U.F.O. (1993 film)

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U.F.O.
Directed by Tony Dow
Written by Roy Chubby Brown
Simon Wright
Richard Hall
Produced bySimon Wright
StarringRoy Chubby Brown
Sara Stockbridge
Roger Lloyd-Pack
CinematographyPaul Wheeler
Edited byGeoff Hogg [1]
Music byRoy Chubby Brown
Production
company
Distributed byFeature Film Company [1]
Release date
  • 10 December 1993 (1993-12-10)(United Kingdom)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2 million [2]

U.F.O. (also known as U.F.O. - The Movie) is a 1993 British science fiction spoof directed by Tony Dow and starring Roy Chubby Brown in the role of a blue comedian whose act offends a pair of female aliens, who proceed to kidnap him and put him on trial.

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Plot

Performing one night at the end of Blackpool Pier, stand-up comedian Chubby is beamed up to a spaceship populated by feminist aliens. Put on trial for crimes against women and quickly found guilty, the unapologetic misogynist is condemned to become pregnant every year for the next thirty years.

Cast

Production

The film was shot at Pinewood Studios. [1]

Reception

It was reviewed poorly, with Empire calling the film "a stand-up show, allowing the comedian to tell his sexist jokes to a race of aliens who charge him for being a misogynist" and rating it 1/5. [3] Geoffrey Mcnab from Sight and Sound said it was "wildly uneven, often offensive, but with a cheerful inanity which goes some way to compensate for its grosser shortcomings". [1]

The film opened on 45 screens on 10 December 1993 in the United Kingdom and grossed £73,925 for the weekend, placing ninth. [4] It was expected to recover its budget of $2 million through video rentals and sales. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Mcnab, Geoffrey (February 1994). "U.F.O.". Sight and Sound . pp. 60–61.
  2. 1 2 Dean, Peter (18 December 1993). "Home-Grown Product Crowds Shelves At U.K. Video Stores" (PDF). Billboard . p. 47. Retrieved 4 February 2024.
  3. "U.F.O.: The Movie". Empire. 1 January 2000. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. "UFO lands in UK". Screen International . 17 December 1993. p. 30.