Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Age rating
- PG-13
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
- usa president
- the white house
- planet mars
- saving the world
- cataclysm
- total destruction
- laser gun
- ambassador
- congress
- flying saucer
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jack Nicholson
President Dale / Art Land
Glenn Close
Marsha Dale
Annette Bening
Barbara Land
Pierce Brosnan
Donald Kessler
- Danny DeVito — Rude Gambler
- Martin Short — Jerry Ross
- Sarah Jessica Parker — Nathalie Lake
- Michael J. Fox — Jason Stone
- Rod Steiger — General Decker
- Tom Jones — Tom Jones
- Lukas Haas — Richie Norris
- Natalie Portman — Taffy Dale
- Jim Brown — Byron Williams
- Lisa Marie — Martian Girl
- Sylvia Sidney — Grandma Norris
- Directed
- Tim Burton
- Written
- Jonathan Gems
Production
- Rating
- 6.4 / 10 · 6,028 ratings
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Pictures, Tim Burton Productions
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