The X Files: Ascension (1994)

Date of Original Broadcast: 21 October 1994
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 Producer: Howard Gordon
Producers: Joseph Patrick Finn, Paul Brown, David Nutter
Co-Producer: Paul Rabwin
Associate Producer: Crawford Hawkins
Production Manager: J.P. Finn
Production Coordinator: Anita Truelove
Assistant Production Coordinator: Joanne Service

SCRIPT
Script: Paul Brown
Creator: Chris Carter

DIRECTION
Director: Michael Lange
1st Assistant Director: Vladimir Stefoff
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 Film Labs

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

MUSIC
Music: Mark Snow
Scoring Mixer: Larold Rebhun
Music Editor: Jeff Charbonneau

SOUND
Sound Mixer: Michael Williamson
Re-Recording Mixers: Marti D. Humphrey, Gary D. Rogers
Supervising Sound Editor: Thierry Couturier
Post Production Sound: West Productions Inc

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

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Special Make Up Effects: Toby Lindala

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: Graeme Murray
Assistant Art Director: Gary P. Allen
Set Decorator: Shirley Inget
Property Master: Ken Hawryliw
Construction Coordinator: Rob Maier

MISCELLANEOUS
Script Supervisor: 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
Casting Associate (Vancouver): Coreen Mayrs

CAST
David Duchovny (Fox Mulder)
Gillian Anderson (Dana Scully)
Steve Railsback (Duane Barry)
Mitch Pileggi (Walter Skinner)
Nicholas Lea (Alex Krycek)
Sheila Larkin (Mrs Scully)
Steven Williams (X)
Meredith Bain Howard (Dr Ruth Slaughter)
William B. Davis (smoking man)
Michael David Simms (FBI agent)
Peter Lacroix (Dwight)
Steve Makaj (patrolman)
Peter Lapres (video technician)
Bobby L. Stewart (deputy)

SUMMARY

Deranged alien abductee Duane Barry has kidnapped Scully and is fleeing with her to a supposed abduction site, Mulder in hot pursuit. But why is he really taking her there and are there darker forces at work than even Mulder realises?

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

REFERENCES

OTHER SOURCES

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KEYWORDS

alien abductions, aliens, conspiracies, fbi, hostages

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008