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{{Infobox film<br />
| name = Alien Love Triangle<br />
| image =<br />
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| director = [[Danny Boyle]]<br />
| producer = [[Andrew Macdonald (producer)|Andrew Macdonald]]<br />
| writer = [[John Hodge (screenwriter)|John Hodge]]<br />
| starring = [[Kenneth Branagh]]<br/>[[Alice Connor]]<br/>[[Courteney Cox]]<br/>[[Heather Graham]]<br />
| music = [[Simon Boswell]]<br />
| cinematography = [[Brian Tufano]]<br />
| editing = [[Tariq Anwar (film editor)|Tariq Anwar]]<br />
| distributor = [[Miramax]]/[[Dimension Films]]<br />
| released = {{Film date|2008}}<br />
| runtime = 30 minutes<br />
| country = United Kingdom<br />
| language = English<br />
| budget =<br />
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'''''Alien Love Triangle''''' is a 2008 [[comedy film|comedy]]-[[science fiction]] short film directed by [[Danny Boyle]] and written by [[John Hodge (screenwriter) | John Hodge]]. It was filmed in 1999.<br />
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The film was originally intended to be one of a trilogy of 30-minute short films shown together. However, the two other films, ''[[Mimic (film)|Mimic]]'' and ''[[Impostor (2001 film)|Impostor]]'', were turned into full-length features, and the project was canceled.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2008/feb/15/wales |title=Aliens come to Wales |publisher=Guardian.co.uk |access-date=1 March 2008 |location=London |first=Mark |last=Kermode |date=2008-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080218125000/http://arts.guardian.co.uk/filmandmusic/story/0%2C%2C2256450%2C00.html |archive-date=18 February 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />
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The film had its world premiere as part of the closing ceremony of the smallest theatre in the UK, [[La Charrette]], on 23 February 2008, an event organised by [[Mark Kermode]] of ''[[The Culture Show]]''. [[Kenneth Branagh]] attended the screening.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7260348.stm|title=Starry last night for Tiny Cinema|publisher=BBC.co.uk|accessdate=1 March 2008 | date=2008-02-24| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20080226091001/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/7260348.stm| archivedate= 26 February 2008 | url-status= live}}</ref> After this, there were two other recorded screenings of this film. The first was at the [[National Media Museum]] shortly after the premiere, again with Branagh in attendance, and the second in 28 October 2023 at the FilmBath Festival, with Danny Boyle and John Hodge in attendance.<ref>{{citeweb|title=BF: A Life Less Ordinary + Alien Love Triangle, FilmBath Festival 2023|url=https://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/bf-a-life-less-ordinary-alien-love-triangle|publisher=Bath Box Office|access-date=December 24, 2024|date=October 28, 2023}}</ref><br />
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==Premise==<br />
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Steven Chesterman is a scientist who has created a teleportation device and hopes to use it for various purposes. He then goes home to his wife to share the news, but he learns she has a surprise for him: she is from outer space. It leads to a string of unusual events where beings from space come to visit Chesterman and his friends and show that all is not as things seem.<br />
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== Cast ==<br />
*[[Kenneth Branagh]] as Steven Chesterman<br />
*[[Alice Connor]] as Sarah<br />
*[[Courteney Cox]] as Alice<br />
*[[Heather Graham]] as Elizabeth<br />
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== References ==<br />
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== External links ==<br />
* {{IMDb title|0118837}}<br />
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