(MULDER and SCULLY running through the cornfield.)
AH: (voice) Run for your lives! "The
X-Files" are about to fuse into the summer movie race, ready to grab a huge
chunk of those big box office dollars. If you love the TV series which
millions do --- youll be blown away by the movie. Just think --- Duchovny,
Anderson and some very high-dollar special effects.
(MULDER and SCULLY finding the bomb.)
MULDER: SCULLY?
SCULLY: YEAH?
MULDER: RUN!
AH: (voice over trailer montage) This
could be the next "Star Trak" franchise. Like the sci-fi classic, "The X-Files"
TV series is hitting the big screen with its first movie, a $65 million
action-packed extravaganza. Star David Duchovny talked to me about turning
the cult TV show into a pop culture phenomena.
AH: How big can "The X-Files" become
now? Is this a franchise
?
DD: I would like it to be a franchise
movie, you know, because that way, I would be able to be a part of the show
and not have to work my entire year on it.
(MULDER and SCULLY interviewing the kids in the field.)
SCULLY: WELL, WERE FBI AGENTS.
BOY: YOU ARE NOT FBI AGENTS.
MULDER: HOW DO YOU KNOW?
BOY: BECAUSE YOU ALL LOOK LIKE DOOR TO
DOOR SALES MEN.
AH: (voice over Field and Dallas montage)The
movie is a continuation of the series. Duchovny and co-star Gillian Anderson
are FBI agents on a quest to reveal a government conspiracy to cover up the
existence of aliens.
AH: Is it different working obviously
it is, with so many more special effects?
DD: Special effects are exciting for
the audience, for an actor, they are Hell, really. (Behind the scenes shot
in the cornfield.)
BOWMAN:(?) YOU ARE INBOUND, DAVID. ACTION!
AH: (voice over cornfield chase) In one
grueling sequence, Duchovny is hunted down by helicopters. With only one
night to shoot the scene, he spent from dusk to dawn running through a cornfield.
DD: (voice) We were chased by helicopters
at an altitude that was a little too low for my liking.
AH: (voice over car scene during explosion,
then Antarctic) He is also nearly blown up by bad guys and was suspended
from wires on a sound stage that doubled for the Antarctic. But despite all
the hardships the agents go through much of the mystery of the series remained
unsolved.
DD: (laughing) The thing is I spend $3
million per case and never get anything solved. You tell that me Im
still going to be in the FBI after Friday.
AH: (laugh) Youre gone, David.
AH: (voice over the scene in the dome
and Scully on stretcher) If its successful as "StarTrek," there may
be more films in the future. But best of all, it would mean that Duchovny
would beat wife Téa Leonis film "Deep Impact" at the box office.
AH: You guys talk about this? Youve
got two movies?
DD: The competition? She beats me in
golf and Ill beat her in the box office this year. She doesnt
have a chance.
AH: Well, David, thats no easy
task. Téas movie "Deep Impact" made and incredible $41 million its
opening weekend and has grossed about $130 million to date. Well be
watching those ticket sales when "The X-Files" opens this Friday.