Roswell (1994) (TV)

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:

Anachronisms: In one scene set around the time of the alien crash the song "Stay all Night, Stay a Little Longer" by Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys is played as background music. Unfortunately the version played is from the album "For the Last Time" recorded in 1972.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Kendra: Lust in America (#1.3)" (2009)

Soundtrack:

Prelude from Suite No. 4

some likely truths

One thing that impressed me a bit about his movie were the scenes of government officials discussing what to do in the wake of Roswell. I consider it highly likely that the coverup was (and still is) motivated primarily by a realization that advanced ETs, if revealed, would devastate existing religious beliefs and political institutions. Also intriguing were the tactics proposed to help the coverup. Bad information was to be leaked through good sources and good information through bad sources. There is fairly good evidence of this. The whole Roswell case is awash with nonsense and disinformation put out by people in touch with the government, notably Corso, Courtney Brown and K.Korff.The latter supports the official line that no ET crash occurred; it was just a balloon array, supposedly difficult to identify because it consisted of 23 balloons. But many people can see through official explanations, so outright denial must be supplemented by disinformation.If they can't prevent some people from believing at least they can try to prevent them from drawing the right conclusions.That is the purpose of disinformation. The truth is that Roswell was a deliberate crash, intended to contact the government without frightening it, as landing intact would have. Note that the aliens don't land and reveal themselves yet, not any more than the government discloses their existence. The two have collaborated since the outset, in 1947.To obscure this, Corso portrayed the aliens as hostile, while the putative briefing document says their intentions are completely unknown. The obvious implication, and purpose of the phoney document, is to discredit the reality: ET-government collaboration.