Phil the Alien, 2004

PHIL THE ALIEN is a classic coming of age story, told through the bloodshot eyes of an alcoholic alien. Phil crashes into a small town in Northern Ontario, befriends a young boy, and a super-intelligent beaver (voiced by Joe Flaherty), 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" (played by 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 deBoer) to kill the alien and his band. Phil the Alien is an
original cutting edge comedy.

Director: Rob Stefaniuk
Writing Credit: Rob Stefaniuk

Genre: Comedy
Colour, 85 minutes, Canada

Starring:

Rob Stefaniuk
Nicole deBoer
Graham Greene
John Kapelos
Sean Cullen
Bruce Hunter
Joe Flaherty

Extra info:

Theatrical Release in Canada with Lions' Gate Films - Feburary 25th 2005

Received an offical SLAMDANCE selection in 2005

In March 2005 Phil the Alien screened at the Museum of Modern Art NY