The Mating Habits of the Earthbound Human

"A How-To-Do-It Guide."

Sep 3 1999 R 1h 28m
Comedy, Sci-Fi

David Hyde Pierce, playing an alien (credited as infinity-cubed in the opening credits), narrates a courtship in a late-20th century American city as an extraterrestrial nature documentary. The relationship "footage" is played straight, while the voice-over (with its most often wildly inaccurate theories) and elaborate visual metaphors add comedy.

Plot

An anthropologist from an alien planet provides voice-over commentary for a documentary look at human courtship, mating, and reproduction: "complex, perverse, tragically beautiful: the earthbound human." The commentary gets some of the details comically wrong (explaining the slap on a newborn's back: "they don't like the looks of the child so they beat it"), but gets right the overall idea. We follow Billy and Jenny from their meeting at a club, initial misunderstandings, his losing her phone number, finally connecting, walks on the beach, soulful talks, meeting each other's parents, friends' advice, and the gradual taking of the relationship to new levels.

Written by

Jeff Abugov

Directed by

Jeff Abugov

Cast

David Hyde Pierce, Mackenzie Astin, Carmen Electra

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Earthbound Human Productions Inc.

Languages

English

Awards

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