Dreamland (1996)

Country of Origin: UK
Date(s) of Broadcast: 24 - 25 September 1996
Number of Seasons: 1
Total Number of Episodes: 2
Average Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format: colour
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Transmedia and Dandelion production for Sky Television
Executive Producer: Noel Cronin
Producer: Bruce Burgess
Associate Producer: Timothy Good
Production Manager: Jackie Stableforth

DIRECTION
Director: Bruce Burgess

PHOTOGRAPHY
Camera: Sebastian Rich
Camera Assistant: Freddie Claire
Rostrum: Ken Morse

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Quin Williams
Online Editor: David Head at Head First

MUSIC
Music: Toby Langton-Gilks

SOUND
Sound: Charlie Grainger

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: Bob Keen at Image Animation

MISCELLANEOUS
Facilities: Metropolis
Archive Material: DD Video; NBC News; United Nations; NASA Television; Lockheed Martin Skunk Works; Orenda Aerospace Corp; Paramount Pictures; Los Alamos Laboratories; Wright-Patterson AFB; Security Archives; Labyrinth Video; Graham Birdsall, Quest Publications; Mike Smith; Ray Wardle; All Action Pictures; Rex Features; Associated Press

CAST
Bruce Burgess (himself)
Robert Oechsler (himself)
Robert Lazar (himself)
Lt Col Wendelle Stevens (himself)
Dr Bruce Maccabee (himself)
George Knapp (himself)
James Goodall (himself)
Bill Sweetman (himself)
Glenn Campbell (himself)
Stanton T. Friedman (himself)
Timothy Good (himself)
Dr Edgar Mitchell (himself)
Gene Huff (himself)

A documentary on the supposed attempts to reverse engineer a crashed UFO at the top secret "Area 51" base in Nevada.

CAPSULE REVIEW

More infuriating rubbish to mark the 50th anniversary of the crash at Roswell, New Mexico. The usual suspects are rounded up to tow their party lines and absolutely everyone jumps to the most insane conclusions without ever stopping to wonder if there might be a simpler, no less fascinating, but decidedly Earthbound answer to the mystery. (Full Review)

TIMELINE

1996
September
24: UK - Part 1 television broadcast (on Sky One)
25: UK - Part 2 television broadcast (on Sky One)

1998
February
12: UK - Part 1 television broadcast (on Granada (ITV))
13: UK - Part 2 television broadcast (on Granada (ITV))

October
31: UK - television broadcast in edited form on Meridian (ITV))

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Area 51 - The True Story - UK video title
UFO: The Hidden Truth - Dreamland - UK video title

REFERENCES

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KEYWORDS

area 51, conspiracies, documentary, paranoia, ufos

Last Updated: 1 January, 2009