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A janitor at an alien nightclub gets his wish to be a singer.A janitor at an alien nightclub gets his wish to be a singer.A janitor at an alien nightclub gets his wish to be a singer.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
Brad Simonsen
- Meeper
- (voice)
- (as Bradford Simonsen)
Jeff Wolverton
- ChubbChubbs
- (voice)
Peter Lurie
- Zyzaks
- (voice)
Rick Zieff
- Bouncer
- (voice)
Dustin Adair
- Glorf
- (voice)
Eric Armstrong
- Glorf
- (voice)
Yakov Baytler
- Glorf
- (voice)
Mary Biondo
- Glorf
- (voice)
Layne Friedman
- Glorf
- (voice)
Robert Gordon
- Glorf
- (voice)
- (as Bob Gordon)
Franco Pietrantonio
- Glorf
- (voice)
Rick Richards
- Glorf
- (voice)
Chance Thomas
- Glorf
- (voice)
Sully Jacome-Wilkes
- Glorf
- (voice)
Julie Zackary
- Glorf
- (voice)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaContains many references to sci-fi movies:
- Gort the robot from The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) can be seen holding an oil can.
- One of the aliens has a Princess Leia "cinnamon buns" hairdo.
- An alien from Alien (1979) is drinking at the bar.
- Darth Vader is arm-wrestling Yoda.
- The two dancing robots are Robbie from Forbidden Planet (1956) and the Robot from Lost in Space (1965).
- The alien who warns Meeper about the ChubbChubbs is Jar Jar Binks.
- One of the escaping spaceships is a Martian War Machine from The War of the Worlds (1953).
- An escaping alien is riding a bicycle with E.T. in the basket. John Williams E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) score is also referenced.
- GoofsAfter Meeper gets thrown out of the inn for the second time, we can hear a distinctive sound of the door being locked. However, a minute later, when Meeper gets inside again through the roof, a messenger comes in opening the door from the outside without any problems.
- Crazy creditsNo Aliens were harmed in the making of this film
- ConnectionsFeatured in The 75th Annual Academy Awards (2003)
- SoundtracksRespect
Written by Otis Redding
Performed by Mortonette Jenkins
And spelled very poorly by Brad Simonsen (as Brad Simonsen)
Produced by Chance Thomas/HUGEsound.com
Published by Irving Music, Inc.
Courtesy of ATLANTIC RECORDING CORP.
By Arrangement with WARNER SPECIAL PRODUCTS
Featured review
fantastic with many aliens!
This short movie won the makers the Best Short Animation Oscar in 2003. I agree with it. This is a funny, beautiful and unique story with merry songs. The main character is a tender alien who likes singing a song and longs in be a singer. However, it does not seem to come true. One day, big enemies attacked the town, what does he do then? In the film, there are various unique and cute aliens including Yoda who is in a StarWars. So, the person who love alien like me may really enjoy it. In addition, I also like the music. Their singing and dancing are strange and funny, but very cute. However, I don't recommend watching for young children. It's totally cute, but the scenes of the fight are too frightened. If you are not too easily scared, you should watch right now and then go to karaoke! It's only 5 minutes and their visuals and music are fantastic!
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- nekogasuki
- Jul 26, 2013
Details
- Runtime6 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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