Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman (1993 film)
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Attack of the 50 Ft. Woman is a 1993 made-for-TV movie based on the 1958 film of the same name
. Directed by Christopher Guest
and starring Daryl Hannah
and Daniel Baldwin
, the film premiered on HBO
on December 11, 1993, and was later theatrically released in the UK, France, and Germany.
One night while driving out in the desert, she encounters a UFO which shines a beam of light onto her diamond necklace. Knowing she would be the laughing stock of the town, she still believes what she had seen. After convincing Harry to accompany her for a drive out in the desert, night falls with the UFO nowhere in sight. Suddenly, to Nancy's excitement, it ascends from the sky. Stepping out of the car to get a closer look, she is trapped by a beam of light and disappears along with the UFO. Harry returns to town without saying a word or even draw the slightest suspicion from Sheriff Denby and his deputy Charlie (originally a man in the first film).
Nancy is found dazed and delirious atop of Honey's salon, and is brought home. At home, Hamilton is suspicious of Harry's desertion of Nancy while he denies any wrongdoing. Harry retorts to Hamilton how he neglected his wife after belong locked away at a sanitarium. As the two men argue, Nancy loses her temper asserting that she can speak for herself and her mother. Suddenly, to the surprise of herself and everyone in the room, she begins to grow taller and taller, nearly bursting out of her clothes, her head smashing through the ceiling and into the attic.
The next morning she is relocated to a large stable where Dr. Loeb is introduced to Nancy by Dr. Cushing who observed a hormonal surge that occurred since Nancy grew. Uncertain of what caused it, Nancy asks that a solution be found at any cost while keeping it a secret. Unable to convince her to go to a "controlled, therapeutic environment," Dr. Loeb explains to Harry in private that Nancy's condition is unique yet precarious. The strain of her heart to sustain her new size would make it too dangerous to put her through any stress, which gives Harry an idea for a plan. As time goes on, Nancy becomes more self-confident and stronger willed, empowered by her new size and strength over everyone else. Eventually, she invites Harry to have dinner and discuss how her growth (physical, mental, and emotional) can serve to the benefit of their relationship, taking it to places beyond their imaginations.
Harry, unhinged by Nancy's suggestions insults her to the point of angering her enough that she faints from the stress, crashing into the stable. Escaping to Honey's salon, he celebrates his success by offering her Nancy's diamond necklace. Nancy awakens and decides to take matters into her own hands as she rampages through the panicked town searching for Harry. Confronting Honey, she encourages her to look beyond her dead end job and consider doing more with her life. Capturing Harry, she flees to the desert as the National Guard arrive in helicopters to pursue her. Confronted by her father, the press, and the authorities, she asserts herself and acknowledges her father's petty ambitions to buy out the town by means of her inheritance. Due to misunderstanding on the sheriff's part ("No one does anything 'till I say "Fire!"), the helicopter shoots at Nancy. After taking a direct hit, she falls backwards onto the power lines that kept her from moving any further, but is suddenly taken away (with Harry still in her grip) by the UFO, thus proving her sightings to have been real.
The crowds disperse, with Honey muscling in on a business agreement with Hamilton, and Dr. Cushing explaining to the press that wherever Nancy is, she now has Harry all to herself. Inside the UFO, Harry is forced to undergo therapy with two other men in a diminutive dome, watched over by Nancy and two other giant women. An epilogue explains the subsequent events of the other women, Dr. Cushing, Honey, and Charlie.
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman
Attack of the 50 Foot Woman is a 1958 American science fiction feature film produced by Bernard Woolner for Allied Artists Pictures. It was directed by Nathan H. Juran from a screenplay by Mark Hanna, and starred Allison Hayes, William Hudson and Yvette Vickers. The original music score was...
. Directed by Christopher Guest
Christopher Guest
Christopher Haden-Guest, 5th Baron Haden-Guest , better known as Christopher Guest, is an American screenwriter, composer, musician, director, actor and comedian. He is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in several improvisational "mockumentary" films that...
and starring Daryl Hannah
Daryl Hannah
Daryl Christine Hannah is an American film actress. After making her screen debut in 1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1980s, notably Blade Runner, Splash, Wall Street and Roxanne and Kill Bill.-Early life:Hannah was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Susan...
and Daniel Baldwin
Daniel Baldwin
Daniel Leroy Baldwin is an American actor, producer and director. He is the second oldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all of whom are actors. Daniel Baldwin is known for his role as Detective Beau Felton in the popular NBC TV series Homicide: Life on the Street...
, the film premiered on HBO
Home Box Office
HBO, short for Home Box Office, is an American premium cable television network, owned by Time Warner. , HBO's programming reaches 28.2 million subscribers in the United States, making it the second largest premium network in America . In addition to its U.S...
on December 11, 1993, and was later theatrically released in the UK, France, and Germany.
Plot
The film begins with a tour group arriving at a memorial museum dedicated to Nancy Archer. The patrons are invited to a theater where they are shown a film with an introduction by Dr. Loeb, who explains that the events surrounding her life were true. Nancy was an heiress to her mother's fortune, which her father Hamilton Cobb is relying on to influence his control over the town in which they reside. Nancy pays a visit to her psychiatrist Dr. Cushing in regards to her lack of self-esteem and courage to face her lecherous husband Harry, who frequently spends his time with a mistress, Honey Parker, the town beautician. Despite her attempts to confront Harry on this infidelity, Nancy cannot express her anger in a healthy manner, leaving her to be taken advantage of by both her husband and father.One night while driving out in the desert, she encounters a UFO which shines a beam of light onto her diamond necklace. Knowing she would be the laughing stock of the town, she still believes what she had seen. After convincing Harry to accompany her for a drive out in the desert, night falls with the UFO nowhere in sight. Suddenly, to Nancy's excitement, it ascends from the sky. Stepping out of the car to get a closer look, she is trapped by a beam of light and disappears along with the UFO. Harry returns to town without saying a word or even draw the slightest suspicion from Sheriff Denby and his deputy Charlie (originally a man in the first film).
