Top of the Food Chain is a 1999 Canadian comedy-horror film directed by John Paizs and starring Campbell Scott, Fiona Loewi, and Tom Everett Scott.[1] A parody of alien invasion movies of the 1950s, it was released on video in the United States under the title Invasion!
Top of the Food Chain | |
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Directed by | John Paizs |
Written by | Phil Bedard Larry Lalonde |
Produced by | Suzanne L. Berger Jana Edelbaum |
Starring | Campbell Scott Fiona Loewi Tom Everett Scott |
Cinematography | Bill Wong |
Edited by | Bert Kish |
Music by | David Krystal |
Distributed by | Red Sky Entertainment |
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Running time | 99 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
The film's villains are carnivorous humanoids who search for victims while posing as traveling salesmen.
Plot
editThe film revolves around a vacationing atomic scientist who encounters mysterious carnivorous beings disguised as traveling salesmen who are feeding on the eccentric population of the small isolated town of Exceptional Vista.[2]
References
edit- ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 221.
- ^ Norman Wilner, "Paizs's genre gambles pay off". Now, April 10, 2008.
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