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Strange Invaders Movie Review

Starring: Paul Le Mat, Nancy Allen, Louise Fletcher, Michael Lerner
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"STRANGE INVADERS is a movie cowritten and directed by Michael Laughlin in 1983. Paul Le Mat discovers that the people of Centerville are in fact aliens who have landed there 25 years before. In the company of Nancy Allen, a journalist, he eventually finds out that the F.B.I. is aware of this situation."
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Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 10%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzle - 70%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 20%




**Fantasy or Science Fiction?** - science fiction story
Invasion from human defender POV? - subtle invasion (body snatching, mind control, look-alikes)
War and Invasion Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Male
Profession/status: - teacher/professor
Age: - 20's-30's
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair type - (man) short/medium straight
Body type - average (man)
Events of movie makes character more... - irritated
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Female
Hair color - blonde
Hair style - (woman) short/butch/lez
How much in movie? - 60%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male Alien
Has special powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - mind control
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 40%

Setting
Earth setting: - 20th century (1970's to Present)
Takes place on Earth? Yes
Misc settings - mental hospital - bar/restaurant
Small town? Yes

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Tone of movie - funny
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing
Kinds of F/X - exploding vehicles - exotic aliens
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE... - Orchestra/classical
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