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They Live

Movie (1988)

A drifter discovers a pair of sunglasses that allow him to wake up to the fact that aliens have taken over the Earth.

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They Live Main Cast

Roddy Piper
plays George Nada

Keith David
plays Frank Armitage

Meg Foster
plays Holly Thompson

George 'Buck' Flower
plays The Drifter

Peter Jason
plays Gilbert

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The fight between Nada (Roddy Piper) and Frank (Keith David) was only supposed to last 20 seconds, but Piper and David decided to fight it out for real, only faking the hits to the face and groin. They rehearsed the fight for three weeks. Carpenter was so impressed he kept the 5 minute and 20 second scene intact.
Movie Goof (continuity error): When Nada is falling through Holly's window, a pair of sunglasses can be seen falling with him outside as he first falls to the ground. However, a short time later, Holly is looking at the floor of her place where the sunglasses are now sitting.
Roddy Piper, being a married man at the time of filming, refused to take his wedding band off. That's why in several scenes you can see a wedding ring on.
The second and final time that John Carpenter worked with Alive Films. The first was Prince of Darkness.

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