Alien Autopsy

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Alien Autopsy

Directed by	Jonny Campbell
Produced by	William Davies Barnaby Thompson
Written by	William Davies
Starring	Ant McPartlin Declan Donnelly Bill Pullman Harry Dean Stanton Omid Djalili Jimmy Carr
Music by	Murray Gold
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	7 April 2006 (UK)
Language	English
Budget	$10,000,000
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Alien Autopsy is a film starring Ant & Dec about the famous hoax "alien autopsy" film by Ray Santilli.

Tagline: "The truth isn't out there"

1 Releases
2 Plot
3 Cast
4 Trivia
5 External links

[edit] Releases

The film was released as a Region 1 DVD by Warner Home Video on July 3, 2006.

[edit] Plot

Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.

Ray Santilli, along with his friend Gary Shoefield, goes to America to find Elvis memorabilia to sell on the market stall he runs in London. Harvey, a former US Army cameraman, sells them a film of Elvis performing (albeit silent), but later returns with a very intriguing offer. Ray and Harvey go to Miami, Florida to see a film from 1947 showing the autopsy of an alien supposedly killed in a UFO crash in Roswell, New Mexico. Harvey wants $30,000 for the film. Gary and Ray look for an investor to give them the money. A Hungarian art dealer, Lazlo Boros, who is obsessed with crop circles, gives Ray the $30,000 after reassuring Boros that he told the truth. Harvey gets the money and gives the film to Ray and Gary. However, in the interim, the film has eaten itself (i.e. degraded from humidity and heat) and is now completely unwatchable, so the duo decide to fake it in order to remain on the good side of Boros. Based on Ray's memories of the content of the original, and with the help of some friends, plus a very convincing replica of the dead alien, Ray and Gary remake the autopsy film, turning the living room of Ray's sister's home into a movie set in the process. Once finished, Ray gives a copy of the new film to Boros, who believes it. But when Boros hears that the film is going on air worldwide, he demands – very threateningly – that they take it off, or else. Ray is eventually saved from possible grievous bodily harm (or worse) when Boros is knocked down and killed by a green Land Rover (supposedly the CIA) whilst standing naked in the middle of a crop circle.

A news anchorwoman eventually tracks down Harvey, who demands from Ray and Gary that they help him keep his anonymity. They produce an interview with a homeless person acting as Harvey, making the anchorwoman believe she is onto the wrong man. The film ends with the now restored original 1947 film, which Ray had left in the hands of film restoration experts in the hope that the footage could somehow be recovered, being returned to them; some sections that were beyond repair having been remade. After watching the film, Ray and Gary bury it, telling each other that they can't go through with it all over again.