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Mars Attacks, 1996

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Mars Attacks, 1996
A display case which illuminates when plugged in, containing: a prop glittery rubber ball inset with an alien embryo -- made for the 1996 Warner Brothers film Mars Attacks, framed by a U.S. one-sheet poster for Mars Attacks, signed in different coloured inks by twelve members of the cast including Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Glenn Close, Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Lisa Marie, Rod Steiger, Natalie Portman and the Director, Tim Burton, overall measurements -- 42x29in. (106.6x73.6cm.) framed; accompanied by three documents concerning the provenance and a colour reproduction of a corresponding still (5)

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Lot Essay

In Mars Attacks, when the Martians have arrived on Earth with the intention of invasion, the U.S. President [Jack Nicholson] meets with General Decker [Rod Steiger] to assess the situation. An identical Martian Egg to the one in this lot bounces into the room followed by the Head Alien who picks up the egg, shakes it and tosses it away.

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