Movie · 1996
Mars Attacks!
“Nice planet. We'll take it!”
Released 13 December 1996 106 min Comedy / Fantasy / Science Fiction More from 1996 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.
FR·01
How old were they?
Sylvia Sidney
as Grandma Norris
Rod Steiger
as General Decker
Jim Brown
as Byron Williams
Jack Nicholson
as President Dale / Art Land
Jerzy Skolimowski
as Dr. Zeigler
Tom Jones
as Tom Jones
Barbet Schroeder
as French President
Danny DeVito
as Rude Gambler
Glenn Close
as Marsha Dale
Martin Short
as Jerry Ross
O-Lan Jones
as Sue Ann Norris
Pierce Brosnan
as Donald Kessler
Annette Bening
as Barbara Land
Michael J. Fox
as Jason Stone
Brian Haley
as Mitch
Michael Reilly Burke
as GNN Reporter #1
Sarah Jessica Parker
as Nathalie Lake
Steve Valentine
as TV Director
Lisa Marie
as Martian Girl
Jack Black
as Billy Glenn Norris
Lukas Haas
as Richie Norris
Natalie Portman
as Taffy Dale
Ray J
as Cedric
Brandon Hammond
as Neville
FR·02
The numbers
74years between the oldest and youngest billed
86Sylvia Sidney — oldest on the call sheet
12Brandon Hammond — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast