Principal photography was finally underway in late 1987 and Temple brought his own ideas to the project, including peppering the background with then modern sounding pop songs, featuring an homage to The Nutty Professor and using iconic model/actress Angelyne in a brief cameo (the director declared her "the patron Saint of Los Angeles"). Ultimately, French bank Crédit Lyonnais agreed to finance the film with Temple at the helm (if $4 million was shaved off of the film's estimated $14 million budget) and the De Laurentiis Entertainment Group agreed to distribute it. Several other studios expressed interest in producing the movie, but none wanted Temple to direct. The role of Valerie Gail was offered to some of the era's box-office draws such as Madonna and Molly Ringwald, but when they rejected it, Warner Bros. but the studio lost confidence in the project when director Julien Temple's previous film, Absolute Beginners, proved to be a dismal box office failure. Originally the film was slated to go into production in 1986 for Warner Bros. She gets on the space ship, and they take off. ![]() While she is struggling to keep him from calling the authorities, Valerie comes to the realization that Mac is the one she truly loves. Valerie comes out to say good-bye, followed by Ted, who discovers the ship. Mac is heartbroken and prepares the ship for take-off. Meanwhile, Valerie and Ted reconcile and plan to go to Las Vegas to get married immediately. They then escape back to Valerie's house where work continues on the space ship. While he is envisioning achieving fame and fortune from his discovery, Valerie and Mac elude the police and enter the emergency room disguised as a doctor and a nurse they manage to convince Ted he is delusional. There, they are examined by Ted, who discovers they have two hearts. The police pursuit ends in a crash, and Zeebo and Wiploc are taken to the emergency room. Valerie smashes the police vehicle to get arrested, too, so she can go with Mac. Mac finds out his crew mates are in trouble and goes to help, but gets arrested along with Woody in a case of mistaken identity. freeway the wrong way, in reverse, with the police in pursuit. They agree, and after accidentally holding up a convenience store, Zeebo and Wiploc are soon driving down an L.A. The next day, the pool is drained, and Zeebo and Wiploc are working on their ship when Woody stops by and offers to take them to the beach. There, they find out that they are anatomically compatible and have sex. Valerie and Mac begin to fall for each other and go back to Valerie's house. They all go out and party at Los Angeles nightclubs where their looks, athleticism, and incredibly long tongues soon catch the eyes of every woman in the place. After shaving off the aliens' fur, they turn out to be human-looking and attractive. Wanting them to blend into their surroundings, Valerie takes them to her friend Candy Pink at the salon. Meanwhile, she brings them into her home and, though there is a language barrier at first, the aliens prove to be quick learners and absorb American pop culture and language by watching television. She befriends them and calls her friend Woody to come drain the pool so the aliens can work on their ship and get it flying again. The next day, she is sunbathing when the aliens' spaceship crash lands in her pool. ![]() ![]() She kicks him out and refuses to see him again. Instead, she catches him cheating on her with his nurse. When she becomes dissatisfied with the lack of sexual affection from her fiancé, medical doctor Ted Gallagher, she decides to seduce him by dressing up in lingerie and setting up some romantic touches at home. Valley girl Valerie Gail is a manicurist at the "Curl Up & Dye" hair salon. They are titillated by these "hairless", shapely creatures, and when they discover that the broadcast came from Earth, they set off and land in Southern California. It has been a long time since they have had female companionship, and they receive a broadcast showing human females. Three furry aliens-the blue Mac, the yellow Zeebo, and the red Wiploc-are traveling in a space ship.
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