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Betaville

Betaville

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

20053.01h 30mPG-13

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.

Directed by Tom Small
Written by Tom Small
Produced by Philip Koch
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Top Cast

John Astin

John Astin

President Sender

Lou Rawls

Lou Rawls

Kirby the Elder

Tim Kazurinsky

Tim Kazurinsky

President XM

Jennifer Kern

Jennifer Kern

YB49 / Lt. Charlotte Stein

Judge Reinhold

Judge Reinhold

Gen. Efron Norbert

Gary LeRoi Gray

Gary LeRoi Gray

Kirby (young)

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Amanda Armato

Holly Sender

Aimee Garcia

Aimee Garcia

Ruby Derain (young)

Julian Bailey

Julian Bailey

Tony Kash

Themes & Keywords

summer campalienalien planet

About Betaville

Betaville is a adventure, science fiction, family, comedy film released in 2005 exploring themes of summer camp, alien, alien planet. Directed by Tom Small, it stars John Astin, Lou Rawls, Tim Kazurinsky. 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.

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