Betaville

Apr 26, 2005

1h 30m

★ 3.0

It started out a picnic. Then came the Dots from Planet Z!

Overview

An out-of-this-world comedy cast stars in this spaced-out futuristic family comedy. Welcome to Betaville, the world’s most exclusive summer camp, where the world’s leaders send their children. They are the sons and daughters of presidents and kings, with supervisors to care for them and an army to protect them. Meanwhile, in outer space, Planet Z is threatened by the evil forces of Planet 38. Planet Z’s president XM (Tim Kazurinsky) launches a secret plan to trick Planet 38 into attacking Earth instead. A peace-loving emissary from Planet Z recruits the children of Betaville to warn the President (John Astin) about XM’s secret plan.

Genres

Adventure

Science Fiction

Family

Comedy

Production Companies

Popcorn Cinema

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Cast

President Sender

John Astin

Kirby the Elder

Lou Rawls

President XM

Tim Kazurinsky

YB49 / Lt. Charlotte Stein

Jennifer Kern

Gen. Efron Norbert

Judge Reinhold

Kirby (young)

Gary LeRoi Gray

Holly Sender

Amanda Armato

Ruby Derain (young)

Aimee Garcia

Tony Kash

Julian Bailey

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