Fire in the Sky (1993)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Robert Lieberman

Writers (WGA):

Travis Walton (book)
Tracy Tormé (screenplay)

Release Date:

12 March 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Mystery | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Alien abduction. November 5, 1975. White Mountains, Northeastern Arizona. Based on the true story.

Plot:

A group of men who were clearing bush for the government arrive back in town, claiming that their friend was abducted by aliens...

Plot Keywords:

Alien | UFO | Chainsaw | Falling Tree | Southerner

Awards:

4 nominations

Cast

D.B. Sweeney	...	Travis Walton
Robert Patrick	...	Mike Rogers
Craig Sheffer	...	Allan Dallis
Peter Berg	...	David Whitlock
Henry Thomas	...	Greg Hayes
Bradley Gregg	...	Bobby Cogdill
Noble Willingham	...	Blake Davis
Kathleen Wilhoite	...	Katie Rogers
James Garner	...	Frank Watters
Georgia Emelin	...	Dana Rogers
Scott MacDonald	...	Dan Walton
Wayne Grace	...	Cyrus Gilson
Kenneth White	...	Buck
Robert Covarrubias	...	Ray Melendez
Bruce Wright	...	Dennis Clay

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi violence.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:12 | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Canada:14+ (Ontario) | Germany:16 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #32261) | Singapore:PG | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Oakland, Oregon, USA

Company:

Paramount Pictures

Trivia:

The real Travis Walton and Dana Walton make cameo appearances in the scene where the townspeople discuss what to do about Travis' disappearance,

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the logging scene, during the lunch break, Mike Rogers is shown sharpening his saw chain. He's using his file at entirely wrong angles (would ruin a saw chain), and is filing the same tooth way too many times.

Quotes:

David Whitlock: Forgive us, Father, for what we've done.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Are We Alone? (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

Blinded By Love

Powerful stuff

FIRE IN THE SKY is a scary and involving sci-fi thriller about a missing logger and his coworkers' attempts to explain what happened. They claim a UFO abducted him. Law enforcer James Garner is just as convinced they injured or killed him and left him behind in the woods. Eventually the logger returns, naked as the day he was born and babbling about alien abductors. The next section of the film take us into the mind of the logger to recreate what he thinks happened to him. It ain't pretty, and at this point the film becomes far too intense for younger children. DB Sweeney plays the missing logger, and Peter Berg, Craig Sheffer, Robert Patrick and Henry Thomas are his terrified coworkers. Based on a popular book of the day that purported to be a true story. The movie, while clearly a thriller, nevertheless leaves things open to interpretation.