The X-Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

Director:

Chris Carter

Writers (WGA):

Frank Spotnitz (written by) and
Chris Carter (written by) ...
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Release Date:

25 July 2008 (USA)

Genre:

Mystery | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Believe Again

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Sequel | Based On TV Series

US Showtimes:

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Cast

David Duchovny	...	Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson	...	Dana Scully
Amanda Peet	...	ASAC Dakota Whitney
Billy Connolly	...	Father Joseph Crissman
Xzibit	...	Agent Mosley Drummy (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner)
Callum Keith Rennie	...	2nd Abductor (Janke Dacyshyn)
Adam Godley	...	Father Ybarra
Alex Diakun	...	Gaunt Man
Nicki Aycox	...	2nd Victim
Fagin Woodcock	...	1st Abductor (Franz Tomczeszyn)
Marco Niccoli	...	Christian Fearon
Carrie Ruscheinsky	...	Margaret Fearon
Spencer Maybee	...	Blair Fearon
Veronika Hadrava	...	Female Assistant
Denis Krasnogolov	...	Male Assistant
Patrick Keating	...	Slight Man
Roger Horchow	...	Elderly Gent
Stephen E. Miller	...	Feed Store Proprietor
Xantha Radley	...	Monica Bannan
Lorena Gale	...	On Screen Doctor
Donavon Stinson	...	Suited Man
Dion Johnstone	...	1st Cop
Sarah-Jane Redmond	...	Special Agent In Charge
Christina D'Alimonte	...	Doctor's Colleague
Vanesa Tomasino	...	Hallway Agent
Luvia Petersen	...	O.R. Nurse
Babs Chula	...	Surgeon (as Babz Chula)
Marci T. House	...	Sheriff
Joseph Patrick Finn	...	Whispering Priest (as J.P. Finn)
Beth Siegler	...	Anesthesiologist
Stacee Copeland	...	Doctor
Tom Charron	...	Sheriff Horton
Brent O'Connor	...	Tow Truck Driver (as Brent C.S. O'Connor)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Mitch Pileggi	...	Assistant Director Walter Skinner

Directed by
Chris Carter

Writing credits (WGA)
Frank Spotnitz		(written by) and
Chris Carter		(written by)
Chris Carter		(television series "The X-Files")

Produced by
Chris Carter	....	producer
Brent O'Connor	....	executive producer
Frank Spotnitz	....	producer

Cinematography by
Bill Roe

Film Editing by
Richard A. Harris		(as Richard Harris)

Casting by
Heike Brandstatter
Mindy Marin
Coreen Mayrs

Production Design by
Mark S. Freeborn		(as Mark Freeborn)

Art Direction by
Tony Wohlgemuth

Set Decoration by
Shirley Inget

Costume Design by
Lisa Tomczeszyn

Makeup Department
Gitte Axen	....	makeup artist
Victoria Down	....	key makeup artist
Sherry Linder-Gygli	....	key hair stylist
Christopher Mark Pinhey	....	special makeup effects artist
Bill Terezakis	....	special makeup effects designer

Production Management
Simon Abbott	....	production manager
Wayne Bennett	....	production manager
Ron McLeod	....	production manager: second unit
Paul Rabwin	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Mat Beck	....	second unit director
Tom Braidwood	....	first assistant director: second unit
E.J. Foerster	....	second unit director
Jack Hardy	....	first assistant director
Dan Miller	....	third assistant director
Roger Scott Russell	....	second assistant director

Art Department
John Chaschowy	....	greensman
Mark Francis	....	prop buyer
David Hadaway	....	set designer
Scott Holburn	....	set dresser
Mike Lilley	....	graphic designer
Cheryl Marion	....	assistant art director
Marta McLaughlin	....	assistant property master
Wayne McLaughlin	....	property master
Eric Partridge	....	assistant property master
Sabine Schoppel	....	art department coordinator
Adrien Van Viersen	....	illustrator
Loree Wershler	....	graphic designer

Sound Department
Gloria D'Alessandro	....	dialogue editor
David Giammarco	....	sound re-recording mixer
Tim Gomillion	....	sound recordist
David Grimaldi	....	sound effects editor
Randall Guth	....	first assistant sound editor
Mildred Iatrou	....	adr editor
R.J. Kizer	....	adr supervisor
Martin Lacroix	....	boom operator
Helen Luttrell	....	dialogue supervisor
Todd R. Mason	....	sound effects recordist
Paul Massey	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charleen Richards	....	adr mixer (as Charleen Steeves)
Dennis Rogers	....	sound recordist
William Stein	....	re-recording engineer
William Unrau	....	sound assistant
Derek Vanderhorst	....	sound designer
Derek Vanderhorst	....	supervising sound editor
Michael T. Williamson	....	sound mixer
Wendy Czajkowsky	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Evan Daum	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Peter Gleaves	....	adr mixer (uncredited)
Bobby Johanson	....	adr mixer (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Colin Decker	....	special effects assistant
David Gauthier	....	special effects coordinator
Attila Vaski	....	special effects technician

