Cinema surveillance images are loading at the bottom of the page

Phil the alien - Rob Stefaniuk, Graham Greene, Nicole de Boer

Threat advisory: Guarded - General risk of entertaining activities

Movie propaganda

He's going back to his home planet one drink at a time.

Phil the alien is a classic coming-of-age story, told through the bloodshot eyes of an alcoholic alien. Phil (Rob Stefaniuk) crashes into a small town in Northern Ontario, befriends a young boy, and a super-intelligent beaver (Ron Stefaniuk), and quickly develops a heavy drinking problem. Phil is an innocent lost in the wilderness. He learns that everyone in town (children included) drinks hard liquor and carries a gun. Surrounded by hunters, prostitutes, an ex-CIA operative, a bartender named Wolf (Graham Greene) and other northern misfits, Phil becomes close with the local bar band.

Meanwhile over at the "Top Secret American UFO Base" (located beneath the Niagara Falls), "The General" (John Kapelos) has discovered Phil and ordered his Agents to bring him in. Right wing radicals in fur coats are sent to find and capture Phil. Back up north, the beaver tells Phil that there is a ship in Niagara Falls that can take him home. Phil wants nothing to do with it. Instead he uses his alien powers to perform bar tricks, falling deep into the depraved depths of alcoholism. Phil hits bottom and attacks a cigarette machine.

After a short stint in prison, Phil finds Jesus and joins the band as their singer. When the General learns that Phil is performing miracles on a touring pilgrimage to Niagara Falls he orders Quebecois assassin Madame Madame (Nicole de Boer) to kill the alien and his band.

Theatrical propaganda posters

Phil the alien image

Target demographic movie keyword propaganda

  • Film Canada comedy Canadian alien alcohol innocent UFO

Persons of interest

  • Rob Stefaniuk .... Phil the alien
  • Boyd Banks .... Slim
  • Christopher Barry .... Thomas
  • Mike Beaver .... Trapper
  • Addison Bell .... Jimmy
  • Claire Brosseau .... Michelle
  • Nick Canakis .... Gabriel
  • Mary Crosbie .... Ginger
  • Sean Cullen .... Sammy the Alien
  • Nicole de Boer .... Madame Madame
  • Graham Greene .... Wolf
  • Brad Hart .... Dave
  • Dwayne Hill .... Agent Blue
  • Bruce Hunter .... Jones
  • Jason Jones .... Agent Orange
  • John Kapelos .... General
  • Brad McGinnes .... Joey
  • Paul Popowich .... Rob
  • Stefanie Rodriguez .... Young Madame Madame
  • Noam Rosen .... Brad
  • Ron Stefaniuk .... Beaver
  • Ingrid Veninger .... Candy
  • Rob Stefaniuk .... Screenwriter
  • Rob Stefaniuk .... Director

Cinematic intelligence sources

  • Phil the alien official movie site
  • Phil the alien film production notes
  • Phil the alien QuickTime movie trailers
  • Awards and film festivals:
  • Studios and distributors:
    • 21st Century Pictures

Intelligence analyst

Special Agent Matti

Theatrical report

Apparently, and I have this on good authority, Canadians spent a great deal of their time sitting around drinking - I don't mean weak, pissy beer, I'm talking spirituous liquor here - and they do it a lot. If not in great quality then certainly in great quantity. Perhaps that explains why they could invent a sport like Murderball. Or a comedian like Rob Stefaniuk. The drunker you are, the funnier he gets. Perhaps you should play the drink-along game: pick a character from the film, then every time they drink on screen, you have to drink, too. Trust me, it will help.

Media intelligence (DVD)

  • Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
  • Languages: English
  • Picture: Widescreen 16:9
  • Special features:
    • Trailers: Upcoming releases

Security censorship classification

M (Frequent coarse language, adult themes, moderate violence)

Surveillance time

83 minutes (1:23 hours)

Not for public release in Australia before date

DVD rental: 14 December 2005
VHS rental: 14 December 2005

Cinema surveillance images

Phil the alien theatrical one sheet image

[ Return to top ]