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Release Year1988
Runtime1h 25m
LanguageEnglish
CertificationPG
GenresComedy
Votes12
DirectorCharles Matthau
WritersDarren Star, Jeffrey A. Mueller, Andrew Licht
TypeFeature Film
Rating4.0 out of 10
Cast10 credited
Also Known AsDoin' Time on Planet Earth
About Doin' Time on Planet Earth
Ryan Richmond is an eccentric teenager living with his mother, father, sister and brother in the Holiday Inn they own in Sunnyvale, Arizona, the prune capital of the world. Is it any wonder that he wants to go to Saudi Arabaia for college and leave Sunnyvale far, far behind? He spends his days at school with his sex-obsessed best friend Dan Forrester and lusts after Lisa Winston, the sexy lounge singer who his parents have hired to perform at the Holiday Inn. Stuck without a date for his brother's wedding to a senator's daughter, Ryan goes to a computer dating service, which asks him such questions as "Can you breathe foreign substances?" Soon, Ryan is told that he may be an alien stuck on Earth along with thousands of others. Soon, Charles and Edna Pinsky show up and tell him that he may an alien prince meant to lead his brethren home. And that's when things get out of control...
Directed by Charles Matthau, Doin' Time on Planet Earth leans on a strong ensemble — Nicholas Strouse, Andrea Thompson, Martha Scott — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about comedy titles of 1988.
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