Alien Autopsy (film)
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| 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.
Taglines:
- Prepare to be stitched up.
- What are you looking at?
- The truth isn't out there.
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[edit] Releases
The film was released as a Region 2 DVD by Warner Home Video on July 3, 2006.
[edit] Plot
Ray Santilli, along with his friend Gary Shoefield, go 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 silent black and white film of Elvis performing live (to which Ray later adds a homemade soundtrack), 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 Voros, who is obsessed with crop circles, gives Ray the $30,000 after reassuring Voros 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 Voros. 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 Gary's sister's home into a movie set in the process. Once finished, Ray gives a copy of the new film to Voros, who believes it. But when Voros 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 when Voros 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 (who used to be an actor) posing 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.
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