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Mars Attacks! (1996)

Directed by Tim Burton · Cinematography by Peter Suschitzky

PG-13106 min57 frames

ComedyFantasyScience Fiction

Nice planet. We'll take it!

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Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: medium — A sunlit apartment dining room features a marble table with breakfast items and glasses. A man in a suit…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: medium — A man and woman sit on a patterned sofa under a landscape painting. They eat meals from small, separate…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: closeup — An elderly man rests his cheek directly against a dark reflective surface. A clear reflection of his…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: medium — A dark, outdoor graveyard of old neon signs and illuminated marquee structures at night. A man and a…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: medium — A modern command center features a large illuminated blue world map on the wall. A middle-aged man leans…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: medium — A dimly lit casino floor with rows of flashing slot machines in the background. A group of people dressed…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: medium — A vintage television set sits atop a cabinet within a domestic interior. The screen displays an alien…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: wide — A red convertible sits perched atop desert rocks under a clear blue sky. A woman in a green outfit sits on…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: wide — A futuristic laboratory contains large transparent containers filled with preserved specimens and…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit interior space with a dark, textured metallic structure surrounding the alien. The creature…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: wide — A rural asphalt road cuts through flat, dry fields under a wide, pale sky. A lone red vintage pickup truck…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: wide — A residential room contains an elderly woman sitting in a wheelchair wearing headphones. Three Martian…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: wide — A television studio features two spherical chairs against a red tiled wall. A woman and a man sit across…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: establishing — A vast armada of metallic disc-shaped spacecraft drifts through the void of deep space. The planet…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: wide — A destroyed monumental structure features a collapsed dome and fallen Greco-Roman columns. People walk up…Mars Attacks! (1996) movie still: medium — A room with wooden paneling and a large green chalkboard covered in chalk writing. A woman in a blue…
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Mars Attacks! — official trailer

What is Mars Attacks! about?

A fleet of Martian spacecraft surrounds the world's major cities and all of humanity waits to see if the extraterrestrial visitors have, as they claim, "come in peace." U.S. President James Dale receives assurance from science professor Donald Kessler that the Martians' mission is a friendly one. But when a peaceful exchange ends in the total annihilation of the U.S. Congress, military men call for a full-scale nuclear retaliation.

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What does the cinematography of Mars Attacks! look like?

Sampled across 57 frames, the coverage of Mars Attacks! leans on medium shots (42% of the sample) and wide compositions (39%). Cinematographer Peter Suschitzky keeps 40% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 47% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1990s.

What is the color palette of Mars Attacks!?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Mars Attacks! (1996) are #0c0b0c, #2f2d30, #0a112f, #f7f7f6, #555153, #cdcdd0 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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