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Removed speculation on Mormonism.


* CrisisOfFaith: Downplayed. June Douglas, a Christian schoolteacher (possibly Mormon, as she & her students refer to God as "Heavenly Father") bringing her class on a field trip to Asteroid City, is quite shaken by the arrival of an alien that throws her entire belief system into question. Although she never stops believing in God, as far as we know, she is troubled by her new uncertainty.

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* CrisisOfFaith: Downplayed. June Douglas, a Christian schoolteacher (possibly Mormon, as she & her students refer to God as "Heavenly Father") bringing her class on a field trip to Asteroid City, is quite shaken by the arrival of an alien that throws her entire belief system into question. Although she never stops believing in God, as far as we know, she is troubled by her new uncertainty.
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* AspectRatioSwitch: The FramingDevice is in a tighter, boxier aspect ratio, while ''Asteroid City'' is on a wider screen.

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* AspectRatioSwitch: The FramingDevice is in a tighter, boxier tight, boxy aspect ratio, while ratio since it's supposed to be airing on a 1950s-model TV set, but ''Asteroid City'' itself is on a wider screen.in ultra-widescreen.



* HumanoidAliens: The Alien resembles [[spoiler:a greenish-black humanoid with abnormally long legs and googly eyes. This seems to be an exaggeration of his actor's appearance]].

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* HumanoidAliens: The Alien resembles [[spoiler:a greenish-black humanoid with abnormally long legs and googly eyes. This seems eyes; this turns out to be an exaggeration of his actor's appearance]].



* SmallRoleBigImpact: The Alien only visits the site twice, and then only briefly, but both times upend ''everything'' for the other characters. Jeff Goldblum is the last actor listed in the opening credits with this in mind (and further playing with the trope, he only appears as the Alien in the framing device, as it is realized via stop-motion animation in the story proper).

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* SmallRoleBigImpact: The Alien only visits the site twice, and then only briefly, but both times upend ''everything'' for the other characters. Jeff Goldblum is the last actor listed in the opening credits with this in mind (and further mind. Further playing with the trope, he only appears as the Alien in the framing device, as it is realized via stop-motion animation in the story proper).proper - but the animated creature moves and emotes like Goldblum does (the head animator followed him around for a day just to observe this).
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''Asteroid City'' is a 2023 sci-fi romantic dramedy film directed by Creator/WesAnderson. It boasts a massive ensemble cast made up of Creator/JasonSchwartzman, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/JeffreyWright, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/BryanCranston, Creator/EdwardNorton, Creator/AdrienBrody, Creator/LievSchreiber, Creator/HopeDavis, Creator/StevePark, Creator/RupertFriend, Creator/MayaHawke, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/MattDillon, Creator/HongChau, Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/MargotRobbie, Creator/TonyRevolori, Creator/JakeRyan, Creator/SophiaLillis, and Creator/JeffGoldblum. [[AssociatedComposer Once again]], Music/AlexandreDesplat composed the soundtrack. The film released in theaters on June 16, 2023.

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''Asteroid City'' is a 2023 sci-fi romantic dramedy film directed by Creator/WesAnderson. It boasts a massive ensemble cast made up of Creator/JasonSchwartzman, Creator/ScarlettJohansson, Creator/TomHanks, Creator/JeffreyWright, Creator/TildaSwinton, Creator/BryanCranston, Creator/EdwardNorton, Creator/AdrienBrody, Creator/LievSchreiber, Creator/HopeDavis, Creator/StevePark, Creator/RupertFriend, Creator/MayaHawke, Creator/SteveCarell, Creator/MattDillon, Creator/HongChau, Creator/WillemDafoe, Creator/MargotRobbie, Creator/TonyRevolori, Creator/JakeRyan, Creator/SophiaLillis, and Creator/JeffGoldblum. [[AssociatedComposer Once again]], Music/AlexandreDesplat composed the soundtrack. The film released in theaters on June 16, 16th, 2023.
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* DawsonCasting: InUniverse the actors playing the Junior Stargazers are implied to be much older than their 14 year old characters, as the FramingDevice shows them in the same acting class as the other adult actors, and in the case of the actor playing Woodrow, he is shown to be old enough to be sent after Mercedes Ford on his own to deliver a message and talk her into coming back.

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* DawsonCasting: InUniverse the actors playing the Junior Stargazers are implied to be much older than their 14 year old 14-year-old characters, as the FramingDevice shows them in the same acting class as the other adult actors, and in the case of the actor playing Woodrow, he is shown to be old enough to be sent after Mercedes Ford on his own to deliver a message and talk her into coming back.

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