Invaders from Mars

- Look, that's a bright one! - Whoa! A fireball.

- Hey, look. There's Mars. - Where?

- Right over there. See it? - It's pretty close.

It's at the perihelion. Only 30 million miles from earth.

Only 30 million? Well, no wonder it looks so close, huh?

- Smart ass. Smart ass... - Smart ass.

- Hey, look. Here they come. - Yeah!

- More this year than last. - This should be the heaviest shower this year.

- Holy shit! - Jesus, that's bright!

That one's not gonna vaporize.

It's gonna make it through the atmosphere.

Wow! It's a hell of a tail, huh?

It's time for bed.

Mom, you missed it.

- It was incredible. - Well, come on, it's bedtime.

But it's just getting started.

- Yeah, but you have school tomorrow. - Well, so do you.

Yeah. That's why we're all going to bed, right?

- Uh-uh, not me. - Me, neither.

Yeah!

Oh, my gosh. What is this?

Doo-doo, you're dead, 50 lasers in your head.

All right, and now it's time to go to bed.

How do expect me to become an astronaut if you won't let me stay up late?

- Did you finish your homework? - Did you finish yours?

- Good night. - Night.

- Required reading? - Hey, come on, give me that.

Look, don't keep him up too late. Okay?

The base commander came to my school today.

"Mad dog" Wilson. What was he there for?

- Public relations, I guess. - You guess?

Hey, you hear that?

- Hear what? - Thunder, dad.

You must be getting pretty old.

Wise guy, huh?

Oh, hey, I almost forgot.

A penny... '58 d.

Mint condition.

Wow! Thanks!

I'll put it in your jacket.

Get under the covers. Come on, come on, come on.

Love you.

I love you, too. Good night.

- Sweet dreams. - Good night, dad.

Mom and dad!

Mom! Dad! Mom! Dad! Dad!

Quick, get up! Get up!

- Dad! Dad! Dad! - What?

Come on, you gotta come see! A huge ufo landed right behind the hill!

With all these red lights. Come on! Come on!

- Quick! - Look at that lightning.

Run! And it was really bright!

I'm so glad you got him a telescope.

It was huge and really bright, with all these strange lights.

It landed right back there, behind the hill.

I bet it was ball lightning.

No, dad. I know what ball lightning is.

It wasn't that. It was something else.

A ufo. It must have been.

Could it have been something from the base?

No, mom, it wasn't a plane.

I've never seen anything like this before.

Maybe it was a meteorite.

No way, dad.

You... go back... to bed...

Right now.

- I'll look when it's light, ok? - Okay.

Go back to bed.

On the journal side, we have our receipts, little sales and invoices.

Invoices.

Okay, on our ledger we have accounts receivable, payments...

- Hi, mom. - Hi, son.

Where's dad?

- Did you make your bed? - It's made.

What are you doing?

It's not what you think.

- Don't get caught. - No, not me.

George, why aren't you dressed?

You want coffee?

Uh... yeah.

Uh, what happened to your other slipper, dad?

I lost it.

Oh, not your nice leather ones.

It's kind of muddy out there.

What's wrong with you, sweetheart? Do you feel all right?

I'll get you another pair when I'm at the fed mart.

Are you sure there wasn't anything over the hill, dad?

Nothing.

It was just a bad dream.

That's all.

What happened to your neck?

Sit down, David.

Eat it while it's hot, you guys. I'm going.

- Bye, darling. - But, mom...

Oh, look, eat that or you'll be late.

Let me walk you to the bus stop.

You were right, son.

There is something...

- Over the hill. - What?

- Come on. I'll show you. - No, dad.

Hi, David.

So have your parents sign them for the field trip...

And return them to me first thing in the morning.

You know this is frog week.

I collected these fresh specimens this morning

at the marsh area, at copper hill.

Now, who can tell me what these two red sacs are?

Which ones, Mrs. Mckeltch? Will you show me on mine?

Yes.

- This is gonna be great fun! - Yeah!

Sick!

Want it back?

David gardner!

This may be the way you behave at your house.

- But he threw... - This is not the way...

You behave in my classroom.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

- Thank you. - Look, he's bleeding.

Heather, you supervise...

While I take this uncontrollable young man to the school nurse,

and I hope you need a tetanus shot.

1, 2, 3, 4, 5.

Yeah.

Miss magnusson.

David gardner has gone ahead and cut himself.

And it probably serves him right.

Oh, yes. Thank you.

What? I'm sorry.

I said, this silly boy has cut himself.

I don't know what's got into him. He's uncontrollable.

I'll take it from here, Mrs. Mckletch.

Mckeltch!

I think you'll live.

- Later, David. - Bye-bye. See you tomorrow.

Dad!

David gardner...

- Feed me. - Mom...! God!

Don't ever do that.

Where's dad?

I don't know. He's probably around here somewhere.

No. I looked all over.

He probably got a ride to the base with some of the guys.

No, I don't think so.

Something's wrong.

What's the matter?

Dad's weirded out.

Oh, honey, you know your dad.

Don't worry!

Now I'm worried.

Hi, chief.

- Thank you for coming. - Sure, Mrs. Gardner.

- You know officer kenney? - Ma'am.

Well, George isn't here.

His car is here, but he's not here.

Uh, you have any idea where he might be?

Um, maybe he went back over the hill.

- No, David. - Excuse me?

Copper hill.

He went up there this morning to take a look.

David thought he saw a plane crash there last night.

No, I didn't. I saw a ufo. Huge lights, everything.

- Just... - David, look, stop it!

- I'm sorry. - I tell you what, Mrs. Garnder:

- We'll go up and have a look. - Oh, thank you.

Look, it's just back there. Let me show you.

I didn't hear nothing about a plane crash.

Me either.

Gee, I haven't been up here since I was a kid.

Oh, my god. George, you scared the hell out of me!

This is ed.

Ed... this is my wife.

This... is my son.

How do you do?

Couldn't do much better.

- And yourself? - Just fine.

George, where were you? You know, we called the police.

I guess I'd better be going.

I have to pick up Alice and Heather.

See you later, ed.

What happened to you?

And where did that guy pop up from?

That's Heather's dad. She sits next to me in class.

I think he's weird, dad.

Ed works for the phone company, the switching division.

Since when do you work for the phone company?

We had a special meeting.

The new hookup at the base.

Well...

I'm home now.

I see you're back.

Your little lad's got quite an imagination.

Yes.

- I know. - Thank you for coming, chief.

Looks like we found him ourselves.

Everything's fine now.

- Thanks. - Our pleasure.

- Good-bye, ma'am. - Good-bye.

You know...

. Mom.

It certainly is beautiful up there.