The film tells the story of the experiences of Major Syrtis during the first Christmas on a newly-colonized Mars. Coyne has described the film as "Maybe Eraserhead or Dead Man crossed with some kind of fantasy and space aspects, like The Wizard of Oz and maybe A Space Odyssey, and set at Christmas-time. The story that unfolds is intended to hint at childlike magic within a tragic and realistic situation."
Adam Goldberg
Mars PsychiatristFred Armisen
Philosophical and Hymn-Singing AstronautSteve Burns
Major LowellWayne Coyne
The MartianSteven Drozd
Major SyrtisScott Booker
PsychiatristMichael Ivins
Sunglasses-wearing AstronautJimmy Pike
Faithless Astronaut