They Live

They Live is a 1988 film directed by John Carpenter, who also wrote the screenplay under the pseudonym "Frank Armitage". The movie was based on the short story "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson.

Trivia

• The memorable and oft-quoted line, "I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubblegum," was ad-libbed by Piper. The line is nearly repeated in the David Mamet film Spartan when a drill sergeant berates his trainees, "All I have for you is a stiff dick and bubblegum, and I'm all out of bubblegum." The line is also repeated in the popular PC FPS Duke Nukem 3D.
• They Live contains the single longest fistfight in all cinema, an alleyway brawl between Piper and Keith David that lasts over six minutes onscreen and features wrestling suplexes. In 2001, the creators of South Park parodied/paid homage to the scene in the episode "Cripple Fight," which contains an alley brawl between two handicapped children that copies much of the dialogue and fight choreography of the scene in They Live.
• The video for the 2005 Armand van Helden single "Into Your Eyes" borrows heavily from They Live.
• Additionally, the video for "B.Y.O.B" by System of a Down also bears many similarities to They Live
• The music was composed by the director, John Carpenter