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They Live

Year:

1988

Duration:

93 min

Genres:

Action | Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

IMDB rate:

7.3

Director:

John Carpenter

Awards:

3 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1988-11-04

Filming Locations: Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $4,000,000

Opening Weekend: $4,827,000 (USA) (6 November 1988)

Gross: $13,008,928 (USA)$474,053 (UK)

Cast

Actor

Character

Meg Foster

Cibby Danyla

They Live

Roddy Piper

Nada

Keith David

Frank

George 'Buck' Flower

Drifter

Peter Jason

Gilbert

Raymond St. Jacques

Street Preacher

Jason Robards III

Family Man

John Lawrence

Bearded Man

Susan Barnes

Brown Haired Woman

Sy Richardson

Black Revolutionary

Wendy Brainard

Family Man's Daughter

Lucille Meredith

Female Interviewer

Susan Blanchard

Ingenue

Norman Alden

Foreman

Dana Bratton

Black Junkie

John F. Goff

Well Dressed Customer

Norm Wilson

Vendor

Thelma Lee

Rich Lady

Stratton Leopold

Depressed Human

Rezza Shan

Arab Clerk

Norman Howell

Blonde Haired Cop

Larry J. Franco

Neighbor

Tom Searle

Biker

Robert Grasmere

Scruffy Blonde Man

Vince Inneo

Passageway Guard

Bob Hudson

Passageway Guard #2

Jon Paul Jones

Manager

Dennis Cosmo Michael

Male News Anchor

Nancy Gee

Female News Anchor

Claudia Stanlee

Young Female Executive

Christine Anne Baur

Woman on Phone

Eileen Wesson

Pregnant Secretary

Gregory J. Barnett

Security Guard #1 (as Gregory Barnett)

Jimmy Nickerson

Security Guard #2 (as Jim Nickerson)

Kerry Rossall

2nd Unit Guard

Jeff Imada

Male Ghoul

Michelle Costello

Female Ghoul

Jeb Stuart Adams

Homeless kid (uncredited)

Jennifer Austin

Teenage Girl

John Carpenter

Voice that says 'sleep' (voice) (uncredited)

Michael Forino

Ghoul at Bar

Robert V. Greene

TV Technician

Helen Kelly

Woman at the Dinner Party (uncredited)

Al Leong

Asian Revolutionary

Gunnar Magg

Male Goulie (uncredited)

Tommy Morrison

Dave - Resistance Fighter

Jan Rabson

Anchor (voice) (uncredited)

Norman D. Wilson

Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

John Carpenter: Uncredited, as the voice that says "sleep".

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Graffiti artist Shepard Fairey got his "obey" name from this film.

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Roddy Piper's character never gives his name nor is he referred to by name throughout the entire movie. He is simply referred to as "Nada" in the credits, which means "nothing" in Spanish. The name is most likely a reference to George Nada, the main character of Ray Nelson's short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning," which was the basis for 'They Live'.

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Goofs

At the newspaper stand, the alien gentleman goes to his car, his face is alien but his hands are not. All other aliens throughout movie have face and hands that are skeletal.

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In the TV station Frank and Nada shoot at the two aliens and claim that the glass in that room is soundproof.There is a regular door 2 or 3 steps away though(which they explode a moment later),something that would certainly allow the people on the other side hear the gunshots.

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When Nada is falling through Holly's window, a pair of sunglasses can be seen falling with him outside as he first falls to the ground. However, a short time later, Holly is looking at the floor of her place where the sunglasses are now sitting.

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Quotes

Frank: We can't be the only ones who can see, we've got to find the people who made these.

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Street Preacher: Outside the limit of our sight, feeding off us, perched on top of us, from birth to death, are our owners! Our owners! They have us. They control us! They are our masters! Wake up! They're all about you! All around you!

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[Dollar Note with subliminal message]: THIS IS YOUR GOD 6 of 6 found this interesting Interesting? Yes No | Share this Share this: Facebook | Twitter | Permalink Hide options Nada: You know, you look like your head fell in the cheese dip back in 1957.

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