{"id":9258,"date":"2010-08-09T16:10:42","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T23:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moviesharkdeblore.com\/site\/?p=9258"},"modified":"2014-10-30T20:12:21","modified_gmt":"2014-10-31T03:12:21","slug":"alien-autopsy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/behindthelensonline.net\/site\/reviews\/alien-autopsy\/","title":{"rendered":"ALIEN AUTOPSY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>By: debbie lynn elias<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Debuting on the festival circuit at the AFI Film Fest in 2006 is a frighteningly comedic \u201chorror\u201d situation &#8211; ALIEN AUTOPSY. Based on the true story of a pair of Brits who make a film depicting their \u201cautopsy\u201d of an alien in Roswell, New Mexico, this is a not-to-be-missed horror mockumentary. For those of you that may recall the news item and the original hoax as it aired on the Fox TV Network in 1995, be warned &#8211; the truth may be out there but, here, you can\u2019t believe what you see &#8211; at least not with ALIEN AUTOPSY.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Ray Santilli and Gary Shoefield are at the top of the charts on British television. Enter documentary director Morgan Banner. Established as a leader in documentary in the US, Banner and his crew visit Santilli and Shoefield for a secret interview on their \u201cexperience.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Based on their \u201ctrue story\u201d Ray and Gary head to the States for purposes of hooking up with a man named Harvey who claims to have a non-copyrighted piece of film footage &#8211; an autopsy on an alien at Roswell in July 1947. Allegedly Harvey was in the military and participated in this most secret-of-secret alien autopsy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Seeing the monetary potential in such a rare piece of history , the boys manage to come up with the $30,000 price tag (compliments of a Hungarian loanshark) for the autopsy film but you know that old saying, caveat emptor &#8211; let the buyer beware. Without batting an eye or looking at piece of celluloid, the boys hand over the cash to Harvey and rush back to England with their gold mine. Sadly, when they finally decide to look at the footage, it comes up blank.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Not wanting to find themselves in cement shoes or wind up like Jimmy Hoffa, Ray and Gary have a brainstorm &#8211; let\u2019s make our own film of an alien autopsy! Let\u2019s face it folks &#8211; all the synapses aren\u2019t firing with these two. With the help of a kebab salesman named Melik and his girlfriend Jasmine, the group puts together a film acceptable and believable enough to loanshark Laszlo who in turn sells the film to international tv. Needless to say, the laughs take hold when the autopsy hits the open market.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Bill Pullman stars as documentary director Morgan Banner while Declan Donnelly and Ant McParlin take on Ray and Gary, respectively. Pullman is enjoyable enough but don;\u2019t look for anything too inspiring from Donnelly and McPartlin. Omid Djalili as Melik, however, is an absolute scream. The real Ray and Gary also turn up in cameos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Director Jonny Campbell brings his years of British television experience to the table and does a more than adequate job with the lensing of the film. Using a grainy technique, it bodes well for the mockumentary type project at hand. Although there are some glaring holes in the script and mockumentary style holds fast giving a comedic look at a pull-the-wool-over-the-eyes-of-the-world grifting of a perceived \u201chorror.\u201d Funny and entertaining although far from an X-File, you gotta see this ALIEN AUTOPSY.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><br \/>\nRay Santilli: Declan Donnelly<br \/>\nGary Shoefield: Ant McParlin<br \/>\nMorgan Banner: Bill Pullman<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Directed by Jonny Campbell. Written by William Davies. Rated PG-13. (95 min)<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: debbie lynn elias Debuting on the festival circuit at the AFI Film Fest in 2006 is a frighteningly comedic \u201chorror\u201d situation &#8211; ALIEN AUTOPSY. Based on the true story of a pair of Brits who make a film depicting their \u201cautopsy\u201d of an alien in Roswell, New Mexico, this is a not-to-be-missed horror mockumentary. 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