Visual Effects by
David Alexander	....	supervisor
Rodrigo Armendariz	....	compositor
Steve Au	....	digital effects artist
Pharoah Barrett	....	3D artist
Geeta Basantani	....	visual effects set assistant
Mat Beck	....	senior visual effects supervisor
Darren Borrowman	....	visual effects on-set technician
Bryce Brecheisen	....	visual effects coordinator
Jonathan Butchard	....	visual effects coordinator: Frantic Films
Charles Collyer	....	digital compositor
Jon Cowley	....	digital supervisor
Glenn Curry	....	digital effects artist: EntityFX
Todd Daugherty	....	head of technology
Linda Drake	....	visual effects editor
Jason Dunn	....	compositor
Andrew Edwards	....	compositor
Ryan Epp	....	compositor
Thomas F. Ford IV	....	visual effects producer
Mark Goldberg	....	compositor
Don Greenberg	....	compositor
Junji Hirano	....	visual effects artist
Graham Houston	....	digital effects artist
Nathan Ilejay	....	video I/O
Brenda Ilic	....	visual effects producer: Entity FX North
Joni Jacobson	....	visual effects producer
Eli Jarra	....	digital supervisor
Aaron N. Leichter	....	video I/O
Andrew Lema	....	digital effects artist
Matthias Lowry	....	compositor
Jack Noriaki Matsumoto	....	digital effects artist
Steve J. McLeod	....	compositor
Vinay Mehta	....	digital compositor
Tena Montoya	....	visual effects producer
Brian Moylan	....	visual effects set supervisor
Viet Nguyen	....	systems engineer
Eugene Paluso	....	digital effects artist
Rod Park	....	visual effects producer
Shane Paugh	....	visual effects coordinator
Brian Petras	....	compositor
Lee Roderick	....	visual effects
Dan Rucinski	....	production supervisor
Brian Sales	....	compositor
Andrea Shear	....	digital effects artist
Randal Shore	....	visual effects producer: Frantic Films
Bobby Silman	....	digital compositor: Frantic Films
Nate Smalley	....	video I/O
Trent Smith	....	senior visual effects producer
Christina Spring	....	compositor
Mike Spring	....	compositor
Marty Taylor	....	compositor
Patrick Thompson	....	compositor
Donald Tse	....	compositor
Dmitry Vinnik	....	digital effects artist
John C. Wash	....	visual effects set supervisor
Dave Williams	....	compositor
Ian Wilson	....	digital effects artist
Doug Witsken	....	digital compositor

Stunts
Guy Bews	....	stunt driver
Tony Morelli	....	stunt coordinator
Jeff Sanca	....	stunt driver

Camera and Electrical Department
John S. Bartley	....	director of photography: second unit
Justin Bergler	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera, second unit
Hans Bjerno	....	aerial director of photography
Eric Dvorsky	....	Wescam technician
Eric Dvorsky	....	assistant camera: aerial unit
Lee Gibeau	....	camera crane technician
Lee Gibeau	....	grip
Russ Hawkes	....	dolly grip: second unit
Norbert Kaluza	....	camera operator: "a" camera, second unit
Jeremy Lundstrom	....	camera trainee
Sean Oxenbury	....	rigging gaffer
Rob Parisien	....	digital video assist operator
Andrew Pereszlenyi	....	best boy: lighting
David Tickell	....	gaffer
Tony Whiteside	....	key grip: second unit
Carrie Wilson	....	camera loader

Casting Department
Kara Lipson	....	casting associate
Meagan Lopez	....	casting assistant
Tiffany Mak	....	casting department

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carolyn Bentley	....	set costumer
Dawn Climie	....	on-set costume supervisor
Nancy Collini	....	costumer
Brodie Davison	....	costumer
Janice Devries	....	costume coordinator
Kevin Harrison	....	set costumer
Michelle Hunter	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Gary Burritt	....	negative cutter
Ryan Chavez	....	assistant editor
Geofrey Hildrew	....	assistant editor
Harry Muller	....	color timer
Devin Sterling	....	digital intermediate producer

