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    Coneheads (1993)

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    The American sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live has spawned some blockbuster movies – The Blues Brothers (1980) and Wayne’s World (1992), for instance – but this Dan Aykroyd creation sank without trace.

    Aykroyd is reunited with old TV colleagues Jane Curtin (best known for the sitcom 3rd Rock from the Sun) and Laraine Newman for this dismal comedy about a family of aliens (Aykroyd, Curtin and Michelle Burke) trying to get to grips with life on Earth.

    Beldar (Aykroyd ) and Prymaat (Curtin) were meant to conquer Earth, but when a wrong turn at Machu Pichu crash lands them in the middle of New York’s East River, they find themselves stranded and forced to assimilate into mainstream America.

    The coneheads find safe haven in Paramus, New Jersey, where they become typical hard-working parents raising their 16-year-old daughter Connie (Michelle Burke).

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    The coneheads fit in surprisingly well with their “bluntskull” neighbours in suburbia until they are targeted by an unscrupulous Immigration Service official.

    Despite cameos from younger generation Saturday Night Live comics, such as The Wedding Singer‘s Adam Sandler and Chris Farley, plus an appearance from Spinal Tap‘s Michael McKean, the characters are long past their sell-by date, and Aykroyd and co sadly fail to recapture past glories.

    Beldar
    Dan Aykroyd
    Prymaat
    Jane Curtin
    Seedling
    Michael McKean
    Connie
    Michelle Burke
    Turnbull
    David Spade
    Ronnie
    Chris Farley
    Larry Farber
    Jason Alexander
    Lisa Farber
    Lisa Jane Persky
    Otto
    Sinbad
    Khoudri
    Shishir Kurup
    Dr Rudolf
    Jon Lovitz
    Marlax
    Phil Hartman
    Laarta
    Laraine Newman
    Coach
    Ellen DeGeneres
    Highmaster
    Dave Thomas

    Director
    Steve Barron

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