The X Files (1998)
The X Files (1998)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
David Duchovny
Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson
Agent Dana Scully
Mitch Pileggi
Assistant Director Walter Skinner
William B. Davis
The Cigarette-Smoking Man
John Neville
The Well-Manicured Man
Martin Landau
Kurtzweil
Jeffrey DeMunn
Bronschweig
Tom Braidwood
Frohike
Blythe Danner
Cassidy
Terry O'Quinn
Michaud
Dean Haglund
Langly
Bruce Harwood
Byers
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Strughold
Lucas Black
Stevie
Christopher Fennell
2nd Boy
Cody Newton
3rd Boy
Blake Stokes
4th Boy
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
Ted King
FBI Agent on Roof
Luis Beckford
FBI Agent
Steve Rankin
Field Agent
Gary Grubbs
Fire Captain Cooles
Steven M. Gagnon
Last Agent Out
Larry Joshua
DC Cop
Glendon Rich
DC Cop #2
Gunther Jenson
Security Guard
Scott Alan Smith
Technician
Ian Ruskin
Well-Manicured Man's Valet
Paul Welterlen
Control Room Operator
Joel Traywick
Young Naval Guard
Milton Johns
British Valet
Michael Krawic
2nd Paramedic
Larry Rippenkroeger
Towncar Driver
Josh McLaglen
Buzz Mihoe / First Assistant Director
Randy Hall
Windbreakered Agent
T.C. Badalato
Fireman
Amine Zary
Tunisian
David Paris
Pilot / Aerial Coordinator
Vanessa Morley
Young Samantha Mulder (archive footage)
Jason Beghe
FBI Man at Bomb Site (uncredited)
Glenne Headly
Barmaid
Rob Bowman
Director
Chris Carter
Screenplay / Producer / Story
Lata Ryan
Executive Producer
Daniel Sackheim
Producer
Mark Snow
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Ward Russell
Director of Photography
Stephen Mark
Editor
Christopher Nowak
Production Design
Gregory Bolton
Art Direction
Hugo Santiago
Art Direction
Jackie Carr
Set Decoration
Marlene Stewart
Costume Design
Meg Liberman
Casting
Frank Spotnitz
Story / Co-Producer
Mary Astadourian
Associate Producer
Marc Fisichella
Supervising Art Director
Jennifer Jaafar
Art Department Assistant
Patti McNulty
Art Department Coordinator
Dins W. W. Danielsen
Assistant Art Director
Bill Iiams
Construction Coordinator
Tim Donelan
Leadman
Carrie L.A.
Location Scout
Michael Gates
Painter
Fanée Aaron
Set Designer
James N. Delaplane
Standby Painter
Lloyd Ahern II
Additional Photography
Mark La Bonge
Camera Operator
Brad Edmiston
First Assistant Camera
James Sweet
Key Grip
Jason Bell
Grip
Phil Bowen
Aerial Camera Technician
Merrick Morton
Still Photographer
John Casey
Costume Supervisor
Kerry Mendenhall
Key Hair Stylist
Gino Crognale
Key Makeup Artist
Lance Anderson
Prosthetic Makeup Artist
Nancy Collini
Set Costumer
Ronnie Lombard
Set Dressing Artist
Damian 'Rocky' Polito
Carpenter
Derek Hurd
Craft Service
Peter Koczera
Digital Effects Supervisor
Don Poole
Driver
Matthew A. Del Ruth
Camera Loader
Alec Gillis
Makeup Effects
Robert Mendoza
Post Production Assistant
Samuel H. Adams
Propmaker
Mike Carrillo
Property Master
Todd J. Adelman
Set Medic
Rachel Flackett
Set Production Assistant
Craig Heath
Sound Recordist
Paul J. Lombardi
Special Effects Coordinator
Fred Fein
Stand In
Tim A. Davison
Stunt Coordinator
Brian Bennett
Stunts
Howard Bachrach
Transportation Captain
Maxwell R. Johnson II
Transportation Co-Captain
Steve Duncan
Transportation Coordinator
David Womark
Unit Production Manager
Alex L. Worman
Unit Publicist
Mark Suveg
Video Assist Operator
Pamela Choules
Visual Effects Editor
Tricia Ronten
Script Supervisor
Dennis McNeill
Color Timer
Susan Dawes
Dialogue Editor
Margaret Adachi
First Assistant Editor
Mark Ballentine
Best Boy Electric
Harold Groshon
Electrician
Carl Boles
Gaffer
Jenna Abrahamson-Minardi
Lighting Technician
Mike Amorelli
Rigging Gaffer
Pasquale Attanasio
Rigging Grip
Michael J. Burmeister
Location Manager
Stevie Lazo
Production Accountant
Dina Farnell
Production Coordinator
Perry Petrzilka
Production Manager
Doris Donnenberg
Production Supervisor
R.J. Kizer
ADR Supervisor
Mark Steinbeck
Boom Operator
Blake R. Cornett
Assistant Sound Editor
Jeff Charbonneau
Music Editor
David Was
Music Supervisor
Jonathan Sacks
Orchestrator
Paul Urmson
Sound Designer
Paul Apted
Sound Effects Editor
Geoffrey Patterson
Sound Mixer
John A. Larsen
Supervising Sound Editor
Kenneth Au
Digital Compositors
Stan Blackwell
Special Effects Supervisor
Fred Simon
Visual Effects
Daphne Dentz
Visual Effects Coordinator
Matthew Ferro
Visual Effects Producer
Mat Beck
Visual Effects Supervisor
Mark Kenna
Dolby Consultant
Rodger Pardee
Sound
Jim Martin
Production Illustrator
Helen Monaghan
Key Costumer
Michael Mills
Makeup Supervisor
Renato De Cotiis
