The X-Files 

Two F.B.I. Agents, Fox Mulder the believer and Dana Scully the skeptic, investigate the strange and unexplained, while hidden forces work to impede their efforts.

Creator:

Chris Carter

Stars:

David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi

Top Rated TV #86 | Won 5 Golden Globes. Another 93 wins & 215 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully / ... 217 episodes, 1993-2018
David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder 193 episodes, 1993-2018
Mitch Pileggi	...	Walter Skinner / ... 91 episodes, 1994-2018

Storyline

Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully work in an unassigned detail of the bureau called the X-Files investigating cases dealing with unexplained paranormal phenomena. Mulder, a true believer, and Scully, a skeptic, perceive their cases from stand points of science and the paranormal.

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Plot Keywords:

fbi agent | alien conspiracy | paranormal phenomenon | trust no one | paranormal investigator | 

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Taglines:

Deny Everything

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-14

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

10 September 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

The X-Files

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Ten Thirteen Productions, 20th Century Fox Television, 20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min 60 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR (Original Broadcast & DVD) Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1 (Approx)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Most of the fans want the relationship between Mulder and Scully and they are named shippers and most recently Sculder, as noromo are the fans that don't want their romance. After the fans of this show started using the term "shipper", this term was used in other fandoms. In the same way, fans that believe in a romance between Duchovny and Anderson are named snoggers or Gillovny.

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Goofs

Throughout the series when we see a closeup of CGB Spender's/The Smoker's ashtray while he is extinguishing his cigarette, the filters of the "smoked" cigarettes already in the ashtrays are perfectly white, while they should be yellow/brown from the nicotine-smoke. This indicates that they are props, placed there before shooting and not cigarettes smoked by the characters.

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Quotes

Caption: GOVERNMENT DENIES KNOWLEDGE

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Crazy Credits

This production has not been approved, endorsed or authorized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. (appears in the end credits)

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Alternate Versions

The 'previously on The X Files' segments are missing from the DVD Season boxset releases.

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Connections

Referenced in Les morsures de l'aube (2001)

User Reviews

The most intricately perfect work of art.

I find it hard to comment on The X- Files because it simply transcends words. It's an intelligent masterpiece, an epos of beautifully complicated scenarios, plots and characters. Eruditely taking on the grayest of areas, confronting those things under your bed and inside your closet thus bringing new meaning to the fears brought on by conventions and the imprudent obstinacy of social norms. The script, the actors and the direction make the most unbelievable seem believable and the unfathomable- unfathomably real. So thought provoking that if you really let yourself dwell in its essence, it can change the way you see the world, if only just by believing in the conviction that The Truth Is Out There.