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[Ronald Epstein]

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[John Sparks]

One of my favorites, hope it comes down in price.

 

[Carl David]

Seen this recently.

It is a good film. I am assuming it was a low budget going by the cast for that time but I really enjoyed it.

I do plan on reading the book at some point.

It is a remarkable story.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

FIRE IN THE SKY OUT ON BLU-RAY™ JUNE 21, 2022 FROM SCREAM FACTORY​

JAMES GARNER, ROBERT PATRICK, CRAIG SHEFFER, PETER BERG, AND HENRY THOMAS STAR IN THIS GRIPPING AND TERRIFYING DEPICTION OF ALIEN ABDUCTION THAT’S BASED ON A TRUE STORY.​

Los Angeles, CA - Fire in the Sky will blast off in a Blu-Ray™ release on June 21, 2022 by Scream Factory. This will be the film’s first time on Blu-Ray™ in North America, with extras including a new 4K scan from the original camera negative and an interview with director Robert Lieberman. Fans of the sci-fi mystery can pre-order their Blu-Ray™ copies now on shoutfactory.com. Based on a true story, this film stars Craig Sheffer (Nightbreed), James Garner (The Rockford Files), Henry Thomas (E.T.), Robert Patrick (Terminator 2) and Kathleen Wihoite (Witchboard) and was nominated for four Saturn Awards: Best Science Fiction Film, Best Writing, Best Music and Best Actor (Robert Patrick). Six men saw it. One man became a prisoner inside it. But who would believe them? In 1975, logger Travis Walton (D.B. Sweeney, Hear No Evil, Eight Men Out) and his co-workers encountered a UFO. His pals were able to flee — but Walton was not so lucky. Whisked aboard the strange craft, he was subjected to a painful, unearthly medical study. Fire in the Sky is the amazing tale of that ordeal … and of the contempt and ridicule endured by Walton and his friends as they tried to convince others of this otherworldly experience. SPECIAL FEATURES NEW 4K Scan from the Original Camera Negative NEW Interview With Director Robert Lieberman Interview With Actor D.B. Sweeney Interview With Actor Robert Patrick Interview With Composer Mark Isham Photo Gallery Theatrical Trailer 1080p High-Definition Widescreen (2.39:1)/English DTS-HD Master Audio Stereo/English Subtitles/1993/Color/Approximate Feature Running Time +/- 109 Minutes ​

 

[Dave H]

I watched this last night and it looked outstanding projected. Very film-like, nicely encoded grain, good color saturation and black levels. Very good audio. Solid A treatment.

 

[Robert Crawford]

I checked my iTunes HD digital again and it has been upgraded from the previous digital. It looks really good!

 

[midvalleyguy]

I have the DVD. Really interesting film with excellent picture quality and outstanding audio

 

[JoeStemme]

Regardless of what you believe about Travis Walton's tale about being abducted by a UFO, Robert Lieberman's adaptation of Walton's book contains some of the most harrowing depictions of Alien Experimentation on humans put on film.

The screenplay by Travis Torme takes a pretty straightforward approach to telling Walton's (played by DB Sweeney) story as he and five of his logging buddies see a UFO. Walton gets hit by a bolt of light and disappears. As anyone who has followed Flying Saucer lore can guess, the Police (led by James Garner) don't believe the five witnesses (the actors include Robert Patrick, Henry Thomas and Peter Berg). When Walton mysteriously re-appears days later, he too, is subject to hostile questioning.

The movie really picks up during the Alien Examination scenes. Walton's own account was fairly dry so Lieberman and Torme gussied it up extensively - abetted by some terrific ILM special effects. Bill Pope's cinematography and Mark Isham's music add to the abject horror of those scenes. It's pretty frightening stuff even if it is a hoax. Walton and his crew passed several polygraphs; and he's made his own documentary (Travis: The True Story Of Travis Walton (2015)). Debunkers including Philip Klass pointed out that this story occurred just two weeks after The UFO Incident aired on local TV. Whatever you believe, FIRE IN THE SKY is a vivid abduction movie.

Director Lieberman passed away this week. He made his mark mostly on TV on such shows as The X-Files, Earthsea, Falling Skies and The Expanse. RIP.