| My Stepmother Is An Alien | |
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| Directed by | Richard Benjamin |
| Produced by | Franklin R. Levy Ronald Parker Executive producers: Jerry Weintraub Art Levinson Laurence Mark |
| Written by | Jerico Stone Herschel Weingrod Timothy Harris Jonathan Reynolds Uncredited: Richard Benner Leslie Bricusse Debra Frank Susan Rice Paul Rudnick Carl Sautter |
| Starring | Kim Basinger Dan Aykroyd Jon Lovitz Alyson Hannigan |
| Music by | Alan Silvestri |
| Cinematography | Richard H. Kline |
| Editing by | Jacqueline Cambas |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 9 December 1988 |
| Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $16,000,000 |
| Box office | $13,854,000 (US) [1] |
My Stepmother Is An Alien is a 1988 comedy science fiction film produced by the Weintraub Entertainment Group for release through Columbia Pictures, directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Kim Basinger and Dan Aykroyd, with featured performances by Jon Lovitz and Alyson Hannigan.
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Celeste (Kim Basinger) is an alien sent on a secret mission to Earth; Steven Mills (Dan Aykroyd) is a widowed scientist who is working on experimental ways to send radio waves into deep space. An accident causes a loss of gravity on Celeste's home world. She's sent to investigate who could affect gravity and how it was done under the belief it was an attack. She's aided by an alien device resembling a large phallus with an eye, which hides in a designer purse to aid Celeste with her encounters on Earth. The Bag is able to create diamonds and designer dresses almost instantaneously.
Celeste's inexperience leads to her almost exposing herself as alien, like trying to kiss for the first time or cooking. Jessie Mills (Alyson Hannigan), Steven's daughter, notices Celeste's strange habits, like eating cigarette butts and flashlight batteries or pulling hard boiled eggs out of boiling hot water with her bare hands. However, she can't convince her smitten father that there is something unusual about Celeste.
Celeste encounters a lot of new experiences such as sneezing, sexual intercourse and love. Eventually, Celeste falls in love with Steven and his daughter. She attempts to convince her home world that the attack was actually an accident and that Earth shouldn't be destroyed.
The film was released on December 9, 1988 and opened at #7, grossing $2,066,980 in the opening weekend. It went on to gross $13,854,000 in the USA.[1]
The soundtrack album was released by Polydor Records.
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