Project ALF
| Project ALF | |
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Project ALF DVD cover
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| Genre | Comedy Sci-fi Family |
| Written by | Tom Patchett Paul Fusco |
| Directed by | Dick Lowry |
| Starring | Paul Fusco William O'Leary Jensen Daggett Martin Sheen |
| Music by | Mark Snow |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Paul Fusco Kenneth Kaufman |
| Producer(s) |
Tom Patchett Wolf Bauer Ann Kindberg (supervising producer) Debbie Smith (associate producer) |
| Cinematography | Henry M. Lebo |
| Editor(s) | William B. Stich |
| Running time | 95 minutes |
| Production company(s) |
Alien Productions Patchett Kaufman Entertainment Paul Fusco Productions UFA Fernsehproduktion GmbH |
| Distributor |
ABC (US) Video Service Canada (CAN) Cine Plus Home Entertainment (GER) |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | February 17, 1996 |
Project: ALF (also known as Project: ALF, Part 2) is a 1996 American made-for-television science fiction film directed by Dick Lowry which serves as a sequel to the final episode "Consider Me Gone" of the 1986–1990 sitcom ALF. It was broadcast in the U.S. by ABC and in Canada on CHCH on February 17, 1996. The film was released on DVD in 2005.
None of the original cast members of ALF were featured. The only actor to appear in both the series and movie is Paul Fusco, the voice and puppeteer of ALF, and Beverly Archer, who played Mrs. Byrd in the former and Dr. Carnage in the latter. Project ALF was poorly received when it aired in 1996, namely because of the absence of the Tanners, weak characters and failure to give a proper conclusion to the series.
The film begins where ALF had ended, with Gordon Shumway—otherwise known as ALF, short for Alien Life Form—being captured by the US Air Force's Alien Task Force while attempting to depart Earth. ALF is kept under lock and key at Edmonds Air Force Base under the xenophobic orders of Colonel Milfoil (Martin Sheen), although he manages to charm his airman jailers and convert his cell into a bachelor pad. Acting on his own initiative, Milfoil plans on killing his prisoner under the guise of a beauty treatment, for which he has left a paper trail implicating his aide de camp, Lieutenant Reese (Scott Michael Campbell), setting him up as a scapegoat. They talk about ALF's relationship with the Tanner family, and the Tanners' move to Iceland.
Learning of this, two Air Force scientists—Major Melissa Hill (Jensen Daggett) and Capt. Rick Mullican (William O'Leary)—help ALF escape, going to ground at a cheap motel. After ALF makes a nuisance of himself, he is ordered to go hide in the restroom, reminding him of when the Tanners would do the same. Unwilling to do without his creature comforts, ALF sneaks outside and contacts one of his former guards in an attempt to arrange a supply drop, before mistakenly entering a strip club, assuming from its name that it is an eating establishment that serves cats.
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