The film is written, directed, and produced by John Alan Simon and stars Jonathan Scarfe and Shea Whigham.

In an alternate reality, circa 1985, the United States of America are under the authoritarian control of President Fremont.

Berkeley record store clerk Nick Brady lives modestly with his wife Rachel and their infant son.

While he and Phil sit at a table, an orbiting satellite shoots a pink laser directly into Nick's head.

She explains that there are several thousand people who receive transmissions from the orbiting satellite, and they are very loosely organized as a secret society.

Since Radio Free Albemuth is essentially the first draft of VALIS, we ended up with rights to both from the estate of Philip K.

[citation needed] The world premiere was at the Gotham Screen International Film Festival in October 2010.

[10] Jeanette Catsoulis dismissed the film's "stiff staging and so-so special effects" in The New York Times before concluding, "The excellent Shea Whigham, as a science-fiction writer, is our guide and narrator, but even his gravitas won't keep you from laughing at an extraterrestrial who thinks that hiding subliminal messages in pop songs is the way to start a revolution.

"[11] Richard Kuipers of Variety called it "an engrossing adaptation" that "operates successfully as a study of enlightenment and a straight-ahead conspiracy thriller".

[12] John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "Though it echoes A Scanner Darkly in a few pleasing ways, Albemuth is a substantially less satisfying affair, one whose longueurs and (deliberately?)