Roswell (1994) (TV)

User Rating:

6.0/10   

Director:

Jeremy Kagan

Writers (WGA):

Kevin D. Randle (book) and
Donald R. Schmitt (book) ...

Release Date:

31 July 1994 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Sci-Fi | Mystery

Tagline:

The Pentagon Denied It Was A UFO. But One Man Knew Better Because He Was There.

Plot:

Beginning at a 30-year reunion for members of a military nuclear bomb unit, flashbacks are presented...

Plot Keywords:

Military | Roswell | UFO | Cover Up | Roswell New Mexico

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Kyle MacLachlan	...	Jesse Marcel
Martin Sheen	...	Townsend
Dwight Yoakam	...	Mac Brazel
Xander Berkeley	...	Sherman Carson
Bob Gunton	...	Frank Joyce
Kim Greist	...	Vy Marcel
Peter MacNicol	...	Lewis Rickett
John M. Jackson	...	Colonel Blanchard
Nick Searcy	...	Mortician
J.D. Daniels	...	Young Jesse Marcel, Jr.
Charles Hallahan	...	Older Pilot MacIntire
Ray McKinnon	...	Deputy Joe Pritchard
Eugene Roche	...	James Forrestal
Charles Martin Smith	...	Sheriff Wilcox
Doug Wert	...	Older Jesse Marcel, Jr.

Also Known As:

Incident at Roswell (Australia) (video title)
Roswell: The U.F.O. Cover-Up (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

Germany:90 min | USA:91 min | Portugal:93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Iceland:L | Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:12 | Germany:6 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Bisbee, Arizona, USA

Company:

Citadel Entertainment

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Maj. Jesse Marcel gets off the plane at Carswell AFB in Fort Worth, Texas, there are mountains in the background. There are no mountains in or near Fort Worth.

Quotes:

Mac Brazel: [Responding to a question from investigators about "little green men"] They ain't green.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 52nd Annual Golden Globe Awards (1995) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Smokin' Steel Guitar

Conspiracy or fact? This film doesn't tell you.

Interesting, but rarely exciting look at the events surrounding Roswell - a New Mexican town plagued with rumour and notoriety ever since an apparent U.F.O. crashed there in 1947. Of course, this above-par TV movie plays around with the myths and conspiracy theory's put forward by crackpots and officials ever since.

Story is told from Jesse Marcel's (MacLachlan) point of view, a soldier with the U.S. Army back in '47 when the incident happened. Story also takes place in 1977, where Jesse (with his tired wife Kim Griest and sceptical son Doug Wert) is still searching for the truth.

Film uses intriguing and long flashback sequences to explain the events of '47. In these flashbacks, we are told how Jesse is with the team that finds the wreckage of a craft. He takes some of the material home, and finds it is nothing like anything made on Earth, but soon enough, he finds there has been a cover-up, and then finds out he has been made the scapegoat. The army come out with the explanation that is was a weather balloon, various reports go missing and people are unwilling to talk. Jesse's search for the truth starts here. Jump forward to '77 again, and Jesse is regarded as a crackpot as well - with even his own son is beginning to think he should give it up. However, Jesse manages to track down old soldiers, doctors and officials, who 30 years on, may now be willing to speak.

Roswell never really answers the questions it and many others have raised, but it is still an intriguing insight in to a significant incident that still raises arguments today. A top notch cast - including Martin Sheen as a government official - also helps.