Additional Third Assistant Director
Rich Sickler
Second Second Assistant Director
Phil Booth
Third Assistant Director
Howard Fannon
Assistant Property Master
Tim Flattery
Concept Artist
Susan A. Burig
Graphic Designer
Jill Hall
Set Dressing Buyer
Robb Bihun
Storyboard Artist
Max E. Brehme
Swing
Ramsey McDaniel
Title Designer
Jeff Hamon
ADR Mixer
Diane Linn
ADR Recordist
James Bolt
Additional Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Dawn Fintor
Foley Artist
David Betancourt
Foley Mixer
Carrie Cashman
Foley Recordist
Scott D. Mattson
Special Effects Assistant
Jan Beran
Special Effects Technician
Miyuki Takahashi
2D Artist
Edwin Rivera
2D Supervisor
Erik Henry
Additional Visual Effects
Christopher Leone
VFX Artist
Jim Cashman
Visual Effects Production Assistant
Heather Burton
Stunt Double
Tom Gleason
Assistant Camera
Chad C. Barrow
Best Boy Grip
Jamie Sewell
Clapper Loader
Rick Kangrga
Dolly Grip
Merritt Gold
Focus Puller
Michael Cassidy
Second Assistant Camera
Erik Liles
Senior Animator
Patrick Rush
Additional Casting
Angela Terry
Casting Assistant
Janet Tebrooke
Wardrobe Supervisor
Jeff Cahn
Assistant Editor
Gary Burritt
Negative Cutter
Stephen Sobisky
Project Manager
Timothy Falconer
Assistant Location Manager
David M. Wermus
Location Assistant
Linda Gregory
Accountant
Ricky Cuevas
Assistant Accountant
Jennifer S. Deayton
Assistant Production Coordinator
Jerry Solomon
Chief Lighting Technician
Travis Baumann
Compositing Artist
Greg Strause
Digital Supervisor
Kelly Richards Ralston
First Assistant Accountant
Anna Bradley
Key Set Production Assistant
Julie Ann Moyeda
Payroll Accountant
Dave Casella
Production Assistant
John Nein
Production Secretary
Shaun M. McGovern
Second Assistant Accountant
William O. Heaton
Technical Advisor
William H. Burton Sr.
Second Unit Director
Nancy Thurston
Stunts
Lisa Dempsey
Stunts
Jon H. Epstein
Stunt Double
Troy Robinson
Stunts
Troy Brown
Stunts
Bob Brown
Stunts
Gregory J. Barnett
Stunts
Steve M. Davison
Stunts
John C. Meier
Stunts
Billy D. Lucas
Stunts
Michael Runyard
Stunts
Kendel McMurray
Stunts
Jimmy N. Roberts
Stunts
William H. Burton Jr.
Stunts
Chris Blackwood
Stunts
Hal Burton
Stunts
Dale Gibson
Stunts
Dane Farwell
Stunts
Steve Holladay
Stunts
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 19, 1998
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 1m
Content RatingPG-13
Budget$66,000,000
Box Office$189,198,313
Filming LocationsLos Angeles · Long Beach, United States of America · British Columbia, Canada
Genres
Wiki.
The X-Files (also known as The X-Files: Fight the Future) is a 1998 American science fiction thriller film based on Chris Carter's television series of the same name, which revolves around fictional unsolved cases called the X-Files and the characters solving them. It was directed by Rob Bowman, written by Carter and Frank Spotnitz and featured five main characters from the television series: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Mitch Pileggi, John Neville, and William B. Davis reprise their respective roles as FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, Well-Manicured Man, and the Cigarette-Smoking Man. The film was promoted with the tagline Fight the Future.
The film takes place between seasons five (episode "The End") and six (episode "The Beginning") of the television series, and is based upon the series' extraterrestrial mythology. The story follows agents Mulder and Scully, removed from their usual jobs on the X-Files, and investigating the bombing of a building and the destruction of criminal evidence. They uncover what appears to be a government conspiracy attempting to hide the truth about an alien colonization of Earth.
Carter decided to make a feature film to explore the show's mythology on a wider scale and appeal to non-fans. He wrote the story with Frank Spotnitz at the end of 1996 and, with a budget from 20th Century Fox, filming began in 1997, following the end of the show's fourth season. Carter assembled cast and crew from the show, as well as some other, well-known actors such as Blythe Danner and Martin Landau, to begin production on what they termed "Project Blackwood". The film was produced by Carter and Daniel Sackheim. Mark Snow continued his role as X-Files composer to create the film's score.
The film premiered on June 19, 1998, in the United States, and received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success, earning $189 million worldwide against a budget of $66 million. A sequel, titled I Want to Believe, was released ten years later.