The Xfiles I Want To Believe
Drama, Mystery
20th Century Fox  (9/8/2008) 104 mins PG-13

6.0 (23,779 votes)
Six years after the FBI closed the X-Files former agent Dr. Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) is working as a physician at Our Lady of Sorrows hospital where she is treating a boy with a rare terminal disease. In Virginia several women are abducted and the only clues the FBI has are provided by Father Joseph (Billy Connolly), a priest a convicted pedophile. He claims God is sending him visions of the crimes and he leads them to dismembered parts of victims buried in the snow. When a young agent becomes the next victim the FBI decides they need help from the former X-Files agents. They will drop all the charges against former agent Fox Mulder (David Duchovny) if he helps them with this case. Mulder and Scully with reluctance join the manhunt that pulls them in their dark past and the discovery a gory crime scene....

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Cast and Crew
David Duchovny  ......  Fox Mulder
Gillian Anderson  ......  Dr. Dana Scully
Amanda Peet  ......  ASAC Dakota Whitney
Billy Connolly  ......  Father Joseph Crissman
Xzibit  ......  Agent Mosley Drummy (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner)
Mitch Pileggi  ......  Walter Skinner
Director  .....  Chris Carter
Producer  .....  Chris Carter; Frank Spotnitz
Writer  .....  Frank Spotnitz; Chris Carter
Notes
Goofs:
Factual errors: Scully and Mulder fly in on a helicopter from Mulder's house. After landing and exiting the helicopter the rotor is still turning but Scully's and Mulder's hair remain in place. The rotor wash would blow their hair around, in the next shot you see them walking away from helicopter with the rotor still turning. (more)

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. (more)

Filming Locations:
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada (more)

Quotes:
Dana Scully: Listen to me! I need your help!
Agent Mosley Drummy: I'm sorry. I - I can't help you.
Dana Scully: Then let me talk to somebody there with some balls who can.
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