They Live [Collector's Edition]

Director: John Carpenter, John F. Carpenter John Carpenter

Overview

Piper and David are two blue-collar construction men who discover a sinister plot of aliens taking over Earth by looking like us and feeding us subliminal messages. No one believes them but they go in packing heat anyways. Stupid film but fun anyways.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/06/2012
UPC:	0826663136579
Original Release:	1988
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:33:00
Sales rank:	33,991

Special Features

Audio Commentary with Director John Carpenter and Actor Roddy Piper; New Interview with Director John Carpenter; "Making Of" They Live; Theatrical Trailer; TV Spot

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Roddy Piper	Nada
Keith David	Frank
Meg Foster	Holly
Peter Jason	Gilbert
George Flower	Drifter,le vagabond
Raymond St. Jacques	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 Goff	Well-Dressed Customer,Well-dressed Customer
Norm Wilson	Vendor,Vendor
Thelma Lee	Rich Lady
Stratton Leopold	Depressed Human
Rezza Shan	Arab Clerk
Norman Howell	Blond-Haired Cop
Larry Franco	Neighbor
Tom Searle	Biker
Robert Grasmere	Scruffy Blond Man
Jon Paul Jones	Manager
Dennis Michael	Male News Anchor
Nancy Gee	Female News Anchor
Claudia Stanlee	Young Female Executive
Christine Baur	Woman on Phone
Eileen Wesson	Pregnant Secretary
Kerry Rossall	2nd Unit Guard
Cibby Danyla	Naked Lady
Vince Inneo	Passageway Guard
Bob Hudson	Passageway Guard
Gregory Barnett	Security Guard
Jim Nickerson	Security Guard
Jeff Imada	Male Ghoul
Michelle Costello	Female Ghoul
Alan Howarth	Composer
Alan Howard	Composer
John Carpenter	Composer

Technical Credits

John Carpenter

Ray Nelson

John Carpenter	Director,Screenwriter,Director,Screenwriter
Roy Arbogast	Special Effects,Special Effects
Andre Blay	Executive Producer,Producer
Frank Carrisosa	Special Effects
Larry Franco	Producer
Shep Gordon	Executive Producer
Jeff Imada	Stunts
Ray Nelson	Screenwriter
Roberta Alstadter	Sound Effects
John H. Arrufat	Sound Effects
Gregg Barbanell	Sound Effects
Gary Blufer	Sound Effects
Mark Boisseau	Sound Effects
Rick Avery	Stunts
Chuck Picerni Jr.	Stunts
Ron Judkins	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

In this era of retro-chic it is genuinely surprising that John Carpenter's They Live hasn't caught on as a cult favorite, because this 1988 alien invasion satire is the most dead-on shot any American filmmaker has taken at life in the Reagan years. 1980s wrestling star "Rowdy" Roddy Piper is John Nada, an idealistic drifter who still believes in America -- until a pair of sunglasses allows him to see that the consumerist paradise he lives in is actually an alien paradise. The most socially-minded sci-fi movie since Don Siegel's Invasion of the Body Snatchers, They Live is an out-and-out condemnation of the rampant materialism in this nation at the time. Often passed over in the lexicon of excellent science fiction and horror directors, Carpenter (John Carpenter's The Thing) loads his film with plenty of over-the-top sequences (including the longest fight ever, between Piper and Keith David) to make the satire as fun as it is bitingly intelligent.