An alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit wit... Read allAn alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him.An alien civilization is invaded by Astronaut Chuck Baker, who believes that the planet was uninhabited. Wanted by the military, Baker must get back to his ship before it goes into orbit without him.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 3 nominations
Seann William Scott
- Skiff
- (voice)
Jessica Biel
- Neera
- (voice)
Justin Long
- Lem
- (voice)
Gary Oldman
- General Grawl
- (voice)
John Cleese
- Professor Kipple
- (voice)
Freddie Benedict
- Eckle
- (voice)
Alan Marriott
- Glar
- (voice)
Mathew Horne
- Soldier Vesklin
- (voice)
James Corden
- Soldier Vernkot
- (voice)
Emma Tate
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Rupert Degas
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
- …
Pete Atkin
- Additional Voices
- (voice)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe dog in the movie is called Ripley (shown by the name on the doghouse), with the appearance close to that of the Xenomorph from Alien (1979), and is obviously an homage to Ellen Ripley, the protagonist from the Alien franchise.
- GoofsIn every instance except one, the city/town is spelled "Glipforg". On the hardware store sign, it's spelled "Glipfrog".
- Crazy creditsThere is an additional scene halfway through the end credits.
- Alternate versionsOn the UK DVD and Blu-ray release of the film, it cuts straight to the Ilion Animation Studios logo despite TriStar Pictures being mentioned in the opening and closing credits.
- SoundtracksEarth Angel (Will You Be Mine)
Performed by The Crew Cuts
Courtesy of Island Def Jam
Under license from Universal Music Operations Limited
Written by Jesse Belvin (as Belvin) / Gaynel Hodge (as Hodge) / Dootsie Williams (as Williams)
© Dootsie Williams Publications
All rights administered by Warner / Chappell Music Publishing Ltd
Featured review
Good movie - NOT a rip-off
Please disregard RichardSRussell-1's review, I am not sure he watched the movie, at least not with very much attention. First, he states "humans as the bad guys" but the only human was the movie's good guy! The military general was the bad guy, and even a four year old could easily see that. Second, I'm not sure if he is familiar with movies playing on themes and paying homage to other movies, stories, and so forth. That's not ripping off, but that reviewer obviously can't even grasp that concept. Countless movies, perhaps most of them, will include scenes and lines deliberately intended to make reference other works – this is not plagiarism, it's paying homage! There has not been a single children's animated movie with this particular theme, not even close (at least no movie or major work). Yes, it is essentially a reverse E.T. and builds on many, many other movies that have come before. But the overall work is not a copy of anything else.
It's a play on the common movie theme, and popular attitude in the 1950's, that all aliens must be terrifying monsters and the civic paranoia and fear that follows the suggestion of an alien visitor. Given that, it *has* to copy themes and images and possibly even lines from other movies. That's the whole point.
Having seen almost every kid's animated movie out there, I found this movie to be very enjoyable and I loved seeing it. More importantly (at least if you're a parent) my kids loved this movie, and they don't like every kid's movie. It may not be the greatest movie of all time, but I would definitely recommend it and a great watch.
It's a play on the common movie theme, and popular attitude in the 1950's, that all aliens must be terrifying monsters and the civic paranoia and fear that follows the suggestion of an alien visitor. Given that, it *has* to copy themes and images and possibly even lines from other movies. That's the whole point.
Having seen almost every kid's animated movie out there, I found this movie to be very enjoyable and I loved seeing it. More importantly (at least if you're a parent) my kids loved this movie, and they don't like every kid's movie. It may not be the greatest movie of all time, but I would definitely recommend it and a great watch.
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- Release date
- Countries of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Hành Tinh 51
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $70,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $42,194,060
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,286,129
- Nov 22, 2009
- Gross worldwide
- $105,647,102
- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
- 2.39 : 1
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