The film footage was allegedly supplied to him by a retired military cameraman who wished to remain anonymous. Seventytwo years since aliens supposedly crashlanded near roswell, new mexico, the local military is braced for an invasion of a different. It must be getting on for 15 years now that theyve done these three shows. How does ant and decs alien autopsy, about a faked alien video from 1995, hold up.
Overall, alien autopsy is a very funny, whimsical film. The film was a moderate commercial success domestically, making no. He presented it as an authentic autopsy on the body of an alien recovered from the 1947 crash of a flying disc near roswell, new mexico. Alien autopsy is a 2006 british comedy film with elements of science fiction directed by jonny campbell. Check the behind the scenes section, the revision history and discussion page for additional comments on this articles title. Based on true events, alien autopsy is the story of two unlikely lads from london who became icons of ufology. Alien autopsy 2006 stream and watch online in the 1990s two men ant mcpartlin, declan donnelly produce a fake video that purports to be footage of an alien autopsy. Bill pullman, ant mcpartlin, declan donnelly, harry dean stanton, omid djalili. Im a celeb fans fuming as holly mocks ant and dec film. It made us think it wasnt just an ant and dec vehicle they were going to make it whether it was with us or not, says donnelly. As ritual humiliations go, it bears all the hallmarks of a bush tucker trial. Director jonny campbell teams with screenwriter william davies for this satirical look at the notorious, purportedly genuine.
Better than its given credit for, alien autopsy marks the one and only headlining film roles for ant and dec, everyones favourite geordie television duo. The alien autopsy is a 17minute blackandwhite film supposedly depicting a secret medical examination or autopsy of an alien by the united states military. The script is patchy in places subplots get twisted and dont really tie together satisfactorily in the end but this is made up by the pleasure and it really is a genuine pleasure to see ant and dec putting in strong performances in the lead roles. Filmmaker reveals how he faked infamous roswell alien. Alien autopsy video faker finally reveals truth behind film. The former magician and filmmaker behind it revealed how the alien autopsy film fooled people around the world and inspired a classic film starring ant and dec. Find out everything empire knows about alien autopsy. Gary shoefield didnt actually do anything at all in the making of the alien autopsy. The alien autopsy premiere 11 show all 111 ant and dec arrive for the premiere of their new film alien autopsy on the suitably green carpet in leicester square. I cant believe that ant and dec, with all their money and influence, are happy doing the same three shows this, bgt and im a celebrity year after year after year. Itv1s ant and dec make a credible bigscreen debut as the pair. Santillis story was that he had been travelling in the us, looking for some early rock n roll era film footage.
Alien autopsy stars british televisions ant and dec anthony mcpartlin and declan donnelly as the eccentric team behind the hoax who hire on a documentary filmmaker to help them retell their amazing tale. Bill pullman joins them as the doubtful man behind the camera that is slowly drawn into their story along with the disbelieving audience. How ant and dec went to roswell and predicted area 51 mania. How ant and dec went to roswell and predicted area 51 mania save alien autopsy, starring ant and dec, was not a boxoffice success. The two men the film was based on, gary shoefield and ray santilli, were also there to see how their story had been portrayed on screen. Its potential was realized by tv personalities ant and dec. Humoristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal related to the fake. Whether the alien autopsy film is part of a united states government conspiracy, an outright fake, or something else, is explored in this cleverly scripted film. In 2006 the story of ray santilli and the alien autopsy was the subject of a warner brothers.
With stefan dbart, declan donnelly, anthony mcpartlin. It told the tale of two british guys who attempt to fool the world with a video of, yes, a supposed alien autopsy. The alien autopsy footage, supposedly of extraterrestrial corpses from the socalled roswell ufo incident, was broadcast to a worldwide audience on 28 august 1995. It too was called alien autopsy featuring ant and dec. I made the alien for the ant and dec film i also performed the effects. At the end of the movie, after the two had been exposed as hoaxers, they receive the real footage, but it was too late. This was ant and decs first starring movie roles, having had cameos in. Now the filmmaker and exmagician behind it revealed how the alien autopsy film fooled the world and inspired a classic film starring ant and dec. Ant and dec play ray and gary, friends who visit america and stumble upon some top secret military film that, if made public, would let the world know we are not alone. Mcpartlin and donnelly have been cast against their usual small screen roles in the film, with ant transformed from a wisecracking buffoon into the serious, bespectacled gary, while dec is the rougheredged, louder. The poor reception to the film pretty much killed there acting career, but im pretty sure there doing ok with their cushy presenting jobs and millions of pounds.
Spyros melaris said they used a foam body filled with cow and lamb organs from a local butcher to. The story behind the alien autopsy hoax live science. Additional scenes from ant and dec s alien autopsy get the dvd here. Alien autopsy is a pretty amusing mockumentary style retelling of the story of two london lads who fooled a lot of the world into thinking they had authentic footage of an autopsy being performed on one of the alleged aliens found during the roswell incident. Bbc news entertainment ant and dec leap into the unknown. Im a celebrity fans were left fuming with holly willoughby after she mocked ant and decs classic 2006 film, alien autopsy. The improbable film careers of the tv presenters ant and dec seem. Famous alien autopsy film confession reignites debate. Ray and gary film their own reenactment of the 1947 roswell alien autopsy and try to pass it off as the original.
The movie started comedy team anthony mcpartlin and declan donnelly, known as ant and dec. Having made it in the world of tv and music well, sort of. Ray santillis controversial alien autopsy film hit tv screens around the world in august 1995. With declan donnelly, anthony mcpartlin, bill pullman, gotz otto. Humouristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal when two british lads were accused of having faked a documentary from the roswell incident in.
Back in the dim and distant blurfilled days of 1995, some guys from london, ray santilli dec and gary shoefield ant filmed the hoax of the decade an alleged autopsy of an alien discovered in area 51 and this is, no doubt with suitable artistic licence, their story. Warner brothers made a movie loosely based on my film and events surrounding it. Alien autopsy stars british televisions ant and dec anthony mcpartlin and declan donnelly as the eccentric team behind the hoax who hire on a. Its all about a scandal from 1995 where british blokes ray santilli and gary shoefield duped the world with a film they made in an empty flat. Ant mcpartlin and declan donnelly, although unknown to me, were totally acceptable as the perpetrators of the alien autopsy hoax. The simple fact is that he was only involved in the sales of the film after spyros melaris and his team had made the film. It was released in 1995 by londonbased entrepreneur ray santilli. Bbc news entertainment gala night for ant and dec movie. Bbc manchester entertainment i made the roswell alien. Alien autopsy is the first feature film for dec and ant, popular in britain as television show hosts, and the two cant move beyond their wholesome, inoffensive presenter personas. In their debut film outing they tackle the subject of the alien autopsy. Before the break we saw rita and james preparing for the latest. It was sold to tv stations in 33 countries and in 2006 inspired comedy scifi movie alien autopsy starring geordie duo ant and dec.
I do appear in it briefly i played one of the surgeons in the original film and i do the same in alien autopsy. Once the media is alerted to the footage a frenzy begins that finds the two lads thrown into the spotlight. They released, alien autopsy, their first venture into bigscreen. Alien autopsy 2006 stream and watch online moviefone. The film with ant and dec is about the making of the original 1995 film. The alien autopsy premiere london evening standard. They produced a hoax film of the roswell alien autopsy to fool ufo enthusiasts. Back in 2006 ant and dec hit the big screen with alien autopsy and came home to newcastle for its premiere at the gate. Humoristic reconstruction of the 1995 scandal related to the fake documentary the alien autopsy 1995 about the roswell incident.
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