Wwf wrestler rowdy roddy piper plays john nada, a homeless, unemployed construction worker who discovers a pair of sunglasses that when worn, suddenly reveal a world run by capitalist, yuppie aliens intent on keeping the human race sedate and brainwashed with subliminal messages fed through advertising and the media'. '.strtoupper('l')uckily for us all nada is a man of action and so begins the fight back including perhaps the longest fistfight in cinema's history to save humankind.extrassubversion exposing john carpenter's they live a brand new feature length documentary featuring interviews with associate producer sandy king, cinematographer gary kibbe, actor peter jason, actor robert grasmere, composer alan howarth, stunt coordinator ghoul jeff imada, author jonathan letham, music historian daniel schweiger, blumhouse editor rebekah mckendry, and visual effects historian justin humphreysoriginal epk the making of they live 1988john carpenter profile vintage profile of the directormeg foster profile vintage profile of the actressroddy piper profile vintage profile of the actoraudio commentary with john carpenter roddy piperindependent thoughts with john carpenter – a 2012 interview with director john carpenterwoman of mystery interview with meg foster – a 2012 interview with actress meg fosterman vs aliens interview with keith david – a 2012 interview with actor keith davidfake commercials in the film 2.34 minstv spotsphoto gallery