Plan 10 from Outer Space

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Plan 10 from Outer Space
Directed by Trent Harris
Written byTrent Harris
Produced byWalter Hart
Starring
Music by Fred Myrow
Distributed by Leo Films
Release date
  • 1995 (1995)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plan 10 from Outer Space is a 1995 low budget science fiction film starring Karen Black as Nehor and written and directed by Trent Harris. [1] The film is a surreal satire of Mormon theology. The film has no connection to Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957) other than its title and the fact that both films feature aliens.

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This film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1995 in the midnight madness category. It also received the jury prize at the Raindance Film Festival in London in 1995. [2] [ better source needed ]

Parts of the film were shot in Salt Lake City and the Great Salt Lake in Utah. [3]

Plot synopsis

In 1853, Norman Talmage (Curtis James), a mad and disreputable early Mormon prophet, buried a bronze plaque near the shore of the Great Salt Lake. A century later, a young non-practicing Mormon Lucinda Hall (Stefene Russell) is attempting to write a novel about things in her daily life (like her panty-obsessed brother), but is constantly distracted by her bearded oddball neighbour (Curtis James) who likes to dance semi-naked with his curtains open. She accidentally discovers the artifact, called Plaque of Kolob, and becomes obsessed with uncovering its meaning. Eventually, upon deciphering it, she is sucked into a strange world, learning that aliens in beehive-shaped spaceships led by Nehor (Karen Black), the operatic queen from Planet Kolob, are on their way to carry out a grudge against Joseph Smith, with the ultimate goal of world domination. Fortunately, she has help from other people who work together to save Earth.

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Brennan, Sandra (April 29, 2008). "Plan 10 From Outer Space (1995)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2008-04-29.
  2. ↑ Awards for Plan 10 From Outer Space
  3. ↑ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: a history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN   9781423605874.
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