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UFOria: Directed by John Binder. With Cindy Williams, Harry Dean Stanton, Fred Ward, Beverly Hope Atkinson. Sheldon Bart, a drifter and con man, meets Brother Bud and falls in love with Arlene, a religious supermarket clerk. When Arlene sees a UFO, everyone deals with it differently.
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- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- John Binder
- 1985-10
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Sheldon Bart (Fred Ward) is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), a big-time con man into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a small town. Bud has developed a real ability to heal, although he has no idea how this has happened. While he's helping Brother Bud, ...
Theatrical
Produced by Melvin Simon Productions, it was initially slated to be released by 20th Century-Fox as part of their long-term distribution agreement. However, the studio shelved it after deeming it unmarketable. Upset with their decision, but fearful of retaliation, Binder persuaded them to allow him to find another distributor, and Universal acquired the film in 1983. Universal test-released the film in two markets under the title Hold Onto Your Dreams to disappointing returns, and initially c...
Home media
Due to its extensive soundtrack of country songs, including hits from Waylon Jennings, the film did not reach VHS until 1987, with some of its music rescored, and it has not yet been released on DVD or Blu-Ray due to the expense of licensing its song score. The film's credits advertised a soundtrack album would be available on Elektra Records, but that album was never released. The film also aired on cable television in 1986.
The film received mostly positive reviews. Roger Ebert gave the film a 4 star review, calling the film a "great and goofy comedy", concluding with "Like Repo Man, Turtle Diary and Hannah and Her Sisters, it is willing to go for originality in a world that prizes the entertainment assembly line." Vincent Canby of The New York Times wrote that the fi...
UFOria at IMDbUFOria at Rotten TomatoesUFOria at the American Film Institute CatalogUFOria at Box Office Mojo"Uforia" is a great and goofy comedy about a woman just like that. Her name is Arlene, and she works as a supermarket checker in a backwater town in the Southwest. She reads all the publications about unidentified flying objects and believes every word, and knows in her heart that They are coming.
UFOria. A drifter (Fred Ward) and a tent preacher (Harry Dean Stanton) try to profit from a grocery clerk (Cindy Williams) who believes in UFOs.
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- John Binder
- PG
- Cindy Williams
Overview. Sheldon Bart (Fred Ward) is a drifter, and a small-time con man. He meets his old friend, Brother Bud (Harry Dean Stanton), a big-time con man into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a small town.
Jul 2, 1985 · “Uforia” brings together in a small desert town dreamy supermarket cashier Cindy Williams, sexy drifter Fred Ward and Ward’s pal, phony tent evangelist Harry Dean Stanton.
Cindy Williams gives a superb, luminous, heart-warming performance as daffy, but endearing small mid-western town grocery check-out girl Arlene, whose constant, deep-seated belief that she'll soon be visited by alien beings from another planet brings together a motley collection of New Age religious kooks, shiftless no-hoper losers, snoopy media...
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