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The X Files

Year:

1998

Duration:

121 min

Genres:

Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Rob Bowman

Awards:

6 wins & 8 nominations

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1998-06-19

Filming Locations: 380 South San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $66,000,000

Opening Weekend: $30,138,758 (USA) (21 June 1998)

Gross: $83,892,374 (USA) (11 October 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jason Beghe

Steve Rankin

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

Blythe Danner

Cassidy

Terry O'Quinn

Michaud

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Strughold

Lucas Black

Stevie

Christopher Fennell

2nd Boy (as Chris Fennell)

Cody Newton

3rd Boy

Blake Stokes

4th Boy

Dean Haglund

Langly

Bruce Harwood

Byers

Tom Braidwood

Frohike

Don S. Williams

Group Elder

George Murdock

2nd Elder

Michael Shamus Wiles

Black-Haired Man

Darrell Davis

Primitive #1

Carrick O'Quinn

Primitive #2

Tom Woodruff Jr.

Creature #1

Greg Ballora

Creature #2 (as Gregory B. Ballora)

Ted King

FBI Agent on Roof (as T.W. King)

Luis Beckford

FBI Agent

Gary Grubbs

Fire Captain Cooles

Steven M. Gagnon

Last Agent Out

Larry Joshua

DC Cop (as Lawrence Joshua)

Glendon Rich

DC Cop #2

Gunther Jenson

Security Guard (as Gunther Jensen)

Scott Alan Smith

Technician (as Scott Smith)

Ian Ruskin

Well-Manicured Man's Valet

Paul Welterlen

Control Room Operator

Joel Traywick

Young Naval Guard

Milton Johns

British Valet

Paul Tuerpe

1st Paramedic (as Paul Tuerpé)

Michael Krawic

2nd Paramedic (as Michael A. Krawic)

Larry Rippenkroeger

Towncar Driver

Josh McLaglen

Buzz Mihoe

Randy Hall

Windbreakered Agent

T.C. Badalato

Fireman

Amine Zary

Tunisian

David Paris

Pilot (as David W. Paris)

Vanessa Morley

Young Samantha Mulder

Darrell Britt

Texas Businessman (uncredited)

Fuad C'Amanero

FBI Agent (uncredited)

Maxine English

Dead Wife in Trunk (uncredited)

Gilley Grey

Firefighter #2 (uncredited)

Glenne Headly

Barmaid (uncredited)

Anthony Sandstrom

Special skills extra (uncredited)

Mitch Toles

Security Guard #2 (uncredited)

Marcus Turner

Young Fox Mulder

Did you know?

Trivia

In the chronology of the series, the movie takes place between the fifth season finale, episode #5.20 "The End" (with the CSM torching Mulder's office) and the sixth season premiere episode #6.1 "The Beginning" (which deals with the gestating-breed of aliens in the movie).

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The scene in which Scully and Mulder are chased through a cornfield by helicopters is a reference to the famous "crop duster" scene in North by Northwest (1959). Martin Landau was in both movies.

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Shot in 10 weeks during the hiatus between seasons 4 and 5 of the show.

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Goofs

The film opens in prehistoric times, 35,000 B.C., in North Texas . A Neanderthal man stumbles upon what appears to be a large, primal, vicious alien in a cave. Neanderthals' habitat ranged from Western Europe to the Middle East. No Neanderthal has ever set foot in North America as far as the fossil record is concerned.

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At the railroad tracks, the car has its parking lights on as Mulder and Scully stand outside, watching the train pass. In the next shot, the headlights are on.

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The bees have been raised using a corn field in the middle of the desert. Bees do not pollenate/feed on grasses and so cannot have fed on the corn.

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Quotes

Special Agent Fox Mulder: [looking at a vile of serum with a syringe] What's this?

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Cigarette Smoking Man: Everybody down below! We may have a security breach! If you're not armed, arm yourselves!

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Assistant Director Walter Skinner: Agent Mulder, you and I both know that if it looks bad, it's bad for the FBI. Blame has to be assigned somewhere.

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Faq

Where does the movie fit in the series?

Between seasons 5 and 6.

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