Alien Nation: Dark Horizon
| Alien Nation: Dark Horizon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre |
Sci-fi Drama |
| Created by | Kenneth Johnson |
| Written by |
Rockne S. O'Bannon Diane Frolov Andrew Schneider |
| Directed by | Kenneth Johnson |
| Starring |
Gary Graham Eric Pierpoint Michele Scarabelli Terri Treas |
| Theme music composer | David Kurtz[1] |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) |
Kenneth Johnson Steve Bell Kevin Burns |
| Producer(s) |
Diane Frolov Ron Mitchell Andrew Schneider |
| Cinematography | Lloyd Ahern II |
| Editor(s) |
Alan C. Marks David Strohmaier |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Production company(s) |
Foxstar Productions Kenneth Johnson Productions Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation |
| Distributor | Fox Network |
| Release | |
| Original network | Fox |
| Original release | October 25, 1994 |
Alien Nation: Dark Horizon (original airdate: October 25, 1994) is a television film made as a continuation of the Alien Nation television series. Produced by the Fox Network, Alien Nation lasted a single season, ending in 1990 with a cliffhanger series finale. Dark Horizon was written to be the season opener for the second season, but when the series was unexpectedly canceled and looked like it might never return to television, the plot was published as a book. Finally, four years later (after a change in management at Fox), Alien Nation: Dark Horizon appeared as a television film to pick up where the television series left off.
Alien Nation: Dark Horizon was written by Andrew Schneider and Diane Frolov, and was directed by Kenneth Johnson.
Plot
In a recapitulation of the series cliffhanger, Alien Nation: Dark Horizon begins with Susan Francisco and her daughter Emily falling victim to a newly developed viral infection that was created by a group of human Purists to exterminate the Newcomer species. There is also a new sub-plot running parallel to this one, the story of Ahpossno, a Tenctonese Overseer who lands on Earth to find any surviving Tenctonese and bring them back into slavery. The idea of a signal sent into space by the surviving Overseers was explored in the Alien Nation episode Contact.
(The series episode ended with contaminated flowers being delivered to the Francisco family and Cathy informing Matt that they have been hospitalised. However Dark Horizon seems to retcon the end of the previous episode by having similar events taking place at the beginning of the episode which seems to be set 4 years later.
Main cast
All of the original cast returned from the television series for the television movie.
- Detective Matthew Sikes - Gary Graham
- Detective George Francisco - Eric Pierpoint
- Susan Francisco - Michele Scarabelli
- Emily Francisco - Lauren Woodland
- Buck Francisco - Sean Six
- Dr. Cathy Frankel - Terri Treas
- Albert Einstein - Jeff Marcus
- Capt. Bryan Grazer - Ron Fassler
- Beatrice Zepeda - Jenny Gago
Additional cast
- Larraine Clark - Susanna Thompson
- Dr. Lois Allen - Michele Lamar Richards
- May O'Naize - Dana Andersen
- Phyllis Bryant - Lee Bryant
- Mark Guerin - David Purdham
- Ahpossno - Scott Patterson
- Commander Burak - Nina Foch
- Celinite Priestess - Susan Appling
- Moe Goodluck - Jordan Lund
- Dr. Quinn - Haunani Minn
- Avid Fan - Michael Durrell
- Penny - Diane Cary
- Man leaving hospital - Tom Bradley (American politician)
See also
References
- ↑ David Kurtz at the Internet Movie Database