Fire in the Sky
DVD cover for Fire in the Sky
Directed by	Robert Lieberman
Produced by	Todd Black
Written by	Travis Walton (book) Tracy Tormé (screenplay)
Starring	D. B. Sweeney Robert Patrick Craig Sheffer Peter Berg James Garner
Music by	Mark Isham
Cinematography	Bill Pope
Editing by	Steve Mirkovich
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	March 12, 1993
Running time	109 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	N/A
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Fire in the Sky is a 1993 science fiction film. It is directed by Robert Lieberman, written by Travis Walton (from his book The Walton Experience) and Tracy Tormé (screenplay). The film stars D. B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg, and James Garner. The original music score is composed by Mark Isham. Image File history File links Fire_in_the_Sky_DVD_Cover. ... Robert Lieberman is a director of movies and television series. ... It has been suggested that The Walton Experience be merged into this article or section. ... Tracy R. Tormé, the son of Mel Tormé, is a screenwriter and producer of such works as Saturday Night Live, Odyssey 5, Sliders, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Fire in the Sky. ... D.B. as Michael Whitman on Life As We Know It Daniel Bernard Sweeney (born November 14, 1961 in Shoreham, New York) is an American film and television actor. ... Robert Patrick as the T-1000, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day Robert Patrick (born November 5, 1958 in Marietta, Georgia, USA) is an American actor. ... Craig Sheffer (born April 23, 1960 in York, Pennsylvania) is an American film actor. ... Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964 in New York City) is an American actor and film director. ... James Garner (born Norman, Oklahoma, April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor of partially Cherokee Indian descent. ... Mark Isham is an American trumpeter, synthesist, and composer. ... Bill Pope(born June 19, 1952) is an award winning American cinematographer, best known for his work on the Matrix trilogy and Spider Man movies. ... Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ... March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... // March 31 - Actor Brandon Lee is accidentally killed during the filming of The Crow. ... Poster for 2001: A Space Odyssey, an archetypal science fiction film Science fiction film is a film genre that uses speculative, science-based depictions of imaginary phenomena such as extra-terrestrial lifeforms, alien worlds, and time travel, often along with technological elements such as futuristic spacecraft, robots, or other technologies. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Robert Lieberman is a director of movies and television series. ... Screenwriters, scenarists or script writers, are authors who write the screenplays from which movies and television programs are made. ... It has been suggested that The Walton Experience be merged into this article or section. ... The Walton Experience is a 1978 non-fiction book by Travis Walton, about his alleged abduction in 1975 by UFOs and subsequent experiences. ... Tracy R. Tormé, the son of Mel Tormé, is a screenwriter and producer of such works as Saturday Night Live, Odyssey 5, Sliders, Star Trek: The Next Generation and Fire in the Sky. ... D.B. as Michael Whitman on Life As We Know It Daniel Bernard Sweeney (born November 14, 1961 in Shoreham, New York) is an American film and television actor. ... Robert Patrick as the T-1000, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day Robert Patrick (born November 5, 1958 in Marietta, Georgia, USA) is an American actor. ... Craig Sheffer (born April 23, 1960 in York, Pennsylvania) is an American film actor. ... Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964 in New York City) is an American actor and film director. ... James Garner (born Norman, Oklahoma, April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor of partially Cherokee Indian descent. ... Mark Isham is an American trumpeter, synthesist, and composer. ...

Tagline: Alien abduction. November 5, 1975. White Mountains, Northeastern Arizona. Based on the true story.

