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Alien on Stage

2021

Lucy Harvey, Danielle Kummer

Documentary, Self: Jason Hill, Lydia Hayward, Jacqui Roe ...

6.4

40

Documentary Alien On Stage is a documentary about a unique crew of bus drivers from Dorset, whose amateur dramatics group decide to ditch doing another pantomime and try something different. Having never done anything like it before, they spent a year creating a serious adaptation of the sci-fi, horror film, Alien (1979); finding ingenious solutions to pay homemade, homage to the original film. The show is a crushing flop but fate gives them a ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Kristy Puchko IGN	"Whether you're a theater lover, who aches for playhouses to reopen, a cosplayer who yearns for the return of Comic-Con, or a sci-fi fan who dreams of making an Alien of your own, Alien on Stage is a must-see."	POS
United States	Jude Dry IndieWire	"One of the funniest documentaries in years."	POS
United States	Brad Gullickson Film School Rejects	"We want to join this troop of British bus drivers as they celebrate the scariest space movie of all time."	POS
United States	Peter Debruge Variety	"Appreciative to a fault, 'Alien on Stage' never really makes clear whether its subjects are in on the joke"	NEU
United States	Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"[It] is simultaneously hilarious, touching, and one of the best “feel-good” docs in recent memory."	POS
United States	Christopher Schobert The Film Stage	"A sweet treat for Alien fans, cinephiles, and anyone who gets goosebumps at the sight of let’s-put-on-a-show enthusiasm."	POS
Canada	Mel Valentin Screen Anarchy	"What might have started as a serious-minded adaptation of a classic film before and during the first production turned into a joyful celebration not only of the film but of the participants and the production itself"	POS
	Laurence Boyce Cineuropa	"Bus drivers from England decide to stage Ridley Scott’s horror classic. The resulting amateur production is still better than Alien: Resurrection"	POS

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