Alien Autopsy

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This comedy stars Ant & Dec and is directed by "Shameless" scripter Johnny Campbell. The Movie follows two friends who make a spoof documentary which they claim is footage of a secret autopsy on an alien. Aware that they may well get found out at some point they comfort themselves by remembering that although they'll be cheats, they'll be rich cheats!


It’s 1996, and on a trip to Cleveland to buy Elvis trinkets for his London market stall, Ray (Donnelly) meets the mysterious Harvey (Harry Dean Stanton), who sells him real footage from a 1947 alien autopsy at Roswell. When Ray and pal Gary (McPartlin) return to England and find the film has corroded, they set about making their own version to show the world.

Are Ant and Dec attempting global domination? They’ve been child stars, pop stars, ITV’s most popular hosts, and now — with the help of Shameless and Phoenix Nights director Jonny Campbell — they’ve made this, their enjoyable first feature.

While it’s not as hilarious as you might have hoped, it’s a decent lark that begins as their two characters, Gary and Ray, agree to be interviewed by documentary-maker Morgan Banner (Pullman). He has no idea who they are, but becomes interested as their story about buying genuine alien autopsy footage unfolds, and they tell how they eventually find themselves having to fake an autopsy in Gary’s sister’s living room.

The best scenes, of course, are the ones in which the boys are faking the autopsy with the help of an eclectic bunch of friends — an undertaker, a mannequin-maker (who is dating Ray’s nan), a butcher (who provides the haggis that doubles for an alien brain), and kebab shop owner Melik (Omid Djalili) — it’s like a Morecambe and Wise sketch as Nan interrupts offering biscuits, the clock falls off the wall and Gary panics as blood drops on his sister’s carpet.

It’s too slow in the build-up to the boys’ acquisition of the film, and there’s predictable rivalry between the pair later on, but once this gets going, the laughs are consistent.


Often funny and infectiously silly — Ant and Dec conquer (or at least have a good stab at) another visual medium. Eric and Ernie would be proud.

Declan Donnelly ... Ray Santilli
Ant McPartlin ... Gary Shoefield
Bill Pullman ... Morgan Banner
Götz Otto ... Laszlo Voros
Morwenna Banks ... Jasmine
Omid Djalili ... Melik
Harry Dean Stanton ... Harvey
Mike Blakeley ... Camera Team
Matthew Blakeley ... Camera Team
John Shrapnel ... Michael Kuhn
Madeleine Moffat ... Nan (as Madaleine Moffat)
John Cater ... Maurice
Lee Oakes ... Edgar
Perry Benson ... Trading Standards Officer
Jimmy Carr ... Gary's Boss




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I thougth this flik was freaking hilarious