Alien Autopsy (film)

infobox film


name =Alien Autopsy
director =Jonny Campbell
writer =William Davies
starring =Ant McPartlin
Declan Donnelly
Bill Pullman
Harry Dean Stanton
Omid Djalili
Jimmy Carr
producer =William Davies
Barnaby Thompson
music =Murray Gold
distributor =Warner Bros.
released =7 April, 2006 (UK)
runtime =
budget =$10,000,000
language =English
imdb_id =0466664

"Alien Autopsy" is a film starring Ant & Dec about the famous hoax "alien autopsy" film by Ray Santilli.

Taglines:
*"Prepare to be stitched up."
*"What are you looking at?"
*"The truth isn't out there."

Releases

The film was released as a Region 2 DVD by Warner Home Video on July 3, 2006.

Plot

Ray Santilli, along with his friend Gary Shoefield, go to America to find Elvis memorabilia to sell on the market stall he runs in London. Harvey, a former US Army cameraman, sells them a silent black and white film of Elvis performing live (to which Ray later adds a homemade soundtrack), but later returns with a very intriguing offer. Ray and Harvey go to Miami, Florida to see a film from 1947 showing the autopsy of an alien supposedly killed in a UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico. Harvey wants $30,000 for the film. Gary and Ray look for an investor to give them the money. A Hungarian art dealer, Lazlo Voros, who is obsessed with crop circles, gives Ray the $30,000 after reassuring Voros that he told the truth. Harvey gets the money and gives the film to Ray and Gary. However, in the interim, the film has eaten itself (i.e. degraded from humidity and heat) and is now completely unwatchable, so the duo decide to fake it in order to remain on the good side of Voros. Based on Ray's memories of the content of the original, and with the help of some friends, plus a very convincing replica of the dead alien, Ray and Gary remake the autopsy film, turning the living room of Gary's sister's home into a movie set in the process. Once finished, Ray gives a copy of the new film to Voros, who believes it. But when Voros hears that the film is going on air worldwide, he demands – very threateningly – that they take it off, or else. Ray is eventually saved from possible grievous bodily harm when Voros is knocked down and killed by a green Land Rover (supposedly the CIA) whilst standing naked in the middle of a crop circle.

A news anchorwoman eventually tracks down Harvey, who demands from Ray and Gary that they help him keep his anonymity. They produce an interview with a homeless person (who used to be an actor) posing as Harvey, making the anchorwoman believe she is onto the wrong man. The film ends with the now restored original 1947 film, which Ray had left in the hands of film restoration experts in the hope that the footage could somehow be recovered, being returned to them; some sections that were beyond repair having been remade. After watching the film, Ray and Gary bury it, telling each other that they can't go through with it all over again.

Cast

*Declan Donnelly .... Ray Santilli
*Ant McPartlin .... Gary Shoefield
*Bill Pullman .... Morgan Banner
*Götz Otto .... Lazlo Voros
*Morwenna Banks .... Jasmine
*Omid Djalili .... Melik
*Harry Dean Stanton .... Harvey
*Mike & Matthew Blakeley .... Camera team
*John Shrapnel .... Michael Kuhn
*Madeleine Moffatt .... Nan
*John Cater .... Maurice
*Lee Oakes .... Edgar
*Perry Benson .... Trading Standards officer
*Jimmy Carr .... Gary's manager
*Winston Thomas .... Zachary
*Michael Rouse .... Young Harvey
*Pam Shaw .... Aunty P
*David Threlfall .... Jeffrey
*Andrew Greenough .... Preston
*Stephanie Metcalfe .... Doreen
*Jonathan Coy .... Museum Director
*Ian Porter .... Pentagon officer
*Shane Rimmer .... Colonel
*Naima Belkhiati .... French TV buyer
*Miguel Angel Plaza .... Mr. Gonzalez
*Jeff Harding .... CIA agent
*Kevin Breznahan .... Junior TV exec
*Martin McDougall .... Middle ranking TV exec
*Lachelle Carl .... TV news anchor
*Paul Birchard .... Senior TV exec
*Sam Douglas .... Network President
*Adriana Yanez .... Stewardess (Argentina)
*Nichole Hiltz .... Amber Fuentes
*Luis Soto .... Peruvian TV host
*Christina Piaget .... Interviewer
*Christina Souza .... Stewardess (Mexicana)
*Bradley Lavelle .... NY host
*Orson Bean .... Homeless man
*Ray Santilli, Gary Shoefield .... Themselves

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