My Favorite Martian
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- Runtime
- 94 mins
Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.
Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.
Cast
- Christopher Lloyd
- Jeff Daniels
- Elizabeth Hurley
- Daryl Hannah
- Wallace Shawn
- Christine Ebersole
- Michael Lerner
- Ray Walston
- Shelley Malil
- Jeremy Hotz
- T.K. Carter
- Dawn Maxey
- Steven Anthony Lawrence
- Michael Chieffo
- Troy Evans
- Arthur Senzy
- Charles Rahi Chun
- Michael Dempsey
- David St. James
- Dee Anne Helsel
- Lorin McCraley
- Ken Thorley
- Tom Hallick
- Barry Pearl
- Buck Kartalian
- Steve Bond
- Sylvester Terkay
- Michael Bailey Smith
- Christian Keiber
- Debra Christofferson
Director
- Donald Petrie
Producers
- Jerry Leider
- Marc Toberoff
- Robert Shapiro
Screenwriter
- Sherri Stoner
- Deanna Oliver