They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.They influence our decisions without us knowing it. They numb our senses without us feeling it. They control our lives without us realizing it. They live.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
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Did you know
- TriviaJohn Carpenter brought real "homeless folks" into the production for several scenes and smaller characters and gave them food as well as paychecks. "I thought that was a pretty classy thing to do," said Roddy Piper.
- GoofsThe alien at the magazine stand gets his change twice.
- Crazy creditsThe screenplay writer for "They Live" which is credited to "Frank Armitage", does not exist. John Carpenter used many pseudonyms when giving credit to his works in films. With his vast amount of work that he did himself, (directing, producing, writing and composing the musical scores), he did not want to appear to be braggadocios and vain by having his name appear over and over in the credits of his movies.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Arrivals (2008)
- SoundtracksRock of Ages
(uncredited)
Music by Thomas Hastings
Lyrics by Augustus Montague Toplady
[Heard as one of the songs played on the church tape]
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Surprisingly this movie is more relevant today n it is entertaining too.
I first saw this in the late 80s on a vhs n enjoyed the film as an action entertainer. Read about the underlying themes as years passed on but revisited it today. This movie is very relevant for today's time too n it is still very entertaining. The alley fight scene stayed with me since the late 80s. Roddy Piper n Keith David gave memorable performances.
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- Also known as
- John Carpenter's They Live
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $13,447,978
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $4,827,903
- Nov 6, 1988
- Gross worldwide
- $13,450,603
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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