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Anna Nicole Smith's Final Act: A Sci-fi Movie!

From Cannes to your living room: Anna Nicole Smith’s final film, Illegal Aliens, made a stop at the Marche du Cannes this weekend, en route to your local video store. The $3 million Charlie’s Angels/Independence Day spoof, which the late Playboy centerfold also financed, tells the story of three aliens who visit the earth to […]

From Cannes to your living room: Anna Nicole Smith's final film, Illegal Aliens, made a stop at the Marche du Cannes this weekend, en route to your local video store. The $3 million Charlie's Angels/Independence Day spoof, which the late Playboy centerfold also financed, tells the story of three aliens who visit the earth to fend off an intergalactic terrorist plot. CNN described the film:

Anna Nicole Smith was never considered a serious actress, and she's unlikely to win any posthumous film awards for her final role as a goofy, flatulent superhero who's part of a trio of alien babes protecting Earth. Yet the low-budget B-movie comedy "Illegal Aliens" does show an intriguing side of Smith – a person aware of the silliness surrounding her persona and someone willing to go to extremes to make fun of it. Early on in the movie ... there's a clip from Smith's reality-TV show, in which she devours a life-size cake made in her own image.

Don't get too caught up in the Cannes connection: the Marche is where direct-to-video producers rent out booths to hawk their B- and C-movie wares each year. No artistic merit required.