Kamillions

Kamillions is a 1989 film directed by Mikel B. Anderson from a story by Robert Hsi and a screenplay Anderson wrote in collaboration with Harry S. Robins. The film was reedited by producer Teresa Woo, who later admitted she did not really understand an English language science fiction comedy, and was expecting more of an action film. The film was shot primarily in the Dunsmuir House and Gardens in Oakland, California.

The film came in at 121 minutes in a rough cut that Robins believed to be the directors cut until Anderson corrected him. Robins continues to pay to have the original elements stored in refrigeration in hopes of a directors cut, which the 90 minute cut released on video and television is not. According to Anderson, such a cut would be longer than 90 minutes, but shorter than 121 minutes. Robinss late brother, Jeff, barely appears in the 90 minute cut in the malt shop scene, and in the party scene that ends the film, but has a larger supporting role Albert that has been essentially excluded from release. The film was sold in Germanspeaking markets as The Wingates. The film was shopped around outside the hands of any of the creators, and the VHS released that cropped up from a company called SBM of Chatsworth, California in 1991 was not authorized, and Robins, who subsequently acquired the rights to the film, dislikes the artwork. The packaging compares the film to David Cronenbergs The Fly and Joe Dantes Gremlins. Unlike Dante, the film is more concerned with social comedy than referential comedy. Teresa Woo was more used to action films like the Iron Angels series she was involved with, was confused by the brevity of fighting action in the film and whittled it down accordingly, though later regretted it.

Source: Wikipedia