The Creature Wasn't Nice
| The Creature Wasn't Nice | |
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| Directed by | Bruce Kimmel |
| Produced by |
Eilhys England Michael S. Landes Albert Schwartz |
| Written by | Bruce Kimmel |
| Starring |
Leslie Nielsen Bruce Kimmel Cindy Williams Gerrit Graham Patrick Macnee |
| Music by | David Spear |
| Cinematography | Denny Lavil |
| Edited by | David Blangsted |
| Distributed by | Almi Pictures (VHS) |
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Running time | 88 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Creature Wasn't Nice (also known as Naked Space and Spaceship) is a 1981 U.S. motion picture written and directed by Bruce Kimmel. The movie is a comedy farce satirizing extraterrestrial horror movies such as Alien. It stars Leslie Nielsen in a role similar to those in the farcical comedies Airplane and Naked Gun. It co-stars Cindy Williams, Gerrit Graham, and Patrick Macnee. It was released on VHS in 1983 under the title Spaceship to emphasize Nielsen's connection to Airplane!, and released on DVD in 1999 to play up the connection to Nielsen's Naked Gun movies.
The movie is a low-budget comedy with simple sets and dialog wrapped around several musical numbers. In one of the scenes, the red slimy one-eyed alien monster performs a lounge-act style musical number called "I Want to Eat Your Face." Williams performs two musical numbers, one solo and one with Kimmel, who had previously appeared with and directed Williams in 1976 in The First Nudie Musical.
Cast
- Leslie Nielsen - Captain Jamieson
- Cindy Williams - Annie McHugh
- Bruce Kimmel - John
- Gerrit Graham - Rodzinski
- Patrick Macnee - Dr. Stark
- Ron Kurowski - The Creature
- Paul Brinegar - Clint Eastwood / Dirty Harry
- Broderick Crawford - Voice of Max the Computer (uncredited)