Project ALF

Infobox Film
name = Project ALF


caption = Project ALF DVD Cover
director = Dick Lowry
producer = Tom Patchett
writer = Tom Patchett & Paul Fusco
starring = Paul Fusco William O'Leary Jensen Daggett Martin Sheen Miguel Ferrer
music = Mark Snow
cinematography = Henry M. Lebo
editing = William B. Stich
distributor = flagicon|USA ABC flagicon|Canada Video Service Canada flagicon|Germany Cine Plus Home Entertainment
released = flagicon|United States February 17, 1996 flagicon|United Kingdom January 17, 1999 flagicon|Germany May 9, 1996 (theatrical release)
runtime = 95 minutes
country = USA
language = English
imdb_id = 0117397

"Project: ALF" is a TV film directed by Dick Lowry. It is the sequel to the final episode, "Consider Me Gone" (1990), of the "ALF" TV series.

Plot summary

The film begins where the original television series finishes, with the alien ALF on his way home, when he is caught by the Alien Task Force (ATF). ALF is kept under lock and key in military custody, and is scheduled for execution by Colonel Milfoil (Martin Sheen), the leader of the ATF. Two officers, Dr. Rick Mullican (William O'Leary) and Dr. Melissa Hill (Jensen Daggett), decide to rescue ALF, but the scientist to whom they take him wants to reveal him to the world, which puts ALF in even more danger than he is already.

Cast

* Paul Fusco - ALF
* William O'Leary - Dr. Rick Mullican
* Jensen Daggett - Dr. Melissa Hill
* Martin Sheen - Colonel Milfoil
* Miguel Ferrer - Dexter Moyers
* Eric Avari - Rocket (Voice)
* Beverly Archer - Dr. Carnage
* Scott Michael Campbell - Lt. Reese
* Ed Begley Jr. - Dr. Warner
* Ray Walston - Motel Manager
* John Schuck
* Liz Coke
* Dell Yount
* Michael Weatherred
* Greg Alan Williams
* Ahmet Zappa - Card Guard #2

Archer previously played Mrs. Byrd, one of the neighbors, in a few episodes of the "ALF" series. She was the only actress from the show to return in the movie (even though Mrs. Byrd never met ALF), only in a different role.

Daggett and O'Leary would later star in "Home Improvement" together, as husband and wife.

Trivia

* The Tanner family's absence was explained as them being relocated to Iceland. According to the commentary on the DVD, there was supposed to be a scene where a helicopter drops off a crate in Iceland, and Willie Tanner runs out of the igloo that he and his family are living in to collect their monthly rations, located within the crate. However, Tom Patchett and Paul Fusco felt that this was more of ALF's show this time around, and thus we only hear about what happened to them.

External links

* [http://www.alftv.net/projectalf.html "Project: ALF" at ALFtv.net]
*imdb title|0117397