Don't Ask Don't Tell (2002)

30% of critics liked it
(10 reviews)
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Writer Tex Hauser and director Doug Miles are the team behind the comedy spoof Don't Ask Don't Tell, a re-dubbed parody using footage from the science fiction B-movie Killers From Space. The original film was directed by W. Lee Wilder in 1954, starring Peter Graves as a scientist monitoring atomic… More Writer Tex Hauser and director Doug Miles are the team behind the comedy spoof Don't Ask Don't Tell, a re-dubbed parody using footage from the science fiction B-movie Killers From Space. The original film was directed by W. Lee Wilder in 1954, starring Peter Graves as a scientist monitoring atomic tests. Director Miles has replaced the soundtrack with campy dialogue and added a few new scenes to make the film about a group of aliens who want to turn the whole world gay. In this version, Graves (with the voice of Erik Frandsen) is portrayed as a Dr. Fartin, a scientist involved in a conspiracy to get rid of gay people in the military. When he crash-lands in Texas, the aliens abduct him and take him back to their home base. Revived by the alien operations, the doctor becomes a homosexual agent of the aliens' covert plans. Lloyd Floyd and Rosa Rugosa provide raunchy dialogue for original '50s co-stars James Seay and Barbara Bestar. The 2002 footage features characters like J. Edgar Hoover in drag (Steve Lippe) and Police Chief Mussolino (Floyd) in various sexual situations. Don't Ask Don't Tell had an extremely limited theatrical release before debuting on home video. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: R, 1 hr. 20 min.
Directed By: Doug Miles, Doug Miles (II)
Written By: Tex Hauser
Genres: Drama, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Comedy

In Theaters: Jan 1, 2002 Wide
On DVD: Feb 17, 2004

Critic Reviews

Lou Lumenick, New York Post
In execution, this clever idea is far less funny than the original, Killers From Space.
Dave Kehr, New York Times
It's a gag that's worn a bit thin over the years, though Don't Ask still finds a few chuckles.
Erin Meister, Boston Globe
A surprisingly thoughtful social film.
Jake Euker, Filmcritic.com
harmless at worst and at best a good time
Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
...every once in a while a true rib-tickler will jam into you and wake you up.
Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
It's the kind of satire that you either love or hate.
Brandon Judell, PopcornQ
Employing low grade dubbing, cheesy special effects, additional scenes with actors rescued from fast-food dinner theaters, plus the worst dance number this side of an Oscar broadcast, Don't Ask Don't Tell is a nonstop guffaw fest for fans of early John Wa
Pete Vonder Haar, Film Threat
One gets the impression the creators of Don't Ask Don't Tell laughed a hell of a lot at their own jokes. Too bad none of it is funny.
David Noh, Film Journal International
The overall effect is so completely inane that one would have to be mighty bored to even think of staying with this for more than, say, ten... make that three minutes.
Maitland McDonagh, TV Guide's Movie Guide
Overall tomfoolery like this is a matter of taste.

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Cast

Steve Lippe
as J. Edgar Hoover
Michael McCurry
Erik Frandsen
as Dr. Fartin

Lloyd Floyd
as Police Chief Mussolino
Rosa Rugosa
Greg Roman

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