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Summary
Calling All Earthlings explores a mid-century UFO cult led by one-time Howard Hughes confidante, George Van Tassel.
Good for
- Date night
- Friends night
- Party vibe
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+18)
Critics 59Audiences 77GoodWatch 56
Tomatometer63%
Metascore55
Audience score86%
IMDb6.7
Running time
1 h 14 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −22 min on the typical 96
typical 9674Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 4 countries
Released
2018
August 28, 2018
8 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Directing · 1
- Jonathan Berman Director, Producer
Production · 4
- Alan Steinfeld Executive Producer
- Iain Kennedy Co-Producer, Editor
- Danny Kuchuck Co-Producer
- Paul Rabin Associate Producer
Camera · 2
- Gregory J. Wilson Director of Photography
- Tony Molina Director of Photography
Visual Effects · 1
- Craig Bassuk Visual Effects
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