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| Plan 10 from Outer Space | |
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| Directed by | Trent Harris |
| Written by | Trent Harris |
| Produced by | Walter Hart |
| Starring | Karen Black Stefene Russell Curtis James David "Deva" Cantrell Patrick Collins |
| Music by | Fred Myrow |
| Distributed by | Leo Films |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plan 10 from Outer Space is a 1994 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.
This film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1994 in the midnight madness category. It also received the jury prize at the Raindance Film Festival in London in 1994. [2]
Parts of the film were shot in Salt Lake City and the Great Salt Lake in Utah. [3]
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