UFOria
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58% Critic Match

UFOria

A Down Home Comedy That's Out of This World!

5.8 / 10 1984 1h 35mNR English
ComedyScience Fiction

Storyline

Drifter and small-time con man Sheldon Bart encounters old friend, Brother Bud Sanders, a big-time con artist into faith healing and fencing stolen cars, at his revival tent outside a small town. Whilst helping Brother Bud, Sheldon falls in love with deeply religious and deeply lonely supermarket clerk Arlene, who believes in UFOs. When Arlene has a vision of an approaching UFO, everyone deals with the impending doom in their own ways.

Cast & Crew

Fred Ward

Fred Ward

Sheldon Bart

Lead
Cindy Williams

Cindy Williams

Arlene Stewart

Harry Dean Stanton

Harry Dean Stanton

Brother Bud Sanders

Harry Carey, Jr.

Harry Carey, Jr.

George Martin

Beverly Hope Atkinson

Beverly Hope Atkinson

Naomi

DA

Diane Adair

Delores

Robert Gray

Robert Gray

Emile

TH

Ted Harris

Gregory

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. John Binder's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. UFOria is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker