Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.
- Awards
- 6 wins & 11 nominations
Jeffrey DeMunn
- Bronschweig
- (as Jeffrey De Munn)
Christopher Fennell
- 2nd Boy
- (as Chris Fennell)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaChris Carter originally wanted to end the television series after the fifth season, and continue the show mythology with a series of films, beginning with this one. The Fox Network, however, saw the series as too profitable, and forced Carter to write this film as a tie-in between two seasons of the show, a task which he found very daunting.
- GoofsAs Mulder and Scully are climbing down the rocks above the corn field, she is wearing flat-soled shoes. When they enter the beehive, she has high heels. (And not a scratch on them either!)
- Quotes
Special Agent Dana Scully: I need this building evacuated and cleared out in ten minutes! I want you to call the fire department and have them block off the city center in a one mile radius around the building.
Security Guard: Ten minutes?
Special Agent Dana Scully: DON'T THINK! JUST PICK UP THAT PHONE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.
- Alternate versionsThe video release has additional footage not shown in the theatrical release:
- In the opening scene you now see more of the alien. In the theatrical release we see it fight off one of the cavemen, killing it, and the other caveman gets up to see it lying on the ground draining out the black blood (or what fans know as black oil). In the video release, we see it run off after it kills one of the cavemen, and when the other caveman gets up, he tracks it down and then kills it using the broken end of his torch.
- In the scene with Mulder talking to the Well Manicured Man in the car, he reveals to Mulder that Samantha, Mulder's sister, was abducted by aliens at the request of her father, William Mulder, so she could be part of the colonization project, thus ensuring her survival in the colonization of Earth by the visitors. Also revealed is that when plans went awry, Mulder was intended, by his father, to seek the truth and reveal what had been done.
- There is also an added scene in the video release with Mulder running down the street after the hospital scene.
- SoundtracksCrystal Ship
Written by Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Robby Krieger
Performed by X
Produced by Ray Manzarek
[plays in the background while Mulder is sitting at the bar complaining about his life to the female barista]
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real fan service
In 35,000 BC northern Texas, two men enter an ice cave to find shelter. They battle a mysterious creature. A black substance oozes from the creature and infects one of the men. In the present day, a boy falls into the cave and is infected by the black ooze. Firefighters climb in and are also attacked. One week later, the FBI is checking on a bomb threat in Dallas. Special Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) go to the building across the street on a hunch. They find the bomb and barely escape. The pair is made the scapegoats. Alvin Kurtzweil (Martin Landau) tells Fox that FEMA has a secret isolation ward in the building. The boy and the firefighters are found in the rubble presumed to be killed by the blast.
Mulder and Scully's banter is back almost immediately. Everything that is beloved about the show is present in this movie. They are the outsiders. There is a conspiracy. There is something creepy. This is what true fans of the show love. For non-fans, this can be a bit of a climb to understand everything.
Mulder and Scully's banter is back almost immediately. Everything that is beloved about the show is present in this movie. They are the outsiders. There is a conspiracy. There is something creepy. This is what true fans of the show love. For non-fans, this can be a bit of a climb to understand everything.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- X-Files: The Movie
- Filming locations
- Whistler, British Columbia, Canada(snow scenes beginning and end of movie)
- Production companies
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
Box office
- Budget
- $66,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $83,898,313
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,138,758
- Jun 21, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $189,176,423
- Runtime2 hours 1 minute
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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