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Overview

User Rating:
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Creator:
Leslie Bohem
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Contact:
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Seasons:
1 full episode list
Release Date:
2 December 2002 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Sci-Fi more
Tagline:
Three families. Four generations. Fifty years of secrets. more
Plot:
Taken spans five decades and four generations, centering on three families: the Keys, Crawfords, and Clarkes... more
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 7 wins & 18 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(35 articles)
The Point Radio: Joel Gretsch On 'V'
 (From Comicmix. 2 November 2009, 10:55 AM, PST)

Alien Encounters – Television's Memorable Extra-Terrestrials
 (From TVovermind.com. 30 October 2009, 10:12 AM, PDT)

User Comments:
Lemme clear things up... more (216 total)

Cast

 (Series Cast Summary - 6 of 83)

Dakota Fanning ... Allie Keys (10 episodes, 2002)
Matt Frewer ... Dr. Chet Wakeman (6 episodes, 2002)

Heather Donahue ... Mary Crawford - Adult (5 episodes, 2002)

Emily Bergl ... Lisa Clarke - Adult (5 episodes, 2002)
Adam Kaufman ... Charlie Keys - Adult (5 episodes, 2002)

Camille Sullivan ... Nina Toth - Adult / ... (5 episodes, 2002)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Steven Spielberg Presents Taken (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
877 min (10 parts) | Finland:842 min (DVD)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Germany:12 (cut tv version) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA (DVD rating) | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating) | Singapore:NC-16 | Australia:M

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This is currently the most expensive film ever shot in Richmond, British Columbia, and pumped more money into the Vancouver suburb's economy than any other movie project. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The map in Crawford's Groom Lake office shows a post-Cold War world, while the scene took place in early 1959. more
Quotes:
[Mary is using her laptop, when a video file of Chet appears]
Dr. Chet Wakeman: Hiya, Tootz. I programmed this video file to send itself in twenty-four hours if I didn't delete it. I didn't delete it, so I guess you must've deleted me... Yeah, I sorta saw that one coming.
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Movie Connections:
References "Moonlighting" (1985) more

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101 out of 121 people found the following comment useful.
Lemme clear things up..., 19 December 2002
10/10
Author: Resa from Florida

Okay, this is for anybody who was wondering if they should watch "Taken" and decided to check out the IMDb message boards. Here's the main point: If you're looking for a movie that's all about weird alien stuff and is full of out-there special effects, this may not be for you. Sure, the aliens they showed were pretty cool-looking, but they're not the important part of the movie. The human characters are, particularly the ones in the Keys, Crawford, and Clarke families. Especially Ally. This series was a sneaky way of exposing people to heart-warming family stories. And now that I read that back, I understand why you would need to call it sci-fi for people to watch. I am a female, but I'm not the "chick flick" type. I like stories about the strange and unusual. But the sad thing is that strong and loving families, like the Clarkes, are just that these days. This movie is not about extraterrestrial beings. It's about people and the world we live in... and the world our parents and grandparents lived in. The 20 hours it took for this story to unfold was necessary, because it allowed us to get to know the characters. And once you feel like you really know them, you start to feel what the feel. And isn't that what makes a great movie? I mean, if a movie can make you feel emotions you haven't experienced in awhile, it's worth 20 hours to me. If you want real "sci-fi", I suggest X-Files.

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