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Description of this Mars Attacks Poster
Mars Attacks! is a 1996 film directed by Tim Burton.
It is a dark comedy with macabre overtones that pays homage to science fiction (mainly B-movies) typical of the 1950s. The story, setting, and appearance of the aliens are based on a famous old series of figurines, in homage to a type of candy popular in the 1960s. The film features a rich cast, with many cameos and special appearances: Jack Nicholson (two characters), Glenn Close, Michael J. Fox, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Tom Jones, Jack Black, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Natalie Portman, Pam Grier, Martin Short, Rod Steiger, Lukas Haas, Jim Brown, Lisa Marie, and Sylvia Sidney.
The film relies heavily on special effects (produced by Industrial Light & Magic). Originally, the Martians were to be stop-motion animated, but the production opted for computer-generated images, and the project was transferred from Barry Purves to George Lucas’s Industrial Light & Magic. The soundtrack is entirely by Danny Elfman, with the exception of the music used as a weapon against the Martians, a rendition of the song Indian Love Call by country singer Slim Whitman.
Despite mixed reviews and modest box office revenue upon its theatrical release, the film has been widely reevaluated and reissued over the years and is now considered a cult classic.
On a farm, two farmers smell a strong odor of barbecue, but a few seconds later, they see a herd of flaming cows rushing down the road. The farmers then have a close encounter with a UFO, which takes off from behind the farm and heads towards Mars. From there, thousands of flying saucers take off from underground and reach Earth, circling it. When they are spotted by American radar, President Jim Dale’s staff takes into account the opinions of the military, who are said to be in favor of war, and that of scientists, in favor of peaceful contact. The president, out of political expediency, finally chooses the path of moderation. To establish first contact, a welcoming committee is organized in Pahrump, Nevada.
The affair is followed not only by the “high echelons,” but also by ordinary people: Richie Norris, the young baker from Pahrump, disparaged by his parents who prefer his older brother Billy because of his military vocation – the boy is, however, sustained by the affection of his elderly grandmother, who suffers from dementia and is in a local nursing home; ex-boxer Byron Williams, who takes a humiliating, underpaid job to reunite with his wife Louise and two children, who no longer want to see him as a drug-addled gangster; casino owner Art Land, where he appeases his alcoholic wife by inviting her to gamble, while continuing to offer Byron “jobs” in the underworld; and GNN news anchor Jason Stone, in love with his colleague Nathalie Lake.
During Nathalie’s interview with Professor Donald Kessler, the broadcasts are interrupted and a Martian dressed in red appears on television, uttering strange verses and then making a circle with his hand. When Professor Kessler’s universal translator fails to produce convincing results, President Dale decides to invite the Martians back to Earth, but places the army around the landing site where, in the meantime, thousands of people have flocked from all over the United States to witness their arrival.
Before the crowd and the Americans watching the live broadcast on television, the expected flying saucer finally arrives: the Martian comes out first in a red robe, who introduces himself as the ambassador of Mars, followed by a Martian troop. He broadcasts a message of peace through Professor Kessler’s translator, but at the sight of a dove released by a hippie, they charcoal the bird and General Casey, causing panic among the population who flee in terror. In the ensuing conflict, the journalist Jason and Richie’s brother, Billy, lose their lives. The Martians have clearly warlike intentions and prove to be particularly treacherous, sadistic, and violent. At the end of the attack, the aliens carry Nathalie, her bag, her dog, the dove, and the hand Jason’s, on which they will conduct cruel and comical experiments.
The President is convinced by the scientists that there has been a “cultural misunderstanding” and tries to negotiate with the Martians. Invited to Congress, they carry out another massacre and kidnap Professor Kessler. General Decker intervenes by shooting at the aliens, but the shots prove ineffective. On the flying saucer, Professor Kessler and Nathalie undergo several experiments: the former’s head is suspended from a cable where she can feed and speak, the latter is attached to the body of her dog, while vice versa, the dog’s head is attached to Nathalie’s body.
To eliminate the President, the Martians infiltrate the White House with one of their agents disguised as a femme fatale. The Martian, who manages to enter thanks to his sensual appearance, first kills the obscene secretary Jerry Ross by removing his finger with a bite, then hitting him with a golden statue, then she sneaks into the President’s bedroom and the First Lady’s bedroom: the President’s dog barks when he wakes it, but the alien shoots it and kills it. In the ensuing fight, the woman is also killed. The alien will then be knocked unconscious after being distracted to kill a parrot. Enraged, the Emperor of Mars orders the invasion of Earth. A huge robotic armor flies over the skies of the world sowing chaos, death and devastation: Big Ben, the Eiffel Tower, the Taj Mahal, the Pyramid of Chops, the Washington Monument, Las Vegas and, irreverently, the Moai of Easter Island. The effigies of the presidents on Mount Rushmore are filled with lasers on Martian faces.
Seeing the Martian armies wreaking havoc on the planet, the President is convinced of their immense cruelty. After the death of his wife Marsha, he is persuaded by General Decker to finally get the green light for the use of the nuclear arsenal: a powerful atomic missile is launched, which the aliens neutralize with a hilarious counter-trumpet weapon. Suddenly, the invaders burst into the headquarters: the American president makes a last desperate attempt to convince them to live together peacefully, but he is killed by the Martians, skewered by the auction of their flag.
Meanwhile, the alien army continues to sow death and devastation. As Richie prepares to save his grandmother from the Martian assault, she nonchalantly discovers their weak point: the tonal frequency of country music, which makes heads explode. Using Grandma’s favorite song (Indian Love Call sung by Slim Whitman), the sound is radiated everywhere: the Martian invaders are thus quickly and definitively annihilated. The dissected heads of Kessler and Nathalie, who fell in love during the Martian invasion, manage to exchange a kiss in front of the flying saucer on which they are sunk into the sea.
Among the ruins of the Capitol in Washington, Richie and his grandmother are decorated with the Medal of Honor awarded by the president’s teenage daughter, Taffie, while Byron is reunited with his family after fighting and defeating the invaders in Nevada. The Earth is safe thanks to normal, honest people, while the entire political, economic, and media apparatus, which had revealed its petty weakness and baseness in the face of a tragic situation for the entire planet, has been disintegrated by aliens.
The conclusion is to the notes of It’s Not Unusual sung by Tom Jones himself, who survived the Martian invasion, in an idyllic setting of new purities, nature, and wildlife.