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Coneheads (film)
Coneheads is a 1993 American science-fiction comedy film released by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Lorne Michaels, directed by Steve Barron, and starred Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and Michelle Burke. The film was based on the NBC Saturday Night Live comedy sketches about aliens stranded on Earth, who have Anglicized their Remulakian surname "Clorhone" to "Conehead".
Aykroyd and Curtin reprised their roles, with Burke taking 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, such as Michael McKean, David Spade, Michael Richards, Sinbad, Adam Sandler, Jan Hooks, Chris Farley, Jason Alexander, Phil Hartman, Drew Carey, Kevin Nealon, Julia Sweeney, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Tim Meadows, Tom Arnold and Jon Lovitz. Released on July 23, 1993, it received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, and was a commercial failure, taking in $21 million against a $30 million budget.
Three years after the release of Coneheads, screenwriters Bonnie & Terry Turner and star Jane Curtin would revisit 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.
Coneheads has often been recognized as an allegorical commentary on the illegal-immigrant experience in America. The movie's storyline traces the experiences of Beldar and Prymaat, and later their native-born daughter Connie, from their humble beginnings to the point where they successfully integrate into American society.
Upon discovering a UFO in American airspace, the National Guard sends fighter jets to investigate, which fire on the unresponsive craft and cause it to crash into the Atlantic Ocean, near Manhattan. The aliens from the planet Remulak, Beldar and his wife Prymaat, survive aboard the ship. Assigned by the highmaster, Beldar was to conquer the earth for planet Remulak. Beldar becomes an appliance repairman, and upon discovering his undocumented status, his boss Otto gets him a false identity from local gangsters, which quickly alerts the INS. Ambitious INS agent Gorman Seedling and his sycophantic assistant Eli Turnbull unsuccessfully attempt to capture the couple. Prymaat informs Beldar she is pregnant. The Coneheads are told that a rescue ship will not be arriving for many years, and despite their odd appearance and metallic voices, they attempt to blend in with human society. Beldar and Prymaat save a lot of money by moving to the suburbs.
After their daughter Connie's birth, they adopt the surname Conehead, buy a home, and move to suburban Paramus, New Jersey, where Beldar opens a driving school. Meanwhile, Gorman terminates his pursuit of the Coneheads after getting a promotion, but a U.S. Senate inquiry, citing the heavy expense, demands that the case be properly concluded.
The now-teenaged Connie, who has grown up among Earth's norms and culture, wants to fit in with her peers, though her father greatly objects, especially when she begins seeing auto mechanic Ronnie Guestsetter. Gorman and Eli track the Coneheads to their home, posing as Jehovah's Witnesses to gain entry. During the conversation, Prymaat discovers their communication device to Remulak is beeping and notifies Beldar that 'the Big Phone' has contacted him, causing him to eject the two promptly. He is then notified of their approaching rescue vessel.
After Connie is told of their imminent rescue, she informs her parents she wants to stay on Earth with Ronnie. The INS arrives to arrest the Coneheads. Ronnie helps stall the agents while the rescue vessel arrives just in time, and Gorman and Eli are taken aboard with the Coneheads. On Remulak, Beldar is welcomed home, presenting the Highmaster with various earthly 'gifts', including Gorman and Eli as slaves. Initially satisfied with Beldar's accomplishments, the Highmaster notices that Beldar's sharp teeth have been capped (something Otto had advised Beldar to do to blend in), accuses him of treason and sentences him to fight the ferocious Garthok, greatly distressing Prymaat.
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Coneheads (film)
Coneheads is a 1993 American science-fiction comedy film released by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Lorne Michaels, directed by Steve Barron, and starred Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin, and Michelle Burke. The film was based on the NBC Saturday Night Live comedy sketches about aliens stranded on Earth, who have Anglicized their Remulakian surname "Clorhone" to "Conehead".
Aykroyd and Curtin reprised their roles, with Burke taking 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, such as Michael McKean, David Spade, Michael Richards, Sinbad, Adam Sandler, Jan Hooks, Chris Farley, Jason Alexander, Phil Hartman, Drew Carey, Kevin Nealon, Julia Sweeney, Garrett Morris, Laraine Newman, Tim Meadows, Tom Arnold and Jon Lovitz. Released on July 23, 1993, it received mixed-to-negative reviews from critics, and was a commercial failure, taking in $21 million against a $30 million budget.
Three years after the release of Coneheads, screenwriters Bonnie & Terry Turner and star Jane Curtin would revisit 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.
Coneheads has often been recognized as an allegorical commentary on the illegal-immigrant experience in America. The movie's storyline traces the experiences of Beldar and Prymaat, and later their native-born daughter Connie, from their humble beginnings to the point where they successfully integrate into American society.
Upon discovering a UFO in American airspace, the National Guard sends fighter jets to investigate, which fire on the unresponsive craft and cause it to crash into the Atlantic Ocean, near Manhattan. The aliens from the planet Remulak, Beldar and his wife Prymaat, survive aboard the ship. Assigned by the highmaster, Beldar was to conquer the earth for planet Remulak. Beldar becomes an appliance repairman, and upon discovering his undocumented status, his boss Otto gets him a false identity from local gangsters, which quickly alerts the INS. Ambitious INS agent Gorman Seedling and his sycophantic assistant Eli Turnbull unsuccessfully attempt to capture the couple. Prymaat informs Beldar she is pregnant. The Coneheads are told that a rescue ship will not be arriving for many years, and despite their odd appearance and metallic voices, they attempt to blend in with human society. Beldar and Prymaat save a lot of money by moving to the suburbs.
After their daughter Connie's birth, they adopt the surname Conehead, buy a home, and move to suburban Paramus, New Jersey, where Beldar opens a driving school. Meanwhile, Gorman terminates his pursuit of the Coneheads after getting a promotion, but a U.S. Senate inquiry, citing the heavy expense, demands that the case be properly concluded.
The now-teenaged Connie, who has grown up among Earth's norms and culture, wants to fit in with her peers, though her father greatly objects, especially when she begins seeing auto mechanic Ronnie Guestsetter. Gorman and Eli track the Coneheads to their home, posing as Jehovah's Witnesses to gain entry. During the conversation, Prymaat discovers their communication device to Remulak is beeping and notifies Beldar that 'the Big Phone' has contacted him, causing him to eject the two promptly. He is then notified of their approaching rescue vessel.
After Connie is told of their imminent rescue, she informs her parents she wants to stay on Earth with Ronnie. The INS arrives to arrest the Coneheads. Ronnie helps stall the agents while the rescue vessel arrives just in time, and Gorman and Eli are taken aboard with the Coneheads. On Remulak, Beldar is welcomed home, presenting the Highmaster with various earthly 'gifts', including Gorman and Eli as slaves. Initially satisfied with Beldar's accomplishments, the Highmaster notices that Beldar's sharp teeth have been capped (something Otto had advised Beldar to do to blend in), accuses him of treason and sentences him to fight the ferocious Garthok, greatly distressing Prymaat.