Or was the movie, starring milla jovovich, just a bunch of acting on top of more acting. The fourth kind is a 2009 american science fiction psychological thriller film directed by olatunde osunsanmi and featuring a cast of milla jovovich, elias. Bu the recordings in the movie i wasnt sure if they were real. This film is a dramatisation of events that occurred october 1 st through the 9 th of 2000 in the northern alaskan town of nome.
Im actress milla jovovich, and i will be portraying dr. In the movie the fourth kind, actress milla jovovich portrays dr. Set in the fall of 2000 and purportedly based on actual events, the fourth kind stars milla jovovich as dr. Set in nome, alaska, the story is based on the mysterious disappearances of 24 people in nome from the 1960s through to 2004. The movie uses real footage shown alongside some scenes involving her patients, and her own, reaccount of thier abduction experiences.
Directed by olatunde osunsanmi and released in the uk over the weekend, it purports to be a dramatic reconstruction of events that took. Abigail emily tyler, a wildeyed therapist from nome, alaska. Alien abduction flick the fourth kind is dangerous twaddle chris. The movie is based on a true story that happened over in alaska,back in the fall of 2000. The fourth kind was shot in bulgaria and squamish, british columbia, canada. In 1972, a scale of measurement was established for alien encounters. It starred milla jovovich as doctor abbey tyler who claims that she recalls her husbands murder as an abduction and stabbing. A dark truth behind the scariest film on netflix overland literary. But as we all know, hollywoods version of the truth doesnt always add up to. Universal pictures has released the first trailer for the fourth kind. The movie based on jay ansons 1977 book the amityville horror. To better explain the events of the story, the directors included actual archival footage throughout the film. Tyler neverbeforeseen archival footage alongside dramatic reenactments to present the most disturbing evidence ever documented in this. They dont care about the truth about the missing peoples family.
Now, whether that stuff is real or not is up in the air, but ive seen some weird stuff, so id believe it and think itd be sweet if it was real. The real story behind nome alaska missing people top. The earlier answer posted that close encounters of. The fbi did investigate the disappearances, which took place between the 1960s and 2004, and concluded in 2006 that alcohol was common factor. Claiming to be a true story, the movie combines allegedly real videos of the people who lived the story with actors playing them in recreated scenes. Based meaning the movies foundation was set on true events. What i can tell you is that the end credits for the fourth kind do not have the usual. Set in nome, alaska, the story is based on the mysterious. The movie starts out very convincingly telling you what you are about to see is all true and real. I recently and finally got around to watching the movie the fourth kind.
I am actress mila jovovich, and i will be portraying dr. Mack 19292004 have investigated people who believed they were abducted by extraterrestrial lifeforms. While the jurys still out 100 percent, its safe to assume that the footage used and the alien. The fourth kind is an american science fiction thriller that was released in 2009. No, this is not a sequel to steven spielbergs close encounters of a third kind lets hope that never happens this scifi. In an alaska town, a series of mysterious disappearances leads a psychologist milla jovovich to conclude that extraterrestrials have been.
Even more bizarre, the actual residents of nome would eventually become involved, concerned with apparent real abduction videos and ufo encounters on the films website. You know, the one thats based on a true story about the hypnotist in nome, alaska who was investigating the mysterious. Boy, is the nome, alaska, chamber of commerce going to be pissed off when it sees. The stuff of sleepless nights, i suppose, and sleepless mornings. The fourth kind movie about alien encounters based on a true story.
To better explain the events of this story, the director has included actual archived footage throughout the film. The fourth kind is based on a screenplay by olatunde osunsanmi, who also directed the movie. You know, the one thats based on a true story about the hypnotist in nome, alaska who was investigating the mysterious events plaguing the city likely alien abductions. In other cases alcohol was a big factor in the victims disappearances. The fourth kind pays for telling a big fib anchorage daily news. The horror movie tries to say that documented disappearances of nome residents are the result of alien abductions and thats just hollywood. The fourth kind 2009 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Abigail tyler, a nome, alaskabased psychotherapist whose videotaped sessions with. A lot is being made of the fourth kinds claims to be based on a true story. Both trailer and film frequently cut between allegedly real footage of hypnotic regression sessions carried out by psychologist dr tyler on her. When a ufo is sighted, it is called an encounter of the first kind.
Human encounters with aliens, being most recognized. The fourth kind is, in so many ways, a really awful film. No, the fourth kind is a fictional story told in the same style as the blair witch project just a hoax. Close encounter of the fourth kind based on a true story.
