CHRISTMAS ON MARS
A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips
Directed by Wayne Coyne & Bradley Beesley

82 min - 2008 - USA - English - Color

Psychedelic rock band the Flaming Lips present Christmas on Mars: A Fantastical Film Freakout Featuring the Flaming Lips, a glorious science fiction film that marks the directorial debut of the Lips' frontman Wayne Coyne.

It's Christmastime, and the colonization of Mars is underway. However, when an oxygen generator and a gravity control pod malfunction, Major Syrtis (the Lips' Steven Drozd) and his team (including the Lips' Michael Ivins) fear the worst. Syrtis also hallucinates about the birth of a baby, and many other strange things. Meanwhile, a compassionate alien superbeing (Coyne) arrives, inspiring and helping the isolated astronauts.

Seven years in the making, Christmas on Mars features original music by the Flaming Lips, with acting performances by all band members, and many others from their Oklahoma City-based team.