Coneheads (film)
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Coneheads is a 1993 American science-fiction comedy film from Paramount Pictures, produced by Lorne Michaels, directed by Steve Barron, and starring Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin and Michelle Burke. The film is based on the NBC Saturday Night Live comedy sketches about aliens stranded on Earth, who have Anglicized their Remulakian surname to "Conehead". Michelle Burke took over the role played by Laraine Newman on SNL. The film also features roles and cameos by actors and comedians from SNL and other television series of the time.
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Directed by | Steve Barron |
Screenplay by | Tom Davis Dan Aykroyd Bonnie Turner Terry Turner |
Based on | Coneheads sketches from Saturday Night Live by Lorne Michaels |
Produced by | Lorne Michaels |
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Cinematography | Francis Kenny |
Edited by | Paul Trejo |
Music by | David Newman |
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Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 87 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $30 million |
Box office | $21.3 million[2] |
Three years after the release of Coneheads, screenwriters Bonnie & Terry Turner and star Jane Curtin revisited the premise of aliens arriving on Earth and assimilating into American society with the TV show 3rd Rock from the Sun, with Curtin instead playing a human character.