Mutant Aliens
{{short description|2001 film by Bill Plympton}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Mutant Aliens
| image = Mutant Aliens.jpg
| caption =
| director = Bill Plympton
| producer = Bill Plympton
| writer = Bill Plympton
| starring = Dan McComas
Francine Lobis
George Casden
Matthew Brown
Jay Cavanaugh
Amy Allison
Christopher Schukai
Kevin Kolack
Vera Beren
Bill Plympton
| music = Hank Bones
Maureen McElheron
| cinematography = John Donnelly
| editing = Anthony Arcidi
| studio = Plymptoons
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|2001|1|24|Sundance Film Festival}}
| runtime = 81 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Mutant Aliens is a 2001 American adult animated science-fiction-comedy film directed and written by Bill Plympton.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=2009 |publisher=Checkmark Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8160-6600-1 |edition=3rd |page=205}} Mutant Aliens has been shown at a number of animation festivals, but has never had a wide theatrical release.
Plot
After leaving his 5-years old daughter Josie, astronaut of the USA government Earl Jensen is stranded in space intentionally by the head of the Department of Space. Years later, he returns to Earth. To gain the people's trust, he tells the story of the time he has spent on a planet inhabited by humanoid aliens with animal body parts. Jensen later tells he has an interest in crossbreeding the aliens to create an army of mutants, in order to exact his revenge on the Department of Space head.
Production
The film was fully made at Plympton´s studio in New York City Plymptoons and is a spoof of B monster movies, featuring Plympton's own distinctive animation style consisting in hand-drawn animation made using colored pencils with backgrounds painted in brushes and gratuitous sex and violence.
References
External links
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- {{IMDb title|0277909}}
{{Bill Plympton}}
Category:2000s American animated films
Category:2000s English-language films
Category:American adult animated films
Category:American animated feature films
Category:American animated science fiction films
Category:American parody films
Category:American splatter films
Category:Animated films about extraterrestrial life
Category:Annecy Cristal for a Feature Film winners
Category:Films about astronauts
Category:Films directed by Bill Plympton
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