AboutBarbara L. Baker Expertise I am a professor of communication at a midwest university, with expertise in film. I can answer most questions on the original "Star Wars" trilogy, and some on the newer trilogy. I also have expertise in general science-fiction film (both history and theory), especially in the United States. I can probably answer questions related to genres, mythic implications of science-fiction films, as well as questions on hybrids (especially comic science fiction) and cult science fiction films (such as "Repo Man" and "The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai," etc.). For movie titles, noting significant plot details and characters are better than minor plot events, and it is even better if you can recall the time period when the film was made, an actor or director's name, and if it is a film or TV movie. I am less able to answer the following, although I will do my best to track down an answer for you--recent SF films, episodes of TV shows, and horror/SF hybrids. I cannot answer questions about anime/manga or about film collectables. Nor will I answer obvious homework (although I will point you to resources to help answer the question, if asked). I also can't help you find movie stars, movie memorabilia, or tell you how to break into the business.
Experience
Past/Present clients My students at UCM, I suppose.
Question I am searching for a movie made in the 1980's to 1990's. It is a semi horror\scifi
movie. The movie's time line was set for Halloween night in which for aliens
possibly fugitives landed on earth in hopes to escape robot type beings. The aliens
were little green men with large heads and very memorable personalities. These little
aliens befriend a young black boy dressed in a duck costume his mother had made
who tries to help them save the world. I am sorry I can not give you more information
on this movie. My husband watched it as a child but can not remember the name,and
I would like to surprise him by finding it for him. However I have not seen the
movie and therefore have limited info.
Answer Amber, this sure sounds like the cult SF/horror/comedy film "Spaced Invaders," made in 1990. It has all the elements you describe--short green aliens with large heads get confused by a broadcast of Orson Welle's "War of the Worlds" and wind up crash landing in a small town on Halloween night. They are inept in their attempts to take over the town, being confused with trick-or-treater for awhile. They are befriended by two children, one in a duck costume, and chased by an "enforcer robot." This film is available on DVD from Walt Disney studios. I hope this is the film title you are looking for, and that it is a nice surprise for your husband.
