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{{Infobox film
| name           = U.F.O.
| image          = 
 
| caption        = 
| director       = [[Tony Dow (director)|Tony Dow]]
| writer         = [[Roy Chubby Brown]]<br />Simon Wright<br />Richard Hall
| producer       = Simon Wright
| starring       = Roy Chubby Brown<br />[[Sara Stockbridge]]<br />[[Roger Lloyd-Pack]]
| cinematography = Paul Wheeler
| editing        = Geoff Hogg<ref name=SS/>
| music          = Roy Chubby Brown
| studio         =[[Polygram Filmed Entertainment]]<ref name=SS/>
| distributor    = Feature Film Company<ref name=SS>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Sight and Sound]]|date=February 1994|pages=60–61|title=U.F.O.|last=Mcnab|first=Geoffrey}}</ref>
| released       = {{Film date|1993|12|10|United Kingdom|df=y}}
| runtime        = 79 minutes
| country        = United Kingdom
| language       = English
| budget         = $2 million<ref name=billboard>{{Cite magazine|date=December 18, 1993|title=Home-Grown Product Crowds Shelves At U.K. Video Stores|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1993/BB-1993-12-18-N.pdf|last=Dean|first=Peter|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|page=47|access-date=February 4, 2024}}</ref>
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'''''U.F.O.''''' (also known as '''''U.F.O. - The Movie''''') is a 1993 British [[science fiction]] spoof directed by [[Tony Dow (director)|Tony Dow]] and starring [[Roy Chubby Brown]] in the role of a [[ribaldry|blue comedian]] whose act offends a pair of female aliens, who proceed to kidnap him and put him on trial.

==Plot==
Performing one night at the end of Blackpool Pier, stand-up comedian Chubby is beamed up to a spaceship populated by feminist aliens. Put on trial for crimes against women and quickly found guilty, the unapologetic misogynist is condemned to become pregnant every year for the next thirty years.

==Cast==
* [[Roy Chubby Brown]]&nbsp;— himself
* [[Sara Stockbridge]]&nbsp;— Zoe
* [[Roger Lloyd-Pack]]&nbsp;— Solo
* Amanda Symonds &nbsp;— Ava
* [[Shirley Anne Field]]&nbsp;— Judge
* [[Kenny Baker (English actor)|Kenny Baker]]&nbsp;— [[Giacomo Casanova|Casanova]]
* [[Kiran Shah]]&nbsp;— [[Genghis Khan]]
* [[Rusty Goffe]]&nbsp;— [[Henry VIII of England|King Henry VIII]]
* [[Sue Lloyd]]&nbsp;—  Judge
* Antony Georghiou &nbsp;— [[Count Dracula]]
* [[Ben Aris]]&nbsp;— Doctor Richard Head
* [[Paul Barber (actor)|Paul Barber]]&nbsp;— [[Fourth Doctor|The Doctor]] (voice)

==Production==
The film was shot at [[Pinewood Studios]].<ref name=SS/>

==Reception==
It was reviewed poorly, with ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' calling the film "a stand-up show, allowing the comedian to tell his sexist jokes to a race of aliens who charge him for being a misogynist" and rating it 1/5.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2000-01-01|title=U.F.O.: The Movie|url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/reviews/ufo-movie-review/|access-date=2020-07-04|website=Empire|language=en}}</ref> Geoffrey Mcnab from ''[[Sight and Sound]]'' said it was "wildly uneven, often offensive, but with a cheerful inanity which goes some way to compensate for its grosser shortcomings".<ref name=SS/>

The film opened on 45 screens on 10 December 1993 in the United Kingdom and grossed £73,925 for the weekend, placing ninth.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=17 December 1993|title=UFO lands in UK|page=30}}</ref> It was expected to recover its budget of $2 million through video rentals and sales.<ref name=billboard/>

The film was initially banned in cinemas and on video in Ireland.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[The Irish Times]]|date=11 March 1994|title=Censor not amused|page=13}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=18 November 1994|title=Ireland unchains Dogs|page=23}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0111534|title=U.F.O.}}

[[Category:1993 films]]
[[Category:1990s science fiction comedy films]]
[[Category:1990s sex comedy films]]
[[Category:British science fiction films]]
[[Category:British sex comedy films]]
[[Category:Cultural depictions of Giacomo Casanova]]
[[Category:Depictions of Genghis Khan on film]]
[[Category:Dracula films]]
[[Category:1993 English-language films]]
[[Category:Films about Henry VIII]]
[[Category:Films about misogyny]]
[[Category:1990s films about time travel]]
[[Category:Films set in the 23rd century]]
[[Category:Fourth Doctor stories]]
[[Category:1993 comedy films]]
[[Category:1993 British films]]
[[Category:UFO-related films]]
[[Category:Obscenity controversies in film]]
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[[Category:English-language science fiction comedy films]]
[[Category:English-language sex comedy films]]


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