A few years from now, Earth will have the first contact with an alien civilization. These aliens, known as Newcomers, slowly begin to be integrated into human society after years of quarantine.
Acting
Mandy Patinkin buried under latex, still out-acts everyone.
Practical Effects
Those Newcomer heads? Pure '80s foam-rubber magic.
Director
Graham Baker
James Caan
Matthew Sykes
Mandy Patinkin
Samuel 'George' Francisco
Terence Stamp
William Harcourt
Kevyn Major Howard
Rudyard Kipling
Leslie Bevis
Cassandra
Peter Jason
Fedorchuk
Conrad Dunn
Quint
Jeff Kober
Joshua Strader
Roger Aaron Brown
Bill Tuggle
Francis X. McCarthy
Captain Warner
Brian Thompson
Trent Porter
Tony Perez
Alterez
Tony Simotes
Wiltey
Jade Calegory
Mark
Angela O'Neill
Kristin Sykes
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Newcomer makeup took four hours to apply. Patinkin reportedly napped in the chair and learned Torah verses.
Screenwriter Rockne S. O'Bannon pitched it as 'Aliens as the latest immigrant group'—the studio wanted Lethal Weapon. Somehow we got both.
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