- Alien Adventure
Infobox Film
name = Alien Adventure
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director =Ben Stassen
producer =
writer = Ben Stassen
narrator =John Boyle
starring =Bouli Lanners Pierre Lebecque
music =The Puzzlers Louis Vyncke
cinematography = Ben Stassen
editing =Ed Escalante James Manke Todd Portugal
distributor =nWave Pictures
released = Flagicon|Japan July 1, 2000
runtime = Flagicon|Japan 37 min. Flagicon|United States 35 min.
country = flag|Belgium flag|United States
language = English
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amg_id = 1:212146
imdb_id = 0238829"Alien Adventure" is a
science fiction /slapstick comedy 3-D film inIMAX format released in 1999 bynWave Pictures , written and directed byBen Stassen . The movie was rated G (or the local equivalent) in most countries. It was the first fully digital feature length film produced for a large screen format.Plot
The movie begins with an extraterrestrial
humanoid species wandering through space in search of a new world. Encountering an unknown planet which turns out to be Earth, their leader (Cyrillus) sends two "manned" probes to the surface to determine if it is suitable for colonisation.The scouts in the probes think they have arrived at a great city, but in fact they have arrived at a new
amusement park that is not yet open to the public. They proceed to explore four amusement rides:
* Arctic Adventure (aroller coaster ride in a freezing environment);
* Magic Carpet (a ride in an Arabian Nights themed dungeon);
* Kid Coaster (a roller coaster set in a gigantic simulation of a child's bedroom); and
* Aqua Adventure (an underwater ride, complete withanimatronic sharks).At each ride the alien scouts become variously excited, frightened, frozen or violently ill, but end up having a lot of fun. On seeing this, Cyrillus decides that the new planet would threaten the moral fabric of his society, and orders his scouts to withdraw. The alien visitors depart Earth without actually making contact with humans.Production notes
The exotic looking alien script seen in several places in this movie is actually the real
Glagolitic alphabet . The name of the alien leader - Cyrillus - bears a resemblance toSaint Cyril , who invented the Glagolitic alphabet. Also, the language spoken by the aliens (which is never translated in the movie) is theWalloon language , a real but rare dialect fromBelgium , where the movie was produced. It is completely unrelated to the Glagolitic script. On the approach of the manned probes to the surface, the coastline appears to be that of California. However, the outdoor shots of the theme park are actually from a real French theme park, "Parc Du Futuroscope".See also
* "
Haunted Castle "External links
* [http://www.nwave.com/largeformat/alienadventure/ Official site]
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