Alien Nation: Millennium

Alien Nation: Millennium
GenreSci-fi
Created byKenneth Johnson
Written byRockne S. O'Bannon
Kenneth Johnson
Directed byKenneth Johnson
StarringGary Graham
Eric Pierpoint
Michele Scarabelli
Terri Treas
Theme music composerDavid Kurtz
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producersMark Galvin
Kenneth Johnson
Kevin Burns
ProducersAnjelica Casillas
Paul Kurta
Bob Lemchen
Production locationLos Angeles
CinematographyShelly Johnson
EditorsAlan C. Marks
David Strohmaier
Running time90 minutes
Production companies20th Century Fox Television
National Studios Inc.
Original release
NetworkFox
ReleaseJanuary 2, 1996 (1996-01-02)

Alien Nation: Millennium (original airdate: January 2, 1996) was the third television film produced to continue the story after the cancellation of Alien Nation.

Millennium was written and directed by Kenneth Johnson. The film stars Gary Graham, Eric Pierpoint, Michele Scarabelli and Terri Treas. Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint reprise their roles as police partners Matthew Sikes and George Francisco.

Plot

The plot follows human detective Matthew Sikes and his Tenctonese partner George Francisco as they investigate a mind-altering Tenctonese artifact being used to lure followers into a deadly cult. The artifact used in this film was the same one from Alien Nation episode Generation to Generation.

Cast

Main cast

Reception

Film critic John O'Connor wrote that "a good many television movies have been spun off such successful network series as Columbo The Rockford Files and Cagney and Lacey. Fox Broadcasting, characteristically, is going in the opposite direction, whipping up periodic two-hour spinoffs from a series that was considerably less than successful. This is a world in which television series can be canceled in mid-episode, thanks to instant Nielsen ratings. Doesn't seem so off-the-wall to me."[1]

Allan Johnson wrote in the Chicago Tribune "this film is smaller and more personal than the last two, which featured grand-scale plots, but the movie was well-written and directed, and the cast has also become comfortable and likable, and the plot is involving."[2]

See also

References

  1. ^ O'Connor, John J. (January 2, 1996). "Some More Visitors From 'Alien Nation'". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Johnson, Allan (January 2, 1996). "Alien Nation Makes Another Landing On Fox". Chicago Tribune. p. 8.
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