| Christmas on Mars | |
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| Directed by | Wayne Coyne |
| Written by | Wayne Coyne |
| Starring | Wayne Coyne Steven Drozd Michael Ivins Steve Burns |
| Cinematography | Bradley Beesley |
| Edited by | George Salisbury |
| Music by | The Flaming Lips |
| Distributed by | Warner Independent Pictures |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Christmas on Mars is a 2008 independent psychological science fiction film from the alternative rock band the Flaming Lips, written and directed by the band's frontman, Wayne Coyne, and featuring the entire band in the cast, as well as many of their associates, including Steve Burns, Adam Goldberg, and Fred Armisen.
The film began development in 2001, filming was completed in October 2005, and the film premiered on May 25, 2008 at the Sasquatch! Music Festival.[1] For its general release in the United States, Christmas on Mars was booked into several dozen cities for unconventional screenings, in venues which included a former Ukrainian Socialist Social Club in New York City.[2] The film was released in three different packages on November 11, 2008 through conventional retailers as well as through the band's website. A vinyl edition was released November 25, 2008.
- ^ "Flaming Lips Add Shows, Christmas on Mars Screening". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 2009-01-13. Retrieved 2008-04-12.
- ^ "Christmas on Mars: A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips (Cinema Purgatorio)". Cinema Purgatorio. Archived from the original on 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
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