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Summary: Excellent dramatization of eyewitness accounts.
Review: I have read numerous books containing eyewitness accounts of different, small events that took place in Roswell in July of 1947. Most of them taken by themselves can seem uncompelling, like pieces in a jig-saw puzzle. This film strings the events together in a way that clearly reveals a larger picture. I have read what seemed to me to be credible eyewitness accounts of all but two of the events portrayed here, like the nurse who knew nothing about anything except for a glimpse of something in the hospital. Again, taken by itself, at most an eyebrow raiser, but string a bunch of them together and what would seem to be incredible becomes undeniable.
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Summary: IS THE TRUTH IN HERE?
Review: It's about time that this made-for-cable movie sees the light of day on DVD. Whether you believe in UFO's or enjoy good sci-fi, you have to wonder what really happened in Roswell, New Mexico in July of 1947. Kyle MacLachlan is great as the disillusioned officer Jesse Marcel while Dwight Yoakam is a treat as the angry rancher Mac Brazel. The one to watch though is Martin Sheen. He manages to shadow MacLachlan at the 509th reunion until he turns him every which way but loose right at the end. Is Sheen telling the truth or serving up more disinformation? Or both? That would be best according to a Majestic-12 flashback. You decide. After all, the truth might be in here.
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Summary: Dwight Yoakam makes the movie
Review: Movie was pretty good. Dwight Yoakam makes the film though. He is simply amazing. His performance as Mac Brazell was astonishing.
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Summary: THEY'RE OUT THERE
Review: The Roswell story has been an interesting piece of "urban legend" for some time now. Did our government conspire to cover up the supposed crash landing of an alien spaceship? We'll never really know the truth, I'm sure. ROSWELL is an intriguing movie, although it lacks any real suspense and since we know how it ends, one is left with what is basically a character study of Jesse, the soldier who was humiliated and promoted in order to keep his mouth shut. Kyle MacLachlan, one of our most underrated actors, gives a solid, sturdy performance, even though his makeup conjures up images of Brad Dourif. Martin Sheen's enigmatic character makes an appearance at the end of the film, but we never know who he is. Dwight Yoakam does well as the farmer who first discovers the wreckage. However, only MacLachlan's character is developed fully enough to care about. A clean, clinical and provocative movie; just not a great one.
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Summary: THEY'RE OUT THERE
Review: The Roswell story has been an interesting piece of "urban legend" for some time now. Did our government conspire to cover up the supposed crash landing of an alien spaceship? We'll never really know the truth, I'm sure. ROSWELL is an intriguing movie, although it lacks any real suspense and since we know how it ends, one is left with what is basically a character study of Jesse, the soldier who was humiliated and promoted in order to keep his mouth shut. Kyle MacLachlan, one of our most underrated actors, gives a solid, sturdy performance, even though his makeup conjures up images of Brad Dourif. Martin Sheen's enigmatic character makes an appearance at the end of the film, but we never know who he is. Dwight Yoakam does well as the farmer who first discovers the wreckage. However, only MacLachlan's character is developed fully enough to care about. A clean, clinical and provocative movie; just not a great one.
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Summary: This Should Not To Be Confused with T.V. Show ROSWELL!
Review: This Film Has Nothing to Do with The Popular Cult Teenage Science Fiction Television Series Drama of The Same Name At All What So Ever!!!
This Was A Big Budget 1994 Made For Cable Television Movie.
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This is a very very Serious Fact-Based Docudrama About The Legendary 1947 U.F.O. crash and The Supposedly True Account of an Actual Real Crashed Alien Space-Ship.
This Movie Star's
Kyle MacLachlan
Martin Sheen
Dwight Yoakam
Xander Berkeley
Kim Greist
And Charles Martin Smith.
Also
This Movie Was Directed By Jeremy Paul Kagan.
To See Many Different Opinions of This Movie Read The Reviews Below.
Thank You For Reading This Review.
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Summary: Classic story, classic movie.
Review: Though I couldn't care less whether intelligent alien life exists or not (IMHO it probably doesn't, and if it does it would bear many of the same hideous flaws that any "intelligent" life has), this movie is one of thee best UFO flicks I have ever seen. Whether you like good sci-fi stories, UFO mythology, or if UFO-ology is basically your religion (sigh), this is a great movie based on the classic UFO crash myth near Roswell, New Mexico in 1947. Wonderfully filmed, with a good solid script and fine acting. The characters (even the minor ones) are lifelike and appear to be given a great deal of thought. If you want to see one of the best, earliest foundations for the 20th century take on alien life (complete with a typically awful, thankfully short, scene depicting the supposed vastly superior minds of alien life over our own), then this is it. Of course, as this movie shows, it merely scratches the surface of just how far some people take the whole UFO thing and just how much story potential there is within UFO-ology. If you want to be really disturbed by something however, consider the claim at the beginning of this movie that the story is "...based on events that happened near Roswell, New Mexico"! Kyle Maclachlan (who stared in the original Dune, also appeared in Twin Peaks) does a real nice job here in the lead. A fine actor with a good talent for playing intelligent, inquisitive, determined characters (qualities we could all look for more here among humanity instead of looking towards outer space for them). The movie works well on different levels. Outside of a few weaknesses, the story of the whole Roswell incident itself is fairly brilliant and it's understandable that this movie would turn out pretty good. Yet, this movie also can be used to work the mind as you sit back and think of all the alternative theories possible to the ones given. Many of the alternatives are given right in front of us within the story, sometimes even painfully obviously so. The movie ends on a touching, somewhat sad note as we see further into the isolation, and perhaps self-deception, portrayed so well by Kyle Maclachlan. Perhaps in the long run it can also be seen as a good warning about obsessive-compulsive behaviors, whether one is right or wrong in their views. I think the real question UFO extremists need to ask however is, is this belief trip really necessary? Roswell (1994) helps in thinking about this.
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