Based on actual case studies, the fourth kind uses dr. All of the real footage included in the movie was actingor fake, depending on how you want to look at it. Heres the truth behind the movie the fourth kind and dr. The fourth kind is alien abduction, the hardest encounter to prove until now, said nbc universal, parent company of distributor universal studios, in a press release. Universal is the studio promoting and distributing the fourth kind, a movie filmed in the balkan mountains of bulgaria, which is about as. When the fourth kind starts, milla jovovich tells us that, although shell be playing a character, the characters based on a real person named abigail tyler. The fourth kind is an alien abduction film somewhat based on real life events, with an outofthis world twist. I suppose we should look forward to a based on a true story bigfoot and loch ness movie in the future as well. King henry v, who ruled england from 14 until his death in 1422, tops. The fourth kind is based on the testimony of a psychologist who found, circa 2000, that many of her patients reported waking at 3 a. Even the realest of stories will be distorted to some degree. The fourth kind is a horror movie with a science fiction plot about alien abductions affecting a female psychiatrists family and some other people in nome, alaska. The fourth kind movie showed shocking,crazy,real footage.
So many, the fbi has sent agents there 10 times more than to the much bigger anchorage. Tyler is shown recounting her experiences in grainy. This film is a dramatization of events that occurred october 1st through the 9th of 2000, in the northern alaskan town of nome. Alien abduction flick the fourth kind is dangerous twaddle. The story, set in nome, alaska, is loosely based on the mysterious disappearances of 24 people in the town. Abigail tyler of nome, alaska, a psychiatrist who stumbles upon an alien abduction link between her. I saw on the website of my local cinema that this movie was based on a true story. The fourth kind is a highly underrated foundfootage flick. The fourth kind pays for telling a big fib anchorage. The movie stumbles directly into the biggest problems facing the. A thriller involving an ongoing unsolved mystery in alaska.
The fbi did investigate and eventually some cases were attributed to serial killings. Money ball is a movie i really like, its a true story or at least based on a true story but its still distorted to hollywoods liking. The fourth kind is genuinely scary at times, but too often youre jarred out of the film by a flash of real video or a snippet of real audio or interview footage from the real life milla jovovich character who. The truth is rarely good enough for movies based on a true story.
Thats why any movie that you watched claiming to be fact will always say based on a true story or true events. Is the movie the fourth kind based on actual events. The fourth kind is a scifi thriller about a pyscologist in nome alaska, dr abigal tyler who is investigating alien abduction theories. They make up some white lie no racism, but for real made just for the money only. Now my question is, is this movie real based on a true story or is it just sci fi. Nothing racks up the ticket sales quite like a based on a true story tagline. A true story was supposed to be based on the real experiences george and. I read her and there on the internet that this movie is not based on a true story it is not real what happend. The lush, mountainous setting of nome in the film bears little resemblance to the actual nome, alaska, which sits amidst the fringes of the arctic tree line, where trees can only grow about 8 ft tall due to the permafrost on the shore of the bering sea. When evidence is collected, it is known as an encounter of the second kind.
When contact is made with extraterrestrials, it is the third kind. The movie is loosely based on the actual story of 24 villagers in nome alaska whos mysterious deaths and disappearances occurred between 1960 and 2004. Alaskas fourth estate has managed to at least slap the hand of the halfassed hollywood alienabduction movie that irritated the people of. For your bq, yes i expect to see a lot more questions based on this movie. Movies like the fourth kind are fiction, lies, and made just for the money. How you feel about chris smiths latest documentary will depend entirely on how you feel about michael ruppert, a reporter who spends 82 minutes seething over the. The fourth kind 2009 frequently asked questions imdb. Hollywood doesnt give all real, some parts are added and some are taken away. The fourth kind movie about alien encounters based on a. I have to say that i went trolling online for some evidence of alien abductions in the state of alaska, and while there were plenty of claims, i couldnt find anything outside of the usual tinfoil hat wearing claims of bigeyed aliens and inappropriate probing. Upon the release of the 2009 film the fourth kind there was rampant discussion of whether the movie was based on actual true events, or whether the marketing was simply incredibly good. The fourth kind is based on actual footage shot by the real psychologist portrayed by milla jovavich in the movie. If you like the fourth kind you are looking for scary, suspenseful and serious movies about with ufo, alien abduction, alien encounter, disappearance, paranormal activity, patient and hypnosis themes of horror, mystery and scifi genre shot in usa or uk. With milla jovovich, elias koteas, will patton, hakeem kaekazim.
The new thriller the fourth kind, which opens with star milla jovovich speaking directly to the audience about the movies authenticity, has raised some suspicions about the credibility of its claims and supposedly real footage. Severel of her patients share similar stories of being abducted. Without the truestory conceit, the fourth kind would be just another formula horror flick with a couple of passable jolts trying to hold a flimsy story together. The fourth kind, which comes out friday, uses the disappearances as a jumpingoff point for an alien abduction yarn, using archived footage to create an atmosphere of documentary realism. Based on a true story of demonic possession, its pretty scary.