They Live

References

1. For the screenplay, Carpenter was credited by the pseudonym "Frank Armitage".
2. Turner had received some bad press in the 1980s for colorizing classic black-and-white movies.
3. Attributed to multiple references:
4. Box Office Mojo
   https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl2088011265/weekend/
5. Hero Complex
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6. Entertainment Weekly
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7. "Every John Carpenter Movie, Ranked"
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8. Starlog
   https://archive.org/details/starlog_magazine-136
9. American Cinematographer
   https://www.proquest.com/docview/196319619
10. "THEY LIVE is about yuppies and unrestrained capitalism. It has nothing to do with Jewish control of the world, which is slander and a lie"
    https://x.com/TheHorrorMaster/status/816486706186596352
11. IndieWire
    https://www.indiewire.com/2017/01/john-carpenter-they-live-twitter-internet-nazis-jewish-control-capitalism-1201764730/
12. They Live
    https://www.vulture.com/2017/01/john-carpenter-denies-they-live-is-anti-semitic.html
13. The Guardian
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14. The Daily Telegraph
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15. Wired
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16. weebly
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17. "They Live Soundtrack"
    http://www.theofficialjohncarpenter.com/they-live-soundtrack/
18. Sun Journal
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19. Box Office Mojo
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20. Variety's Complete Home Video Directory
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21. TLA Film and Video Guide 2000–2001: The Discerning Film Lover's Guide
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22. DVD Talk
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23. "They Live"
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24. DVD Talk
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25. 4 Movie Midnight Marathon Pack: Aliens
26. "They Live"
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27. Bloody Disgusting
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28. Rotten Tomatoes
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29. Metacritic
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30. Chicago Reader
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31. The Boston Globe
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32. The New York Times
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33. The Washington Post
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34. They Live
35. The Pervert's Guide to Ideology
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36. Entertainment Weekly
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37. Rotten Tomatoes
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38. Entertainment Weekly
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39. /Film
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40. "Movie Parody - the Simpsons: Bart vs. The Space Mutants"
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41. Vulture
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42. Kotaku
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43. Rolling Stone
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44. rapreviews.com
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45. labiennale.org
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46. Sovereign Man
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47. YouTube
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WR6Xlrp1mf8
48. NPR
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49. Cinefantastique
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50. The A.V. Club
    https://www.avclub.com/they-live-remake-is-no-longer-technically-a-remake-1798225017
51. ComicBook.com
    https://comicbook.com/horror/news/they-live-sequel-status-update-future-sandy-king-john-carpenter/