December 13, 1996
Mars Attacks! is a 1996 American black comedy science fiction film directed by Tim Burton, who also co-produced it with Larry J. Franco. The screenplay by Jonathan Gems was based on the Topps trading card series of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast consisting of Jack Nicholson (in a dual role), Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Pierce Brosnan, Danny DeVito, Martin Short, Sarah Jessica Parker, Michael J. Fox, Pam Grier, Rod Steiger, Tom Jones, Lukas Haas, Natalie Portman, Jim Brown, Lisa Marie, and Sylvia Sidney in her final film role.
Alex Cox had tried to make a Mars Attacks! film in the 1980s before Burton and Gems began development in 1993. When Gems turned in his first draft in 1994, Warner Bros. commissioned rewrites from Gems, Burton, Scott Alexander and Larry Karaszewski in an attempt to lower the budget to $60 million. The final production budget came to $80 million, while Warner Bros. spent another $20 million on the Mars Attacks! marketing campaign. Filming took place from February to June 1996. The film was shot in California, Nevada, Kansas, Arizona and Argentina.
The filmmakers hired Industrial Light & Magic to create the Martians using computer animation after their previous plan to use stop motion animation, supervised by Barry Purves, fell through because of budget limitations. Mars Attacks! was released theatrically by Warner Bros. Pictures in the United States on December 13, 1996, to mixed reviews from critics. The film grossed approximately $101.4 million in box office totals, which was seen as a disappointment. Mars Attacks! was nominated for the Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation and earned multiple nominations at the Saturn Awards.
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- BBC SCI FI - K9 FIRING LASER
- Christine's Horn
- Godzilla Roar (Slightly edited)
- Hollywoodedge, Bird Hawk Single Scre PE020801/Hollywoodedge, Hawk Screech Single AT082901
- Hollywoodedge, Cannon Mortar Shot PE1094602
- Hollywoodedge, Glass Smashes Heavy FS025404 (Debut)
- Hollywoodedge, Gun Classic Pistol Co PE090601
- Hollywoodedge, Kick Body Hit 1 SharpT PE101301
- Hollywoodedge, Laser 19 Short Blasts PE201401
- Hollywoodedge, M60 Automatic Machin PE094901
- Hollywoodedge, M60 Automatic Multip PE233901
- Hollywoodedge, Machine Gun Silence PE1010701
- Hollywoodedge, Mch Gun Mlt Rapid Fire PE707401
- Hollywoodedge, Medium Crowd AdultsY PE142901
- Hollywoodedge, Metal Squeaks Raspy FS015704 (Debut)
- Hollywoodedge, Object Being Squashe PE105201
- Hollywoodedge, Object Being Squashe PE105301
- Hollywoodedge, School Bell Long Ring PE193201 (Used as a security alarm.)
- Hollywoodedge, Sword Or Bayonet Juic PE101701
- Hollywoodedge, Synth Energy Zap 6 Sin PE205901
- IOS Camera Sound
- SKYWALKER ALARM BUZZING SOUND
- SKYWALKER BIG METAL SQUEAKING 01
- SKYWALKER BIG METAL SQUEAKING 02 (Debut)
- SKYWALKER BULLET RICOCHET 01
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - BULLET OR RICOCHET SHINGS
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - HOTH BLASTER RICOCHET
- SKYWALKER, BULLET - SMALL HIGH-PITCHED RICOCHET
- SKYWALKER, CAR - LARGE METAL CRASH WITH DEBRIS
- SKYWALKER, CAR - VARIOUS TIRE SCREECHING
- SKYWALKER, CAR - VEHICLE HORN, 4 TIMES
- SKYWALKER, COW - MOOING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, CROWD - SCREAM IN PANIC
- SKYWALKER, DOG - POPPY BARKING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, DOOR - WOODEN DOOR; OPEN & CLOSE; CREAKING; VARIOUS
- SKYWALKER ELECTRICAL BUZZ SOUND
- SKYWALKER ELECTRICAL POP SOUND
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - ARTOO'S ELECTRIC ZAP
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - BIG VARIOUS SPARKINGS
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL ZAP
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - SINGLE SPARK CHIRP 02
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - THE FORCE WHINE
- SKYWALKER, ELECTRICITY - WHISTLE-LIKE SPARK WHINE
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 01
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 02
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 03
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 04
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 05
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 07 (Briefly heard twice in a fairly low volume, and again in a low volume when the tank explodes.)
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 08
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 10 / SKYWALKER FIRE ROARING SOUND
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 13
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 14
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 15
- SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 16
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - AT-AT STOMP
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - BIG CRUNCH
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - CRACKLING EXPLOSION, LARGE 01
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - CRACKLING EXPLOSION, MEDIUM 01
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - EXPLOSIVE RICOCHET, HIGH RICCO, EXPLOSION ACCENT
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE EXPLOSION, LOUD, HYPER-REALISTIC
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MASSIVE INFERNO ROARING
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - MEDIUM SET-OFF WITH WHISTLE
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - SHARP, MUFFLED BLAST
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - SMALL EXPLOSION
- SKYWALKER, EXPLOSION - THERMAL DETONATOR: CHARGE 01
- SKYWALKER, FIRE - FLAMES QUICK ROAR BY WITH WHISTLE
- SKYWALKER, FOOTSTEP - DINOSAUR FOOTSTEPS (Heard as the bouncing sound of a large ball tossed by a UFO on Easter Island.)
