| Director: | John Carpenter |
|---|---|
| Production: | Alive Films, Larry Franco Productions |
| Running Time: | 94’ |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Year: | 1988 |
| Main Cast: | Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, George Buck Flower, Peter Jason, Raymond St. Jacques |
| Screenplay: | John Carpenter |
| Cinematographer: | Gary B. Kibbe |
| Editor: | Gib Jaffe, Frank E. Jimenez |
| Production Designer: | William J. Durrell Jr., Daniel A. Lomino |
| Costume Designer: | Robert Bush, Robin Bush, John Young |
| Music: | John Carpenter, Alan Howarth |
| Visual Effects: | Roy Arbogast |
| Restoration: | Studiocanal |
Cinema
They Live
Venice Classics
Synopsis
An unemployed worker discovers a secret group that makes sunglasses. He is intrigued and tries on a pair only to discover a terrifying world: in fact many humans are extraterrestrials with hideous scarred faces, billboards order obedience in a Big Brother like manner. With another worker they confront the invaders. But what is Holly, the cute program director of channel 54 doing?
Director’s Statement
They Live stems from a surge of popular indignation. It was a moment of great change for the country. Social Darwinism had again poked its head above the parapet of the political and economic spectrum. Egoism was running riot. There was no longer any sympathy for the poor. On the contrary, if you were poor you were demonized. You became a pariah, a sort of alien creature. And it was the start of what we see today.
Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan and Roberto Turigliatto, eds., John Carpenter, Turin: Torino Film Festival, Lindau, 1999.
Producers/Distributors
PRODUCTION 1: Studiocanal
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92863, Issy-les-Moulineaux - France
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PRODUCTION WHEN THE FILM WAS MADE: Alive Films
COPRODUCTIONS WHEN THE FILM WAS MADE: Larry Franco Productions
WORLD SALES: Albane Zelmar - Studiocanal
1 Place du Spectacle
92863, Issy-les-Moulineaux - France
Tel. +33 (0)1 71355093
albane.zelmar@studiocanal.com
PRESS OFFICE: Clément Geray - Studiocanal
1 Place du Spectacle
92863, Issy-les-Moulineaux - France
Tel.+33 (0)171350374 clement.geray@studiocanal.com
