They Live - videos, teasers and stills from filming
All videos, teasers and footage from the filming of the film "They Live"
They Live (1988)
Timing:
1:33 (93 min)
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What's left behind the scenes
- The main character's name is never mentioned in the film, and Roddy Piper's character is credited as “Nada” (likely a surname) – which means “nothing” in Spanish.
- The role of Frank was written specifically for Keith David.
- The plot of the music video by the German electronic collective SQ-1, “Can you feel” (1999), is based on the film's plot. Similarly, the music video by American artist Armand Van Helden, “Into your eyes” (2005), is also based on this film.
- The film is based on the short story “Eight in the Morning” by Ray Nelson.
- A simple fight scene between Frank and Nada over Frank's refusal to wear the "magic glasses" turned into a 5-minute brawl instead of the director's intended 20 seconds.
- In the scene in the bank, where the main character Nada selectively shoots aliens visible through the glasses, he says: "I come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, but I’m all out of bubble gum." This phrase can later be heard in a game series named after the main character, Duke Nukem. In fact, this phrase belongs to the lead actor, Roddy Piper, who is also a well-known wrestler, having participated in Wrestlemania III where he was noticed by John Carpenter.
- In the underground corridor, the security guard's radio looks like the anomaly detector from "Ghostbusters".
- In the scene where the main character first meets an alien he can distinguish through the glasses, the alien is buying a newspaper. If you pay attention, you can see him receive change twice (before and after Nada puts on the glasses).
- Before the fight with Neid, Frank throws his bag on the ground, and it then disappears; the spot where it fell will be empty in subsequent frames.
- The main character’s name is never mentioned in the film, and in the credits, Roddy Piper’s character is listed as “Nada” (likely as a surname) – which means “nothing” in Spanish.
- The plot of the music video for the German electronic collective SQ-1’s “Can you feel” (1999) is based on the film’s plot. Similarly, the music video for American artist Armand Van Helden’s “Into your eyes” (2005) is also based on this film.
- The film is based on Ray Nelson’s short story "Eight in the Morning."
- A simple fight scene between Frank and Nada over Frank's refusal to wear the "magic glasses" turned into a 5-minute brawl, instead of the director's intended 20 seconds.
- In the scene in the bank, where the protagonist Nada selectively shoots aliens visible through the glasses, he says: "I come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, but I’m all out of bubble gum." This phrase later appears in a game series named after the protagonist, Duke Nukem. In fact, this phrase belongs to the lead actor, Roddy Piper, who is also a well-known athlete in the world of wrestling, having competed in Wrestlemania III, where he was noticed by John Carpenter.
- In the underground corridor, the security guards' radio looks like an anomaly detector from the film "Ghostbusters".
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