Visit to a Small Planet is a 1960 Paramount Pictures film starring Jerry Lewis, based on a play by Gore Vidal. It was released on February 4, 1960. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams).
Kreton (Jerry Lewis) is an alien from outer space who is fascinated by human beings. He decides to come to Earth for an extended vacation and becomes friends with a suburban ...
more
Visit to a Small Planet is a 1960 Paramount Pictures film starring Jerry Lewis, based on a play by Gore Vidal. It was released on February 4, 1960. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction (Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler, Samuel M. Comer, Arthur Krams).
Kreton (Jerry Lewis) is an alien from outer space who is fascinated by human beings. He decides to come to Earth for an extended vacation and becomes friends with a suburban family. Along the way he falls in love with their daughter (Joan Blackman). However, there is a force field around him that prevents any physical contact as his race has abolished any form of affection. After petitioning the superiors of his planet, he is made human. At first he is happy, but he comes to realize that being human isn't always happy: it comes with other less desired emotions such as sadness and jealousy. He decides that those emotions are not worth the trouble and he returns to his own planet.
Visit to a Small Planet was filmed...
less
