The stars of TV's THE X-FILES, Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson) make it to the big screen in this long-awaited extension of the hit television series. True to the premise of the show, the movie opens with the discovery of a mysterious black substance which is predictably covered up by an unnamed, seemingly official group of men. Evading various perils, Mulder and Scully scramble through a series of spectacularly shot scenes not possible in the television productions.
Theatrical release: June 19, 1998.
Blu-ray Disc Features:
Region 1
Keep Case - Checkpoint, Sensormatic
Widescreen - 2.40
Audio:
DTS HD Master Audio 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround 5.1 - French, Spanish
Subtitles - English, Spanish, Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Additional Footage - Gag Reel
Alternate Scenes - "Bee Sting Scene"
Audio Commentary - Original DVD Commentary by Creator Chris Carter and Director Rob Bowman (1999)
Featurettes - 1. "Blackwood: The Making of THE X-FILES: FIGHT THE FUTURE"
2. "Visual Effects"
3. "Scoring"
4. "The Making Of THE X-FILES Movie (1998)"
Trailers - THE X-FILE: I WANT TO BELIEVE Trailers (4)
Interactive Features:
Additional Interactive Features - In-Movie Features via BD Remote Direct Access:
1. In-Movie Features via BD remote direct access
2. Real-time Index (Red Button)
3. BonusView Commentary (Green Button)
4. Behind The Camera (Blue Button)
5. Storyboards and Concept Art (Yellow Button)
Multiple Angles - BonusView Mode:
1. Picture-in-picture Commentary by Creator Chris Carter, Director Rob Bowman, Co-producer/Writer Frank Spotnitz and Producer Daniel Sackheim
Text/Photo Galleries:
Still Galleries
Distributor Notes: Thirty-seven thousand years ago, a deadly secret was buried in a cave in Texas. Now the secret has been unleashed. And it's discovery may mean the end of all humanity.
"The plague to end all plagues"
When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in Dallas, Texas, FBI Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy surpassing anything they've ever encountered. With the dubious assistance of a paranoid doctor (Academy Award -winner Martin Landau). Mulder and Scully risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be extraterrestrial in origin - and could destroy all life on earth. Their pursuit of truth pits them against the mysterious Syndicate, powerful men who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets safe, leading the agents from the cave in Texas, to the halls of the FBI, and finally to a secret installation in Antarctica which holds the greatest secret of all.
Source: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Director of Photography
Ward T. Russell: Director of Photography
Production Designer
Christopher Nowak:
Review 1:
"...Cheeky, gorgeous, and insouciantly aware of its big-screen occasion..." -- Rating: A-
Source: Entertainment Weekly
pp.91-2 10/16/1998
Review 2:
"...There are some funny in-jokes and creepy encounters with creatures trying to re-colonize Earth..."
Source: USA Today
p.8E 07/17/1998
Review 3:
"...Impressively lensed....Exciting and compelling from start to finish, maintaining the intelligent writing, wry humor and character chemistry of the series..."
Source: Box Office
p.47 08/01/1998
Review 4:
"...X-philes can look forward to appearances by series regulars..."
Source: Premiere
p.18 07/01/1998