The Xfiles Fight The Future
Science Fiction
20th Century Fox  (1998) 121 mins PG-13

6.8 (33,255 votes)
Thirty-seven thousand years ago, a deadly secret was buried in a cave in Texas. Now the secret has been unleashed. And its discovery may mean the end of all humanity. "The plague to end all plagues."

When a terrorist bomb destroys a building in Dallas, Texas, FBI Agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) are drawn into a dangerous conspiracy surpassing anything they've ever encountered. With the dubious assistance of a paranoid doctor (Academy Award®-winner Martin Landau), Mulder and Scully risk their careers and their lives to hunt down a deadly virus which may be extraterrestrial in origin - and could destroy all life on earth. Their pursuit of truth pits them against the mysterious Syndicate, powerful men who will stop at nothing to keep their secrets safe, leading the agents from a cave in Texas, to the halls of the FBI, and finally to a secret i...

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Cast and Crew
Martin Landau  ......  Alvin Kurtzweil, MD
David Duchovny  ......  Special Agent Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson  ......  Special Agent Dana Scully
John Neville  ......  The Well-Manicured Man
William B. Davis  ......  Cigarette Smoking Man / CGB Spender
Mitch Pileggi  ......  Assistant Director Walter Skinner
Director  .....  Rob Bowman
Producer  .....  Chris Carter; Daniel Sackheim
Writer  .....  Chris Carter; Frank Spotnitz
Notes
Goofs:
Mulder's mobile phone changes from a non-telescopic antenna type (presumably as a Nokia product placement) to a telescopic antenna type while he is in the room with the drink dispenser bomb. (more)

Trivia:
11:21 - the time Mulder goes to the Dallas Field Office, where Scully joins him and analyses the fossils. 11/21 is the birthdate of Chris Carter's wife. (more)

Filming Locations:
Bakersfield, California, USA (more)

Quotes:
[on the phone]
Bronschweig: It's Bronschweig. Sir, the impossible scenario we never planned for? Well, we better come up with a plan.
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Awards:
3 wins & 7 nominations (more)