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| Director: | 
John Carpenter |  | 
Writer: | 
Ray Nelson, John Carpenter |  | 
Starring: | 
Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster  |  | 
Released: | 
May 18, 1989 |  | 
Rating: | 
 
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Runtime: | 
94 minutes
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Websites: | 
 
 
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Story: | 
Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special
sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people
being bombarded by media and government with messages like Stay Asleep, No
Imagination, Submit to Authority. Even scarier is that he is able to see that
some usually normal-looking people are in fact ugly aliens in charge of the
massive campaign to keep humans subdued.
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Cast: | 
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Roddy Piper
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Nada |  | 
Keith David
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Frank |  | 
Meg Foster
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Holly |  | 
George 'Buck' Flower
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Drifter |  | 
Peter Jason
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Gilbert |  | 
Raymond St. Jacques
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Street Preacher |  | 
Jason Robards III
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Family Man |  | 
John Lawrence
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Bearded Man |  | 
Susan Barnes
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Brown Haired Woman |  | 
Sy Richardson
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Black Revolutionary |  | 
Wendy Brainard
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Family Man's Daughter |  | 
Lucille Meredith
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Female Interviewer |  | 
Susan Blanchard
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Ingenue |  | 
Norman Alden
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Foreman |  | 
Dana Bratton
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Black Junkie |  | 
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