UFOria (1984) on Netflix
Sheldon Bart, a small-time con man, meets Brother Bud Sanders, a faith healer who also fences stolen cars. Sheldon falls for Arlene Stewart, a supermarket clerk who believes in UFOs.
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Plot summary
Sheldon Bart is a small-time con man and a drifter. He comes across Brother Bud Sanders, an old friend and a big-time con artist who runs a revival tent outside a small town, working faith healing on one side and stolen cars on the other. Sheldon lends him a hand. He falls for Arlene Stewart, a supermarket clerk in the town, deeply religious, deeply lonely, and sure that UFOs are real.
Cast
- Diane Adairas Delores (as Diane Diefendorf)
- Ted Harrisas Gregory
- Gordon Wolfas Produzent
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about UFOria (1984)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Produced by Melvin Simon Productions, the film was initially slated for release by 20th Century-Fox under a long-term distribution agreement, but the studio shelved it after deeming it unmarketable. Binder, upset but fearful of retaliation, persuaded them to let him find another distributor, and Universal acquired the film in 1983.
- Because of licensing complications over the film's extensive use of country songs, including hits from Waylon Jennings, UFOria did not reach VHS until 1987, with some of its music rescored, and was subsequently unavailable on DVD or Blu-ray.
- Exhibitor J.D. Pollack booked the film at the Bleecker Street Cinema in January 1986 and personally funded his own advertising campaign for it, hiring publicist Lauren Hyman to promote the film.
- Universal test-released the film in two markets under the completely different title Hold Onto Your Dreams, to disappointing returns, and initially chose to abandon it as well.
