Phil the Alien | |
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Directed by | Rob Stefaniuk |
Produced by | Craig Fleming |
Written by | Rob Stefaniuk |
Starring | Rob Stefaniuk Nicole de Boer Graham Greene |
Music by | John Kastner |
Cinematography | D. Gregor Hagey |
Editing by | Warren P. Sonoda Rob Stefaniuk |
Distributed by | Lions Gate Entertainment |
Release date(s) | 2004 |
Running time | 85 min |
Country | Canada |
Language | English French |
Phil the Alien is a Canadian comedy film, released in 2004. It was written and directed by Rob Stefaniuk, who also starred as the titular Phil. Phil is an extraterrestrial who crash-lands in a small town in Northern Ontario. He befriends a talking beaver (played by Joe Flaherty), and adopts the persona and mannerisms of a stereotypical Canadian hoser to hide from a military general who is trying to capture him. He eventually joins a local rock band as a singer, and is chased by an assassin (Nicole deBoer) as he and the band go out on tour. Also great fun as Phil uses his alien powers to fool the Christians along the road trip that the messiah has returned! The film's cast also includes Graham Greene and Ingrid Veninger.