- SKYWALKER GLASS, SMASH - LARGE WINDOW CRASH
- SKYWALKER GLASS, SMASH - LARGE WINDOW CRASH 02
- SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED CLUSTERING BIG BOULDER CRACKLE SOUND
- SKYWALKER HIGH-PITCHED POW SOUND
- SKYWALKER, HORN - RC CAR HONKING
- SKYWALKER LASER BLAST SOUND
- SKYWALKER LIGHTSABER SOUND (The "steam sizzle" one is used)
- SKYWALKER METAL CRASHING SOUND
- SKYWALKER METAL, SQUEAK - BIG METAL SQUEAK WITH HINGE
- SKYWALKER, METAL - CART WHEELS SQUEAKING (Only the Monsters, Inc. variant is used.)
- SKYWALKER, METAL - HUGE, RESONANT CRASHING
- SKYWALKER, METAL - LANDING DOOR CLANKING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, METAL - PROTOCOL DROID MOVING
- SKYWALKER, METAL - ROBOT PROBE'S EYE CLOSE, LID
- SKYWALKER, METAL - SHORT, SCREECHING CLANK
- SKYWALKER, METAL - WEIRD CLANK
- SKYWALKER, MUSIC - DEEP, OMINOUS BASS TONE
- SKYWALKER PUNCHING SOUNDS
- SKYWALKER, RUBBLE - BRICKS COLLAPSING WITH CRUMBLING (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - EVE'S LASER GUN
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - MARTIAN BLASTER GUN (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - MARTIAN SHRINK RAY FIRE (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, SCI-FI GUN - SUPERLASER SIEGE CANNON GUN
- SKYWALKER, SERVO - SMALL ELECTRONIC DEVICE (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, SMASH - BIG WALL SMASH
- SKYWALKER, SPACECRAFT - MARTIAN SPACESHIP FLY BY (Debut)
- SKYWALKER, SQUISH - B.O.B. SQUISHING
- SKYWALKER, TOY - RC CAR RUNNING
- SKYWALKER, TRAIN - POLAR EXPRESS CHUGGING
- SKYWALKER WHISTLING RICOCHET, EXPLOSION ACCENT
- SKYWALKER, WHOOSH - SCREAM-LIKE PASS BY
- SoundDogs, Crash - Glass - C U - Two Glass Crashes W Large Shard Clunks
- SoundDogs, Electric - Sparks & Hum - C U - Series Of Amazingly Creaky Sparks And Reverberant Decay
- SoundDogs, Train: Trains - Freight Cars Coupling Impact - MCU - Bg Engine Noise, Also Rattles, Clunks, Squeaks, & Creaks, All Coupling Related, Several Ambiance Changes (2nd impact; high pitch.)
- Sound Ideas, AMBIENCE, FOREST - FOREST, SPOOKY NIGHT
- Sound Ideas, AMBIENCE, SCI FI - INTERPLANETARY PHASING, TWIRLING AND PULSING (Debut)
- Sound Ideas, ARCADE, VIDEO GAME - VIDEO GAME: ELECTRONIC SOUNDS, AMUSEMENT PARK, FAIR 02
- Sound Ideas, BIRD, BUDGIES - AMBIENCE: VARIOUS CALLS
- Sound Ideas, COUPLING - FREIGHT CARS COUPLING IMPACT, TRAIN (An edited version of this sound is heard once as a Martian Robot slams two trailers into each other.)
- Sound Ideas, GUN, RICOCHET - VERY SHARP RICOCHET, BULLET 02
- Sound Ideas, GUN FOLEY / HANDLING - .223 COLT AR-15 ASSAULT RIFLE CHAMBERING
- Sound Ideas, FACTORY, MACHINERY - METAL SHEAR MEDIUM RHYTHM, INDUSTRY, SHEARER
- Sound Ideas, FOOTSTEPS - GIANT ROBOTIC FOOTSTEPS, COULD ALSO USE AS AN INDUSTRIAL PRESS, SCI FI (Debut)
- Sound Ideas, HELICOPTER - BELL 212: EXTERIOR, PASS BY, DISTANT
- Sound Ideas, INSECT, KATYDID - KATYDID HEAVEN, LARGE GROUP, NICE IMAGE, ANIMAL
- Sound Ideas, MOTOR, COMBUSTION - LARGE, 2 DIESEL ENGINES IDLE
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 02
- Sound Ideas, RICOCHET - CARTOON RICCO 03 (-12 pitch)
- Sound Ideas, SCI FI - BIG ZAP, CARTOON
- Sound Ideas, SPACE, GUN SHOTS - LASER GUN SHOT, GALACTIC, SCI FI 01
- Sound Ideas, WWII Explosion With Flare 09 - Single, World War II era explosion with flare-up
- WB FIRE HISS/WHOOSH SOUND/SKYWALKER EXPLOSION 20