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Encyclopedia > My Stepmother Is an Alien
My Stepmother Is An Alien

My Stepmother Is An Alien movie poster
Directed by Richard Benjamin
Produced by Franklin R. Levy
Ronald Parker
Jerry Weintraub (executive producer)
Art Levinson (executive producer)
Laurence Mark (executive producer)
Written by Jerico,
Herschel Weingrod,
Timothy Harris,
Jonathan Reynolds
Starring Kim Basinger,
Dan Aykroyd,
Alyson Hannigan,
Jon Lovitz,
Seth Green
Music by Alan Silvestri
Cinematography Richard H. Kline
Editing by Jacqueline Cambas
Release date(s) December 9, 1988
Running time 105 min
Country United States
Language English
Budget $16,000,000 (estimated)
IMDb profile

My Stepmother Is An Alien is a 1988 comedy science fiction film directed by Richard Benjamin. It stars Kim Basinger as Celeste, an alien sent on a secret mission to Earth. Dan Aykroyd plays a widowed scientist who is working on experimental ways to send radio waves into deep space. An accident during one of his experiments inadvertently caused gravity to be ruined on Celeste's home world. Celeste is then sent to Earth to find out who has discovered a way to change gravity and how they did it. She is aided by an alien or alien device resembling a gigantic eye who hides herself in a designer purse to aid Celeste by indoctrinating her on Earth ways and is able to do amazing things like create diamonds and designer dresses almost instantaneously. Celeste's newness on earth leads to some humorous situations where Celeste nearly exposes herself as alien due to her strange behavior, like trying to kiss someone for the first time or trying to cook. Alyson Hannigan is the daughter who realizes Celeste's strange habits, such as snacking on cigarette butts and flashlight batteries, and handling an extremely hot oven rack without being burned. However, she cannot convince her father that there is something strange about her. Her father is too smitten with Celeste to care. The film also features Jon Lovitz, Ann Prentiss, Seth Green and Juliette Lewis. Celeste encounters many things on Earth that she would otherwise never have experienced, such as sneezing, sexual intercourse, and love. In the end Celeste falls in love with Dan Aykroyd's character and comes to understand and care for his daughter. Celeste attempts to convince her home world that the whole thing was an accident and that Earth shouldn't be destroyed because of all of the wonderful things it offers. Richard Benjamin in July 1986. ... Jerry Weintraub (born September 26, 1937, The Bronx, New York) is a film producer and a former Chairman/CEO of United Artists. ... Laurence Mark (born in New York City) is an American film producer. ... Weingrod co-wrote the script for Kindergarten Cop Herschel Weingrod (30 October 1947 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA) is an American screen writer. ... Timothy Harris (born 1964 in Tabernacle, Saint Kitts) has been the foreign minister of Saint Kitts and Nevis since August 10, 2001. ... Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... Alyson Hannigan (born March 24, 1974) is an American actress who plays Lily Aldrin in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. ... Jonathan Lovitz (born July 21, 1957 in Tarzana, California) is an American actor and comedian perhaps best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live and for his show The Critic. ... Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, comedian and television producer. ... Alan Silvestri (b. ... Richard Howard Kline (* 15. ... is the 343rd day of the year (344th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... Image File history File links Broom_icon. ... // Michael Jacksons first film was Moonwalker Rain Man, starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise Who Framed Roger Rabbit, starring Bob Hoskins Coming to America, starring Eddie Murphy Big, starring Tom Hanks Twins, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito Crocodile Dundee II Die Hard, starring Bruce Willis The Naked Gun... A comedy is a dramatic performance of a light and amusing character, usually with a happy conclusion to its plot. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... Richard Benjamin in July 1986. ... Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. ... Green people redirects here. ... This article is about Earth as a planet. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... It Bag was coined sometime in the last decade with the explosive growth of the handbag market in fashion. ... This article is about the gemstone. ... Designer clothing are fashion articles made by fashion designers like Dolce & Gabbana, Christian Dior, Gucci etc. ... Alyson Hannigan (born March 24, 1974) is an American actress who plays Lily Aldrin in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. ... Jonathan Lovitz (born July 21, 1957 in Tarzana, California) is an American actor and comedian perhaps best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live and for his show The Critic. ... Ann Prentiss (born 1941) is a United States actress, born in San Antonio, Texas. ... Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, comedian and television producer. ... Juliette L. Lewis (born June 21, 1973[1]) is an Oscar-nominated American actress and musician. ... Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ...


Cast

Daniel Edward Aykroyd CM (born July 1, 1952) is an Academy Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian/American comedian, actor, screenwriter, and musician. ... Kimila Ann Basinger (born December 8, 1953) is an Academy Award-winning American film actress and former fashion model. ... Jonathan Lovitz (born July 21, 1957 in Tarzana, California) is an American actor and comedian perhaps best known as a cast member of Saturday Night Live and for his show The Critic. ... Alyson Hannigan (born March 24, 1974) is an American actress who plays Lily Aldrin in the CBS sitcom How I Met Your Mother. ... Seth Benjamin Gesshel-Green (born February 8, 1974) is an American actor, comedian and television producer. ... Juliette L. Lewis (born June 21, 1973[1]) is an Oscar-nominated American actress and musician. ...

Trivia

  • Child co-stars Alyson Hannigan and Seth Green would later reunite on the television series Buffy: The Vampire Slayer.

For other uses, see Buffy the Vampire Slayer (disambiguation). ...

External links

The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...

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My Stepmother Is an Alien - definition of My Stepmother Is an Alien in Encyclopedia (94 words)
My Stepmother Is an Alien - definition of My Stepmother Is an Alien in Encyclopedia
My Stepmother is an Alien (1988) is a comedy science fiction movie directed by Richard Benjamin.
It stars Kim Basinger as an alien sent on a secret mission to Earth.
‘My Stepmother Is an Alien’ (PG-13) (628 words)
"My Stepmother Is an Alien," the new Richard Benjamin film starring Dan Aykroyd and Kim Basinger, is "E.T." with hormones, a landlocked "Splash." No, that actually sounds like fun.
Aliens must think like studio execs, because Celeste -- who hops out of her spaceship in the vicinity of a party thrown by Mills' wastrel brother, Ron (Jon Lovitz) -- is decked out in a shrink-wrapped shocking red mini with a matching hat, all the better to lure the secrets out of the scientist.
Within minutes, she pops a cigarette butt into her mouth as an hors d'oeuvre, executes a series of back flips and throws a glass of champagne in her host's face.
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