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Title: The X Files (1998)
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Cast
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| David Duchovny | ... | Agent Fox Mulder | |
| Gillian Anderson | ... | Agent Dana Scully | |
| John Neville | ... | The Well-Manicured Man | |
| William B. Davis | ... | The Cigarette-Smoking Man | |
| Martin Landau | ... | Kurtzweil | |
| Mitch Pileggi | ... | Assistant Director Walter Skinner | |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | ... | Bronschweig (as Jeffrey De Munn) | |
| Blythe Danner | ... | Cassidy | |
| Terry O'Quinn | ... | Michaud | |
| Armin Mueller-Stahl | ... | Strughold | |
| Lucas Black | ... | Stevie | |
| Christopher Fennell | ... | 2nd Boy (as Chris Fennell) | |
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Cody Newton | ... | 3rd Boy |
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Blake Stokes | ... | 4th Boy |
| Dean Haglund | ... | Langly | |
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With problems appearing between FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, a dangerous conspiracy is starting to appear. A deadly virus, which appears to be of extraterrestrial origin has appeared, which could destroy all life on Earth. With the help of a paranoid doctor, Alvin Kurtzweil, Mulder and Scully must act fast in order to save everyone on the planet. Written by Film_Fan
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Rated PG-13 for some intense violence and gore | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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19 June 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$66,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$30,138,758, 21 June 1998, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$83,898,313Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$105,300,000Company Credits
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Martin Landau's big expository scene was actually filmed on his last day. He and David Duchovny took all night to film 4 pages of intensive dialogue. See more »Goofs
Mulder's mobile phone changes from a non-telescopic antenna type (presumably as a Nokia product placement) to a telescopic antenna type while he is in the room with the drink dispenser bomb. See more »Quotes
Ben Bronschweig, M.D.: [after seeing the formed alien] So much for little green men.See more »
Alternate Versions
The 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.
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Well-paced and well-crafted, "The X-Files" is a surprisingly good movie that does not try to get cute and go away from the things that made the series such a national phenomenon. David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson seem out of place working with bomb squads and doing other mundane duties after their department is shut down by the government. However the two feel that something really major is up which involves alien colonization on Earth and a vast government cover-up that goes through the highest places in the U.S. political realm. A good screenplay and solid direction make "The X-Files" a first-rate film from a very good cinematic year. 4 stars out of 5.