The Visitors (1989)

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Movie
German title The visitor
Original title Communion
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1989
length 106 minutes
Age rating FSK 16
Rod
Director Philippe Mora
script Whitley Strieber
production Dan Allingham ,
Philippe Mora,
Whitley Strieber
music Allan Zavod ,
Eric Clapton
camera Louis Irving
cut Lee Smith
occupation

The Visitors (Communion) is an American science fiction film directed by Philippe Mora from 1989 . Whitley Strieber wrote the screenplay based on his novel The Visitors. A true story (original title: Communion. A True Story), in which he reports on his alleged contact with representatives of the extraterrestrial species " Grays ". The film did not come into German cinemas and was marketed on VHS from January 1991 .

action

New York City in 1985: Writer Whitley Strieber lives in Manhattan with his wife and child and appears to be doing well, but he is woken up at night by paranoid dreams. He dreams that someone else is in the room.

During a trip with his family to a hut in the forest, the burglar alarm goes off the first night and Strieber sees a face in front of the door. He turns on the light, but wakes up his son and two other family friends, but his wife continues to sleep.

Because of this, they go back to New York City and life is normal. However, Strieber finds that his work and private life is infested with the recurring nightmares and visions of strange beings, aliens , blue doctors and bugs. This upsets his son and puts a strain on his marriage.

After an incident in their house, in which Strieber is so convinced that aliens are in the apartment, he takes his gun and almost shoots his wife. He's doing therapy .

The therapy confirms that he may have been abducted by unknown beings and that experiments have been carried out on him. He's doing group therapy.

Eventually, realizing that he must face his visions, whether they are real or not, he returns to the hut where most of the incidents occurred. He interacts with the alien beings and realizes that he has been in contact with them all his life and that it was passed on from his father, who in turn passed it on to his son.

Strieber accepts the alien part of his life.

background

The film was shot in California from June 20 to August 15, 1988 . It was produced by Allied Vision, Pheasantry Films and The Picture Property Company. With a budget of $ 5 million (estimate), it grossed approximately $ 1.9 million in US cinemas.

Reviews

source rating
Rotten tomatoes
critic
audience
IMDb

The film received mixed reviews. It received an average rating of 5.7 out of 10 in over 4,000 reviews in the Internet Movie Database. Rotten Tomatoes ' critics got 20% positive reviews.

Hal Hinson wrote in the Washington Post on November 11, 1989 that the portrayal of Christopher Walken was "irresistible" . Because of his involvement, the aliens would appear only "slightly more peculiar" than humans.

For the lexicon of international film , the film is a "compassionate, non-violent science fiction film", the "captivating" entertain and "excellent special effects" offer.

Awards

Joel Carlson was nominated for the Young Artist Award in 1990.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The visitors. Moviepilot , accessed February 22, 2016 .
  2. ^ Filming locations for Communion
  3. ↑ Box office / business for Communion
  4. ↑ a b c Communion (1989). Rotten Tomatoes , accessed February 22, 2016 .
  5. ↑ a b The Visitors (1989). IMDb , accessed February 22, 2016 .
  6. ^ Review by Hal Hinson
  7. ↑ The visitors. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used 
  8. ↑ Awards. IMDb , accessed February 22, 2016 .