Christmas on Mars

United States

2008

83 Min

Color, Black and White

1.78:1

English

Currently 2.9/5 Stars.
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DIR Wayne Coyne, Bradley Beesley, George Salisbury

CAST Wayne Coyne, Steven Drozd, Steve Burns, Adam Goldberg, Fred Armisen

Psychedelic rock band the Flaming Lips present Christmas on Mars: A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips, a glorious science fiction film that marks the directorial debut of the Lips’ visionary frontman Wayne Coyne. Seven years in the making, Christmas on Mars features original music by the Flaming Lips (“The greatest US band today” – The Guardian), with acting performances by all band members, and many others from their Oklahoma City-based team. Comedian Fred Armisen (Saturday Night Live) and actor Adam Goldberg (Dazed and Confused, Two Days in Paris) also appear.

It’s Christmastime, and the colonization of Mars is underway. However, when an oxygen generator and a gravity control pod malfunction, Major Syrtis (the Lips’ Steven Drozd) and his team (including the Lips’ Michael Ivins) fear the worst. Syrtis also hallucinates about the birth of a baby, and many other strange things. Meanwhile, a compassionate alien superbeing (Coyne) arrives, inspiring and helping the isolated astronauts. —IMDb

Huckleberry

15Sep10

Did you watch it on mute?

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Christopher Smith

6Sep10

Bizarre little film evokes a strangely effective surreal low-budget sci-fi atmosphere, unfortunately it's just too slow and uneventful to be entertaining. Some very strange and inventive visuals, but despite the fact that it was made by the Flaming Lips, there's no music. Would have been a very interesting short film, but there's just not enough here for even an 80-minute feature.

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