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The X Files

  • 1998
  • PG-13
  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
112K
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Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny in The X Files (1998)
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Alien InvasionDramaMysterySci-FiThriller

Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.Mulder and Scully must fight the government in a conspiracy and find the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.

  • Director
    • Rob Bowman
  • Writers
    • Chris Carter
    • Frank Spotnitz
  • Stars
    • David Duchovny
    • Gillian Anderson
    • John Neville
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    112K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,842
    402
    • Director
      • Rob Bowman
    • Writers
      • Chris Carter
      • Frank Spotnitz
    • Stars
      • David Duchovny
      • Gillian Anderson
      • John Neville
    • 340User reviews
    • 150Critic reviews
    • 60Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 11 nominations total

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    The X-Files: Fight The Future
    Trailer 0:31
    The X-Files: Fight The Future

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    David Duchovny
    David Duchovny
    • Agent Fox Mulder
    Gillian Anderson
    Gillian Anderson
    • Agent Dana Scully
    John Neville
    John Neville
    • The Well-Manicured Man
    William B. Davis
    William B. Davis
    • The Cigarette-Smoking Man
    Martin Landau
    Martin Landau
    • Kurtzweil
    Mitch Pileggi
    Mitch Pileggi
    • Assistant Director Walter Skinner
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    Jeffrey DeMunn
    • Bronschweig
    • (as Jeffrey De Munn)
    Blythe Danner
    Blythe Danner
    • Cassidy
    Terry O'Quinn
    Terry O'Quinn
    • Michaud
    Armin Mueller-Stahl
    Armin Mueller-Stahl
    • Strughold
    Lucas Black
    Lucas Black
    • Stevie
    Christopher Fennell
    Christopher Fennell
    • 2nd Boy
    • (as Chris Fennell)
    Cody Newton
    • 3rd Boy
    Blake Stokes
    • 4th Boy
    Dean Haglund
    Dean Haglund
    • Langly
    Bruce Harwood
    Bruce Harwood
    • Byers
    Tom Braidwood
    Tom Braidwood
    • Frohike
    Don S. Williams
    Don S. Williams
    • Group Elder
    • Director
      • Rob Bowman
    • Writers
      • Chris Carter
      • Frank Spotnitz
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Chris Carter originally wanted to end the television series after the fifth season, and continue the show mythology with a series of films, beginning with this one. The Fox Network, however, saw the series as too profitable, and forced Carter to write this film as a tie-in between two seasons of the show, a task which he found very daunting.
    • Goofs
      As Mulder and Scully are climbing down the rocks above the corn field, she is wearing flat-soled shoes. When they enter the beehive, she has high heels. (And not a scratch on them either!)
    • Quotes

      Special Agent Dana Scully: I need this building evacuated and cleared out in ten minutes! I want you to call the fire department and have them block off the city center in a one mile radius around the building.

      Security Guard: Ten minutes?

      Special Agent Dana Scully: DON'T THINK! JUST PICK UP THAT PHONE AND MAKE IT HAPPEN.

    • 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.
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Six Days, Seven Nights/Can't Hardly Wait/Cousin Bette/Mr. Jealousy/High Art (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Crystal Ship
      Written by Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore and Robby Krieger

      Performed by X

      Produced by Ray Manzarek

      [plays in the background while Mulder is sitting at the bar complaining about his life to the female barista]

    User reviews340

    Featured review
    7/10

    Fight The Future

    Rob Bowman(frequent TV series director) was chosen to direct this first feature film spun-off the popular TV series that stars David Duchovny & Gillian Anderson as Fox Mulder & Dana Scully, who are assigned to Texas on a bomb-threat detail that proves to be no hoax, and after investigating, it turns out to be connected to the ongoing syndicate conspiracy led by their nemesis the Smoking Man(played by William B. Davis) to cover up an alien virus related to the very aliens they had been searching for in the past five years. Martin Landau costars as Alvin Kurtzweil, a doctor who knows something of the incident. Plot climaxes in the Arctic, where Mulder must rescue a kidnapped Scully from a spaceship...Killer Bees also play a part. Good film fits in well with the series, and also works as a stand-alone tale. Exciting action scenes, and was nice to see these characters on the big screen.

    Really just a big-scale version of a typical two-part episode though.
    • AaronCapenBanner
    • Dec 12, 2013
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 19, 1998 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Los expedientes secretos X: Combate al futuro
    • Filming locations
      • Whistler, British Columbia, Canada(snow scenes beginning and end of movie)
    • Production companies
      • Twentieth Century Fox
      • Ten Thirteen Productions
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $66,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $83,898,313
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $30,138,758
      • Jun 21, 1998
    • Gross worldwide
      • $189,176,423
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Tech specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
      • SDDS
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.39 : 1

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