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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Christopher Walken | ... | Whitley Strieber | |
| Lindsay Crouse | ... | Anne Strieber | |
| Frances Sternhagen | ... | Dr. Janet Duffy | |
| Andreas Katsulas | ... | Alex | |
| Terri Hanauer | ... | Sarah | |
| Joel Carlson | ... | Andrew Strieber | |
| John Dennis Johnston | ... | Fireman | |
| DeeDee Rescher | ... | Mrs. Greenberg (as Dee Dee Rescher) | |
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Aileen Fitzpatrick | ... | Mother |
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R.J. Miller | ... | Father |
| Holly Fields | ... | Praying Mantis Girl | |
| Paula Shaw | ... | Woman from Apartment | |
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Juliet Sorci | ... | Second Grade Girl (as Juliet Sorcey) |
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Tifni Twitchell | ... | Teacher |
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Joshua Miller | ... | Tall Boy (as Joshua John Miller) |
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Whitley Strieber goes with his family and some friends to his holiday home in the forest. They experience some weird occurances, are they UFO activity? Whitley is abducted and then faces a horrible dilema; was I abducted or am I going mad? He sees a psychiatrist who tries to use hypnotic regression to discover the truth. Written by Matthew Stanfield <mattst@cogs.susx.ac.uk>
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On December 26th, 1985, Whitley Strieber had a dream. Weeks later, he discovered his family had the same dream. Months later, he made the most shocking discovery of his life. Now, you will discover it. See more »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
10 November 1989 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Die Besucher See more »Filming Locations:
Big Bear Lake, Big Bear Valley, San Bernardino National Forest, California, USA See more »Edit
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$5,000,000 (estimated)Gross USA:
$1,919,653Company Credits
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Written by Irving Berlin
(c) Irving Berling Music Corporation
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An Alien Abductee Network was established in the UK in 2015. See more »Goofs
When Whitley leaves his vehicle in the 'final' visit to the cabin, the camera cuts to the entire cabin drenched in light. As he starts approaching it you can clearly see the source of light as a spotlight at the top right of the screen. See more »Alternate Versions
The Fox TV version suffers from some poorly executed video signal enhancements; the brightness level of bright objects has been boosted and digitially diffused. This adds to the ethereal atmosphere of the "ship" and hides some of the flaws in the special effects. However, because it was applied to the entire tape, even the late afternoon sunlight streaming into Dr. Janet Duffy's (Frances Sternhagen) office appears to be the Second Coming. See more »Soundtracks
PUTTIN' ON THE RITZWritten by Irving Berlin
(c) Irving Berling Music Corporation
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Whitley suddenly finds himself in an alien world, where once he tells his abduction story, he becomes subject of, strangely enough, his own ridicule, but also public skepticism. When his mind tells him something even his own, never mind outsiders, own logic rejects, he truly finds himself inside an alien nightmare of a reality. But this is the moment he has his "communion", when he changes as a person. The symbolism is powerful in this movie, suggesting that it's not what is obvious, but that there is a hidden meaning behind a life-altering experience.
From a creative point of view, a story like this might be quite appealing, and regarded as extravagant, but how would we cope with somebody claiming to have lived such things? Or more, with our own minds telling us? And how are these things going to affect us? Are they going to derail us from our current paths, change our perception, or are we going to regard them as oddities beyond our grasp and understanding? There is a moment where Whitley says that they are all masks of God, perfectly underlining the fact that the strangest thing can actually be just a bit outside our roam of understanding, but still within some common frame of cosmic alignment. It's up to us weather we accept or reject it.
Much of the movie is Walken's merit, because his performance compensates the lack of elaborate special effects and there are some occasions where his facial expression is enough to make your skin crawl.