem...

...because ever since high school,

I've only dated musicians.

They always said I was a lot of fun.

- I like what I hear.

- But all that's changed.

I bottomed out.

I was having fun in...

...I don't even remember what city.

When I woke up,

I didn't know where I was...

...how I got there,

or who the guy was that I was with.

And I thought I should know

at least one of those things.

So I came here.

I stopped putting myself in situations

where I couldn't respect myself...

...so others didn't respect me.

She wants respect. Cuts me out.

Anyway, I took my first step today.

I bought a new car...

...and it'll be great to get up in the

morning and remember where I parked it.

Thanks.

Would anyone else like to share?

It's dead tonight.

Not a weeper in the joint.

Weeper?

Usually one or two gals

get all weepy after the meeting.

Then you clean up. You go over,

offer them a tissue. Bang, you're in.

Yank a nose hair right before you go.

They see the tears, think you're

a kindred spirit. You are in huge.

Look. Wish me luck.

What happened?

I did so much blow once,

I didn't sleep for three weeks.

I lost 15 pounds. The good thing?

I've been able to keep it off.

Remember me from the aeroplane?

Oh, yeah, of course.

You hit me really hard.

What are you doing here?

I have a slight problem.

You know how it is with airlines.

You're at 30,000 feet

with all those tiny bottles.

- It's really not my fault.

- Sure.

Damn it!

You hit my car. My new car.

- I don't believe it.

- What happened?

Don't get excited. First,

this isn't new. This is a '98.

- I know a guy with one.

- It's new to me!

Oh, God.

Look at it.

I guess we both have to drive

more carefully.

I was parked, a**hole.

I don't see a lot of damage,

so I'm gonna run.

Right, I got the cracked taillight,

dented fender package.

I want to see your driver's license,

registration and insurance.

- Can't we settle this without insurance?

- No.

If you try to worm your way

out of this...

...I will cut your heart out

with my hood ornament.

Have we dated?

I'm not very good in bed.

No, no. You're great.

No. My boyfriend once said it was

like trying to start a dead car.

You've got to uncross your legs.

I told you I'm not very good in bed.

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Garry Shandling

Garry Emmanuel Shandling (November 29, 1949 – March 24, 2016) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, director, writer, and producer. He was best known for his work in It's Garry Shandling's Show and The Larry Sanders Show. Shandling began his career writing for sitcoms, such as Sanford and Son and Welcome Back, Kotter. He made a successful stand-up performance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and became a frequent guest-host on the series. Shandling was for a time considered the leading contender to replace Johnny Carson (other hopefuls were Joan Rivers, David Letterman, and David Brenner). In 1986, he created It's Garry Shandling's Show for Showtime. It was nominated for four Emmy Awards (including one for Shandling) and lasted until 1990. His second show titled The Larry Sanders Show, which began airing on HBO in 1992, was even more successful. Shandling was nominated for 18 Emmy Awards for the show and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series in 1998, along with Peter Tolan, for writing the series finale. In film, he had a recurring role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, appearing in Iron Man 2 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier. He also lent his voice to Verne the turtle in Over the Hedge. Shandling's final performance was as the voice of Ikki in the live-action remake of The Jungle Book. During his three-decade career, Shandling was nominated for 19 Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globe Awards, along with many other awards and nominations. He served as host of the Grammy Awards four times and as host of the Emmy Awards three times. more…

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