My Favorite Martian poster
Director Donald Petrie
Screenplay Sherri Stoner, Deanna Oliver

My Favorite Martian

Tagline: The martian has landed. There goes the neighborhood.

Release Date: 1999-02-11

Duration: 94 minutes

Synopsis

Ambitious television reporter Tim O'Hara stumbles upon a martian whose spaceship has accidentally crashed on Earth. Thinking this is his ticket to a Pulitzer Prize, Tim makes plans to expose the martian, who, posing as Tim's Uncle Martin, takes human form and has plans of his own. In fact, all of Tim's efforts to divulge the truth are systematically thwarted by the resourceful alien, who ultimately recruits Tim to help him repair his ship for a return to Mars.

Casting

  • Christopher Lloyd
    Uncle Martin
  • Daryl Hannah
    Lizzie
  • Elizabeth Hurley
    Brace Channing
  • Wallace Shawn
    Coleye
  • Steven Anthony Lawrence
    Nurplex Kid
  • Jeff Daniels
    Tim O'Hara
  • Debra Christofferson
    Mrs. Butz
  • Steve Bond
    The Seti Group Driver
  • Troy Evans
    Captain Dalton
  • Michael Bailey Smith
    Big Guard