Plot summary

On November 5, 1975, near Snowflake, Arizona, logger Travis Walton disappears mysteriously during an encounter with a flying saucer. Authorities treat with skepticism the outrageous story related by the only witnesses to the event, Walton's co-workers, who include his best friend and future brother-in-law, Mike Rogers. They are suspected of foul play despite no apparent motive or clue as to Walton's previous whereabouts. A state lawman finds a tabloid newspaper in the crew's pickup truck and quickly ascertains that tensions had arisen between Walton and Allan Dallis, a surly fellow co-worker, leading him to conclude that a murder cover-up is underway. However, all the men pass lie detector tests and the case becomes stalled. Then, five days later, just as mysteriously, Walton reappears, claiming he was abducted by extraterrestrials and taken aboard a UFO. November 5 is the 309th day of the year (310th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 56 days remaining. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Snowflake is a town in Navajo County, Arizona, United States. ... A logger is someone who is employed in the logging industry to cut down and transport trees to market. ... It has been suggested that The Walton Experience be merged into this article or section. ... The Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, currently used by the SETI project in the search for extraterrestrial life Extraterrestrial life is life that may exist and originate outside the planet Earth, the only place in the universe currently known by humans to support life. ... A UFO or Unidentified Flying Object is any real or apparent flying object which cannot be identified by the observer and which remains unidentified after investigation. ...

Main cast

• D. B. Sweeney ... as Travis Walton
• Robert Patrick ... as Mike Rogers
• Craig Sheffer ... as Allan Dallis
• Peter Berg ... as David Whitlock
• Henry Thomas ... as Greg Hayes
• Bradley Gregg ... as Bobby Cogdill
• Noble Willingham ... as Sheriff Blake Davis
• Kathleen Wilhoite ... as Katie Rogers
• James Garner ... as Lieutenant Frank Watters

D.B. as Michael Whitman on Life As We Know It Daniel Bernard Sweeney (born November 14, 1961 in Shoreham, New York) is an American film and television actor. ... Robert Patrick as the T-1000, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day Robert Patrick (born November 5, 1958 in Marietta, Georgia, USA) is an American actor. ... Craig Sheffer (born April 23, 1960 in York, Pennsylvania) is an American film actor. ... Peter Berg (born March 11, 1964 in New York City) is an American actor and film director. ... Henry Thomas Henry Jackson Thomas was born September 9, 1971 in San Antonio, Texas, USA, the son of a hydraulics mechanic. ... Bradley Gregg is an actor,director,writer, and producer. ... Noble Willingham (August 31, 1931 in Mineola, Texas — January 17, 2004 in Palm Springs, California) was an American television and film actor. ... Kathleen Wilhoite (born June 29, 1964 in Santa Barbara, California) is an American film and television actress. ... James Garner (born Norman, Oklahoma, April 7, 1928) is an American film and television actor of partially Cherokee Indian descent. ...

Trivia

• Walton's original book, The Walton Experience was later re-released as Fire in the Sky (ISBN 1-56924-710-2) to promote its connection to the film.
• A made-for-television film of almost identical title, A Fire in the Sky, made in 1978, concerns a comet on collision course with Earth that strikes just outside Phoenix, Arizona. The focus of the film deals with the reaction of denial, and then a desperate bid to get out of the city.
• The real Travis Walton makes a cameo appearance in this film.
• Robert Patrick played an extraterrestrial himself in the 1998 film The Faculty and in 2000 joined the cast of the TV series The X-Files as Special Agent Doggett.
• This film was shot on location in Oakland, Oregon.
• The film strongly hints that the entire incident was indeed a hoax, exacerbated by Skywatch inducing false memories.

The Walton Experience is a 1978 non-fiction book by Travis Walton, about his alleged abduction in 1975 by UFOs and subsequent experiences. ... Robert Patrick as the T-1000, in Terminator 2: Judgment Day Robert Patrick (born November 5, 1958 in Marietta, Georgia, USA) is an American actor. ... The Faculty is a 1998 horror film/science-fiction film, written by Kevin Williamson and directed by Robert Rodríguez. ... The X-Files is an American television series created by Chris Carter. ... Oakland is a city located in Douglas County, Oregon. ... A false memory is a memory of an event that did not happen or is a distortion of an event, as determined by externally corroborated facts of the event. ...

External links

• Fire in the Sky at the Internet Movie Database
• Fire in the Sky at Rotten Tomatoes