The Puppet Masters | |
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Directed by | Stuart Orme |
Screenplay by | Ted Elliott Terry Rossio David S. Goyer |
Based on | The Puppet Masters by Robert A. Heinlein |
Produced by | Ralph Winter |
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Cinematography | Clive Tickner |
Edited by | William Goldenberg |
Music by | Colin Towns |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 109 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $15 million[1] |
Box office | $8.6 million |
The Puppet Masters is a 1994 American science fiction horror film, adapted by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio and David S. Goyer[2] from Robert A. Heinlein's 1951 novel of the same title,[3] in which a trio of American government agents attempts to thwart a covert invasion of Earth by mind-controlling alien parasites. The film was directed by Stuart Orme and stars Donald Sutherland, Eric Thal, Keith David, Julie Warner and Andrew Robinson. It was a critical and commercial failure.