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- For the episode, see MST3K 1201 - Mac and Me.
Mac and Me is a 1988 family-friendly adventure-comedy film directed by Stewart Raffill. It features a significant amount of product placement from Coca-Cola and the McDonalds fast food restaurant chain. It has also been criticized for being highly derivative of the film E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial.
Plot[]
A family of alien beings is inadvertently brought to Earth by a United States space probe. The youngest alien becomes separated from the family during their escape from a government facility. The alien meets and befriends Eric, a ten-year-old boy who uses a wheelchair. Eric and the alien (whom Eric names "Mac") must elude government agents until Mac can find his family.
Cast[]
- Christine Ebersole as Janet Cruise
- Jonathan Ward as Michael Cruise
- Jade Calegory as Eric Cruise
Notes[]
- "Mac" is an acronym standing for Mysterious Alien Creature.
- The trailer for Season 12 of Mystery Science Theater 3000 (released on November 12th, 2018) revealed that Mac and Me would be one of the films riffed.
- Mac and Me features un-credited appearances by Jennifer Aniston and Nikki Cox as dancers, both of whom later enjoyed success in television and (to a lesser extent) films.
- Mac and Me is part of a running gag that has occurred when actor Paul Rudd appears on the various incarnations of Conan O'Brien's late-night TV talk show. The gag consists of Rudd saying that he is about to show a clip from his latest project, but instead shows a clip from Mac and Me in which Eric in his wheelchair (an obvious dummy) falls off a cliff then cuts to a close-up of Mac's surprised face.
MST3K Connections[]
- George "Buck" Flower (security guard) also portrayed a rich tramp in Munchie.
- Cinematographer Nick McLean was also assistant camera for The Touch of Satan.
- Production illustrator Mentor Huebner was also production illustrator for Space Travelers.
- Sound editor Frank McKelvey was also composer for Boggy Creek II: and The Legend Continues....
- Stuntman Gene Lebell also portrayed a brawler in Master Ninja I and was a stuntman in City Limits (as well as portraying a border guard).
- Key grip Tom D. May was also key grip for Mitchell.
- Song writer Mike Curb was also composer and song writer for The Side Hackers.
Critical Response[]
- Leonard Maltin wrote: "One-and-a-half stars. Slight E.T. clone about Mac, an outer space creature, and his plight in suburban L.A. More a TV commercial than a movie: There’s a production number set in a McDonald’s, and the alien survives by sipping Coca-Cola."[1]
References[]
- ↑ Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide, 2015 Edition