Mutant Aliens

Mutant Aliens
Directed by	Bill Plympton
Written by	Bill Plympton
Produced by	Bill Plympton
Starring	Dan McComas Francine Lobis George Casden Matthew Brown Jay Cavanaugh Amy Allison Christopher Schukai Kevin Kolack Vera Beren Bill Plympton
Cinematography	John Donnelly
Edited by	Anthony Arcidi
Music by	Hank Bones Maureen McElheron
Production company	Plymptoons
Release date	January 24, 2001 (2001-01-24)(Sundance Film Festival)
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Mutant Aliens is a 2001 American adult animated science-fiction-comedy film directed and written by Bill Plympton. ^[1] Mutant Aliens has shown at a number of animation festivals, but has never had a wide theatrical release.

Plot

After leaving his 5-years old daughter Josie, astronaut of the USA goverment Earl Jensen is stranded in space intentionally by the head of the Department of Space. Years later, he returns to Earth. To gain the people's trust, he tells the story of the time he has spent on a planet inhabited by humanoid aliens with animal body parts. Jensen later tells he has a interest in crossbreeding the aliens to create an army of mutants, in order to exact his revenge on the Department of Space head.

Production

The film was fully made at Plympton´s studio in New York City Plymptoons and is a spoof of B monster movies, featuring Plympton's own distinctive animation style consisting in hand-drawn animation made using colored pencils with backgrounds painted in brushes and gratuitous sex and violence.

References

1. Lenburg, Jeff (2009). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons (3rd ed.). New York: Checkmark Books. p. 205. ISBN   978-0-8160-6600-1.

External links

• Mutant Aliens at IMDb