Music Department
Pete Anthony	....	conductor
Jeff Charbonneau	....	music editor
Kevin Globerman	....	digital score recordist
Benoit Grey	....	midi score programmer
Randy Kerber	....	orchestrator
Katia Lewin Palomo	....	score mixing assistant
Alan Meyerson	....	music scoring mixer
Jonathan Sacks	....	orchestrator
Mark Snow	....	conductor
John Ashton Thomas	....	orchestrator
Gina Zimmitti	....	music contractor

Transportation Department
James Perenseff	....	transportation coordinator

Other crew
Portia Belmont	....	script supervisor
Deborah D. Bose	....	location manager
Suzie Bruce	....	assistant accountant
Mandy Butler	....	production accountant
Brett Davies	....	assistant production coordinator
Katie Forss	....	first assistant accountant
Evan Godfrey	....	assistant to director
Elspeth Grafton	....	script supervisor: second unit
Lauren Henry	....	animal provider
Paul Jasper	....	animal coordinator
Lee Jeffrey	....	stand-in
Marcie Larson	....	assistant: producer
Gemma Levinson	....	production assistant
Jennifer Metcalf	....	production coordinator
Nadine Moser	....	production assistant
Brieann Rich	....	craft service
Michael Rich	....	production assistant
Nicholas Rich	....	set medic
Mick Rochon	....	production assistant
Carmen Siegers	....	second assistant production coordinator
Roland Sonnenburg	....	animal provider
Matthew Tingey	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Crying Box Productions
• Ten Thirteen Productions
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• 20th Century Fox (2008) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox de Argentina (2008) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• FS Film Oy (2008) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox C.I.S. (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century Fox (2008) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (2008) (Netherlands) (theatrical)

Special Effects

• At The Post
• Entity FX
• Frantic Films (visual effects)
• Screaming Death Monkey

Other Companies

• Decca Records  soundtrack
• Entity FX  visual effects
• Hollywood Studio Symphony  music performed by
• Newman Scoring Stage, Twentieth Century Fox Studios, The  music recorded at
• On Tour Productions  grip and lighting equipment
• Paramount Transportation Services  transportation services

Also Known As:

The X Files 2 (USA) (working title)
The X Files: Done One (USA) (working title)
The X-Files (USA) (promotional abbreviation)
The X-Files Movie (USA) (promotional title)
Untitled X Files Sequel (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing content and thematic material.

Runtime:

Canada:105 min | USA:100 min

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | Russian

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Canada:14A (British Columbia) | Ireland:15A | Finland:K-15 | UK:15 | Malaysia:U | Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIB | Australia:M | USA:PG-13 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Argentina:13

Filming Locations:

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Crying Box Productions

Trivia:

The television show ("The X Files" (1993)) upon which this movie is based was filmed for its first five seasons in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The show's production moved to Los Angeles for seasons 6-9, but this movie was once again filmed in and around Vancouver. While the show was made in Vancouver, the show often used local Canadian actors in guest and secondary roles, often reusing the same actors in different parts in multiple episodes. With the franchise's return to Vancouver, the producers were able to continue the tradition by recasting many of the same actors they had used so often on the show. For example, Alex Diakun (Gaunt Man) appeared as different characters in three episodes; Lorena Gale (On Screen Doctor) appeared as different characters in three episodes; Stephen E. Miller (Feed Store Proprietor) appeared as different characters in three episodes including the pilot; Sarah-Jane Redmond (Special Agent In Charge) appeared as different characters in two episodes; Stacee Copeland (Doctor) appeared as different characters in two episodes. Callum Keith Rennie (2nd Abductor - Janke Dacyshyn) appeared as different characters in two episodes and was the original choice to play the long-running character Alex Krycek. Several other secondary and tertiary members of the movie cast had also appeared on the show as other characters.

Quotes:

[from trailer]
Father Joe: So you believe in these kind of things?
Fox Mulder: Let's just say that I want to believe.

Movie Connections:

Follows "The X Files" (1993)

Great!!!!

Before I went to see this movie, I had seen 3 episodes of the TV show, despite having grown up with the series. One episode I saw when I was 9, and 2 just this week, when I decided to try the show out to see if I liked it. The first two episodes drew me in, and even though I thought I would be confused by the movie, I went to see it anyway.

Needless to say, I was not confused that much at all. The story was great, and I found myself drawn right into the characters despite not having seen much of their interaction previously. There was enough action and suspense to keep the story moving, and everyone in the cinema seemed to enjoy it.

When I left the cinema, all I wanted to do was go home and watch more episodes of the TV show, which was probably the intention of the producers of the film; to draw interest back into the series, which is what they achieved.

So, for me, as someone who hadn't watched the television show, I enjoyed the movie, as did my sister who had never seen an episode in her life. I definitely recommend it! Two thumbs up!