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Stranded at a summer camp when aliens attack the planet, four teens with nothing in common embark on a perilous mission to save the world.

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

John Astin
President Sender

Lou Rawls
Kirby the Elder

Tim Kazurinsky
President XM

Jennifer Kern
YB49 / Lt. Charlotte Stein

Judge Reinhold
Gen. Efron Norbert

Gary LeRoi Gray
Kirby (young)
Amanda Armato
Holly Sender

Aimee Garcia
Ruby Derain (young)

Julian Bailey
Tony Kash
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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