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{{Infobox film
| name           = Alien Adventure
| image          = Alien Adventure VideoCover.png
| caption        = DVD cover
| director       = [[Ben Stassen]]
| producer       = [[Charlotte Huggins|Charlotte Clay Huggins]]<br/>[[Caroline Van Iseghem]]
| writer         = Ben Stassen
| narrator       = [[John Boyle (actor)|John Boyle]]
| starring       = [[Bouli Lanners]]<br/>[[Pierre Lebecque]]
| music          = [[The Puzzlers]]<br/>[[Louis Vyncke]]
| cinematography = Ben Stassen
| editing        = [[Ed Escalante]]<br/>[[James Manke]]<br/>[[Todd Portugal]]
| studio         = [[Iwerks Entertainment]]<br/>[[Movida-Trix]]<br/>[[nWave Pictures]]
| distributor    = [[nWave Pictures]]<br/>[[Ventura Distribution]] (DVD)
| released       = {{Film date|2000|07|01|Japan}}
| runtime        = 37 minutes (Japan)<br/>35 minutes (U.S.)
| country        = Belgium<br/>United States
| language       = English
| budget         = 
}}

'''''Alien Adventure''''' is a [[science fiction]]/[[slapstick comedy]] [[3D film]] in [[IMAX]] format released in 1999 by [[nWave Pictures]], written and directed by [[Ben Stassen]]. The movie was rated [[Motion picture rating systems|G]] (or the local equivalent) in most countries.<ref>{{cite web |title=Alien Adventure |url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/alien-adventure-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc00mdu5ndk |website=[[British Board of Film Classification]] }}</ref> It was the first fully digital feature-length film produced for a large-screen format.

==Plot==
An [[extraterrestrial life|extraterrestrial]] [[humanoid]] species, the Glegoliths, are wandering through space in search of a new world. Encountering an unknown planet (which turns out to be Earth), the Glegolith leader Cyrillus sends two "manned" probes to the surface to determine if it is suitable for colonisation.

The scouts in the probes think they have arrived at a great city, but in fact they have arrived at a new [[amusement park]] that is not yet open to the public. They proceed to explore four amusement rides :{{Efn|all of which having been previously released as separate shorts}}
* Arctic Adventure ([[motion simulator]] ride in a freezing environment);
* Magic Carpet (a ride in an [[The Book of One Thousand and One Nights|Arabian Nights]]-themed dungeon);
* Kid Coaster (a roller coaster set in a gigantic simulation of a child's bedroom); and
* Aqua Adventure (an underwater-themed [[motion simulator]] ride, complete with [[animatronic]] sharks).

At each ride the Glegolith scouts become variously excited, frightened, frozen or violently ill, but end up having a lot of fun. On seeing this, Cyrillus decides that the new planet "was too much fun" and would destroy the fabric of his society, and orders his scouts to withdraw. The alien visitors depart Earth without actually making contact with humans.

==Production notes==
The exotic looking alien script seen in several places in this movie is actually the real [[Glagolitic alphabet]]. The name of the alien leader - Cyrillus - bears a resemblance to [[Saints Cyril and Methodius|Saint Cyril]], who invented the Glagolitic alphabet. Also, the language spoken by the aliens (which is never translated in the movie) is the [[Walloon language]], a real dialect from [[Belgium]], where the movie was produced. It is completely unrelated to the Glegolithic script. On the approach of the manned probes to the surface, the coastline appears to be that of California. The outdoor shots of the theme park are from a real French theme park, "[[Futuroscope|Parc Du Futuroscope]]".

==Reception==
[[Robert Koehler]] of [[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] called it "a sputtering vehicle for showcasing the Imax 3D format."<ref>{{cite web |date=2000-08-25 |last=Koehler |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Koehler |title=Alien Adventure |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/alien-adventure-1200463693/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] }}</ref>

==Home media==
It was released on DVD in the US slingshot Home Entertainment and the UK Escapi x.c.q DVD.

==See also==
* ''[[Haunted Castle (2001 film)|Haunted Castle]]''
* [[List of 3D films (1914–2004)]]

==References==
{{Notelist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20040806235335/http://www.nwave.com/largeformat/alienadventure/ Official site]
* {{IMDb title|id=0238829|title=Alien Adventure}}

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