Nancy is found dazed and delirious atop of Honey's salon, and is brought home. At home, Hamilton is suspicious of Harry's desertion of Nancy while he denies any wrongdoing. Harry retorts to Hamilton how he neglected his wife after belong locked away at a sanitarium. As the two men argue, Nancy loses her temper asserting that she can speak for herself and her mother. Suddenly, to the surprise of herself and everyone in the room, she begins to grow taller and taller, nearly bursting out of her clothes, her head smashing through the ceiling and into the attic.
The next morning she is relocated to a large stable where Dr. Loeb is introduced to Nancy by Dr. Cushing who observed a hormonal surge that occurred since Nancy grew. Uncertain of what caused it, Nancy asks that a solution be found at any cost while keeping it a secret. Unable to convince her to go to a "controlled, therapeutic environment," Dr. Loeb explains to Harry in private that Nancy's condition is unique yet precarious. The strain of her heart to sustain her new size would make it too dangerous to put her through any stress, which gives Harry an idea for a plan. As time goes on, Nancy becomes more self-confident and stronger willed, empowered by her new size and strength over everyone else. Eventually, she invites Harry to have dinner and discuss how her growth (physical, mental, and emotional) can serve to the benefit of their relationship, taking it to places beyond their imaginations.
Harry, unhinged by Nancy's suggestions insults her to the point of angering her enough that she faints from the stress, crashing into the stable. Escaping to Honey's salon, he celebrates his success by offering her Nancy's diamond necklace. Nancy awakens and decides to take matters into her own hands as she rampages through the panicked town searching for Harry. Confronting Honey, she encourages her to look beyond her dead end job and consider doing more with her life. Capturing Harry, she flees to the desert as the National Guard arrive in helicopters to pursue her. Confronted by her father, the press, and the authorities, she asserts herself and acknowledges her father's petty ambitions to buy out the town by means of her inheritance. Due to misunderstanding on the sheriff's part ("No one does anything 'till I say "Fire!"), the helicopter shoots at Nancy. After taking a direct hit, she falls backwards onto the power lines that kept her from moving any further, but is suddenly taken away (with Harry still in her grip) by the UFO, thus proving her sightings to have been real.
The crowds disperse, with Honey muscling in on a business agreement with Hamilton, and Dr. Cushing explaining to the press that wherever Nancy is, she now has Harry all to herself. Inside the UFO, Harry is forced to undergo therapy with two other men in a diminutive dome, watched over by Nancy and two other giant women. An epilogue explains the subsequent events of the other women, Dr. Cushing, Honey, and Charlie.
Main cast
- Daryl HannahDaryl HannahDaryl Christine Hannah is an American film actress. After making her screen debut in 1978, Hannah starred in a number of Hollywood films throughout the 1980s, notably Blade Runner, Splash, Wall Street and Roxanne and Kill Bill.-Early life:Hannah was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Susan...
- Nancy Cobb Archer - Daniel BaldwinDaniel BaldwinDaniel Leroy Baldwin is an American actor, producer and director. He is the second oldest of the four Baldwin brothers, all of whom are actors. Daniel Baldwin is known for his role as Detective Beau Felton in the popular NBC TV series Homicide: Life on the Street...
- Harry Archer - William WindomWilliam Windom (actor)William Windom is an American actor. He is perhaps best known for his work on television, including several episodes of The Twilight Zone; playing the character of Glen Morley, a congressman from Minnesota like his own great-grandfather and namesake in The Farmer's Daughter; the character of John...
- Hamilton Cobb - Frances FisherFrances FisherFrances Fisher is a British actress. She is known for her work on television, in theater and in films, including roles as Strawberry Alice, the madame prostitute in Unforgiven , and Ruth DeWitt Bukater, the mother of Kate Winslet's character in Titanic .- Early life and education :Fisher was born...
- Dr. Theodora Cushing - Cristi ConawayCristi ConawayCristi Conaway is an American actress and fashion designer.Conaway attended Southern Methodist University, where she studied acting. After moving to Los Angeles, California, she made her television debut on the 1990 made-for-TV movie, Children of the Bride, and her movie debut in 1991's Doc...
- Louise "Honey" Parker - Paul BenedictPaul BenedictPaul Benedict was an American actor who made numerous appearances in television and movies beginning in the 1960s...
- Dr. Victor Loeb - O'Neal ComptonO'Neal ComptonO'Neal Compton is an American film and television actor.He was born Belton O'Neal Compton, Jr. in Sumter, South Carolina, the son of educators....
- Sheriff Denby - Victoria Haas - Deputy Charlotte "Charlie" Spooner
- Lewis ArquetteLewis ArquetteLewis Michael Arquette was an American film actor, writer and producer. Arquette was known for playing "J.D. Pickett" on the TV series, The Waltons, where he worked from 1978–1981.-Life and career:...
- Mr. Ingersol - Xander BerkeleyXander BerkeleyAlexander Harper "Xander" Berkeley is an American actor. His roles include George Mason on the television series 24.-Early life:Berkeley was born in Brooklyn, New York, but has lived most of his life in New Jersey...
- Second Man - Hamilton CampHamilton CampHamilton Camp was an English-American singer, songwriter, actor and voice actor.-Early life:Camp was born in London, England, and was evacuated during World War II to the United States as a child with his mother and sister. He became a child actor in films and onstage...
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