A pair of aliens arrive on Earth to prepare for invasion, but crash instead. With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from France.
Practical Effects
Those foam rubber heads are genuinely impressive prosthetics.
Acting
Dan Aykroyd commits completely to nonsense alien language.
Director
Steve Barron
Dan Aykroyd
Beldar
Jane Curtin
Prymatt
Michael McKean
Gorman Seedling, INS Deputy Commissioner
Laraine Newman
Laarta
Jason Alexander
Larry Farber
Lisa Jane Persky
Lisa Farber
Chris Farley
Ronnie the Mechanic
David Spade
Eli Turnbull, INS Agent
Sinbad
Otto
Phil Hartman
Marlax
Jan Hooks
Gladys Johnson, Driving Student
Dave Thomas
Highmaster
Michelle Burke
Connie Conehead
Robert Knott
Air Traffic Controller
Jonathan Penner
Captain Air Traffic
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of three SNL films released in 1993, all box office flops that became cable staples.
The 'we're from France' defense was improvised in the original 1977 sketch and became the movie's entire plot engine.
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