Paul (2011)
Release: February 14, 2011 | Runtime: 1h 44m | Rating: 6.7
For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.
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Main cast
- Simon Pegg as Graeme Willy
- Nick Frost as Clive Gollings
- Seth Rogen as Paul (voice)
- Jason Bateman as Special Agent Lorenzo Zoil
- Kristen Wiig as Ruth Buggs
- Bill Hader as Haggard
- Blythe Danner as Tara Walton
- Joe Lo Truglio as O'Reilly
- John Carroll Lynch as Moses Buggs
- Jane Lynch as Pat Stevenson
- David Koechner as Gus
- Jesse Plemons as Jake
- Sigourney Weaver as The Big Guy
- Jeffrey Tambor as Adam Shadowchild
- Steven Spielberg as Self
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For the past 60 years, a space-traveling smart-ass named Paul has been locked up in a top-secret military base, advising world leaders about his kind. But when he worries he’s outlived his usefulness and the dissection table is drawing uncomfortably close, Paul escapes on the first RV that passes by his compound in Area 51. Fortunately, it contains the two earthlings who are most likely to rescue and harbor an alien on the run.
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