Coneheads (film)

Coneheads
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Steve Barron
Screenplay by	Tom Davis Dan Aykroyd Bonnie Turner Terry Turner
Based on	Coneheads sketches from Saturday Night Live by Lorne Michaels
Produced by	Lorne Michaels
Starring	Dan Aykroyd Jane Curtin
Cinematography	Francis Kenny
Edited by	Paul Trejo
Music by	David Newman
Production company	Lorne Michaels Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	July 23, 1993 (1993-07-23)
Running time	87 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$30 million
Box office	$21.3 million[2]

Coneheads is a 1993 American science-fiction comedy film from Paramount Pictures, produced by Lorne Michaels, directed by Steve Barron, and starring Dan Aykroyd, Jane Curtin and Michelle Burke. The film is based on the NBC Saturday Night Live comedy sketches about aliens stranded on Earth, who have Anglicized their Remulakian surname to "Conehead". Michelle Burke took over the role played by Laraine Newman on SNL. The film also features roles and cameos by actors and comedians from SNL and other television series of the time.

Three years after the release of Coneheads, screenwriters Bonnie & Terry Turner and star Jane Curtin revisited the premise of aliens arriving on Earth and assimilating into American society with the TV show 3rd Rock from the Sun, with Curtin instead playing a human character.