READ THIS FIRST: This is a 12-inch Diameter Laserdisc, which is NOT the same as DVD and cannot be played on a DVD player!

Laserdisc Title: "THE X FILES (Movie)"
Edition: Widescreen Edition (Double-Disc Set)
Directed By: Rob Bowman
Starring: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Martin Landau, Blythe Danner, Armin Mueller-Stahl
Production / Year: 1998 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp
Running Time: 122 Minutes / Color
Audio Format: Dolby Digital AC-3 Surround, Digital Sound, Stereo
Video Format: LTBX (2.35:1), NTSC, CLV (Extended Play)
Miscellaneous Features: Rated PG-13, Closed Captioned
Distributed By: 20th Century Fox Film Entertainment
Catalog / Spine Number: 0044885

Cosmetic Condition:
Disc (s): Very Good - Some very light to very minor hairline surface swirls or very light fingerprint marks (Japan Pressing)
Jacket: Very Good - Normal shelf wear, few creases, slightly worn-out corners or edges and taped-up small splits middle of top and bottom spines

Synopsis:

The definitive American television series of the '90s comes to the big screen with an anticlimactic whimper. And how could it be otherwise? Why should material so perfectly realized in one medium necessarily translate well into another? The series is crisply and thoughtfully executed in just about every detail, but the heart of its appeal lies in the elegant handling of complicated and evolving ongoing story lines, which is not something movies are especially good at. The big-screen drive for closure cramps the creative style, though it may also help nonfans get a grip on the proceedings. We do get some invigorating thrills and chills, however, and a more satisfying sense of the scale of an all-enveloping human-alien conspiracy than ever before, but there's no more plot development here than in an average two-part season-ending. FBI black sheep Mulder and Scully have been temporarily transferred from the X-Files project to an anti-terrorist unit to investigate an Oklahoma City-style bombing. They uncover a new wrinkle in the Syndicate/Cancer Man conspiracy--basically an attempt to help one bunch of (benign?) aliens fight off another bunch who want to colonize Earth. A spectacular, ice-bound finale thrillingly staged by series-veteran director Rob Bowman offers Mulder (but not a conveniently unconscious Scully) his first clear look at a You Know What, which in some quarters qualifies as an epochal event. Martin Landau offers the agents some crucial clues, and several familiar TV faces (including the Lone Gunmen and Mitch Pileggi's indispensable Assistant Director Skinner) turn up briefly to wink knowingly at faithful fans.

Two of television's most beloved characters-F.B.I. agents Mulder (David Duchovny) and Scully (Gillian Anderson)-make their big-screen début in Chris Carter's attempt (along with series director Rob Bowman) to revive the great seventies governmental-conspiracy movie. (The contemporary twist has to do with aliens and a secret government that is aiding in the colonization of Earth-it's "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" meets "The Parallax View.") The strength of the movie, as with the series, is not just the creepy paranoid atmosphere-its dark, rain-drenched alleys are a delicious, steely noir-but also the hushed, unrequited romance between the two leads. But the film is ultimately disappointing-it's bigger budgeted, but somehow less engrossing when played outside the solitary intimacy of the tube. It'll be a great video flick.

THIS IS NOT A DVD!!! THIS IS A 12" LASERDISC AND WILL NOT PLAY IN A DVD PLAYER

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