The X Files: Shadows (1993)

Date of Original Broadcast: 22 October 1993
Episode Running Times: 50 mins
Format: colour
Sound: stereo

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Ten Thirteen Productions / Twentieth Century Fox Television
Executive Producer: Chris Carter
Co-Executive Producers: James Wong, Glen Morgan, R.W. Goodwin
Supervising Producers: Alex Gansa, Howard Gordon
Co-Producer: Paul Rabwin
Line Producer: Joseph Patrick Finn
Production Manager: J.P. Finn
Production Coordinator: Roberta Sheehy
Assistant Production Coordinator: Anita Truelove

SCRIPT
Script: Glen Morgan, James Wong
Creator: Chris Carter

DIRECTION
Director: Michael Katleman
1st Assistant Director: Brian Giddens
2nd Assistant Director: Collin Leadley

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John S. Bartley
Camera Operator: Rod Pridy
Focus Puller: Marty McInally
Chief Lighting Technician: David Tickell
Key Grip: Al Campbell
Processing: Gastown Labs

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Heather MacDougall
Assistant Editor: Jeff Cahn
Telecine: Gastown Post and Transfer
Electronic Assembly: Encore Video

MUSIC
Music: Mark Snow
Music Editor: Jeff Charbonneau

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Michael Williamson
Supervising Sound Editor: Thierry Couturier
Post-Production Sound: West Productions Inc

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Make Up: Fern Levin
Hair: Malcolm Marsden
Costume Designer: Larry Wells
Costume Supervisor: Jenni Gullett

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects: David Gauthier

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Producer: Mat Beck
Main Title Sequence: Castle / Bryant / Johnsen

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Michael Nemirsky
Assistant Art Director: Clyde Klotz
Set Decorator: Shirley Inget
Property Master: Ken Hawryliw
Construction Coordinator: Rob Maier

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Director: Wendy McLean
Transportation Coordinator: Bob Bowe

LOCATIONS
Locations: British Columbia, Canada
Location Manager: Todd Pittson

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: Ken Kirzinger

CASTING
Casting: Rick Millikan
Vancouver Casting: Lynne Carrow
Original casting: Randy Stone

CAST
David Duchovny (Fox Mulder)
Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully)
Barry Primus (Robert Dorlund)
Lisa Waltz (Lauren Kite)
Lorena Gale (Ellen Bledsoe)
Veena Sood (Ms Saunders)
Deryl Hayes (Webster)
Kelli Fox (pathologist)
Tom Pickett (cop)
Tom Heaton (groundskeeper)
Jane Woods-Morris (Ms Lange)
Nora McLellan (Jane Morris)
Anna Ferguson (Ms Winn)

SUMMARY

Mulder and Scully are approached by a pair of shady, nameless agents to advise on a puzzling case in which bodies are turning up with their larynxes crushed from the inside and which remain warm and spasming some six hours post mortem. The dead men had earlier been caught on videotape attacking secretary Lauren Kite at an ATM. Mulder's examination of the tape reveals a spectral image that seems to resemble Kite's boss, defence contractor Howard Graves, who apparently committed suicide after refusing the ill-defined advances of a group of Middle Eastern terrorists. Mulder concludes that Graves has somehow returned from the dead to watch over Kite and help her to expose his death as murder, orchestrated by his shifty partner Robert Dorland.

CAPSULE REVIEW

Despite a few fumbles, Shadows is a creditable attempt at a modern day ghost story, boasting strong performances and some impressive effects. A creepy and rather tragic tale, well played by all involved, Shadows may not be the best that The X Files had to offer during its first run, but it was certainly fine, solid and untaxing entertainment. (Full Review)

AVAILABILITY

Germany
DVD Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Japan
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (PCBP-00065)

UK
Television Distributors: BBC1; BBC2; Sky One
Video Distributor: Fox Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Encore
DVD Distributor: Fox Home Video

USA
Television Distributors: Fox
Video Distributor: Fox Home Video
Laserdisc Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

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KEYWORDS

businessmen, fbi, ghosts, poltergeists, revenge, suicide, terrorists

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008