Finally watched "Fire In The Sky" - the 1993 film about the alleged alien abduction of Travis Walton. On 11-5-1975, Walton was working on a 7-man logging crew in Arizona. At dusk, the men were leaving the forest in a pickup when they encountered a "mind-blowing" golden glow emanating from a disc-shaped UFO hovering over a clearing. Walton left the truck and approached the object, which made a high-pitched buzzing sound. After ducking behind a log to watch the object from a distance, Walton was struck by an energy discharge that sent him reeling and left him unconscious. His coworkers fled the scene. When they returned for him later, Walton was gone. The men reported the incident to the police who initially suspected them of murder. The cops soon decided the whole thing was a hoax, assuming Walton would show up in a few days.
Walton claims he woke up in a strange ship on a table surrounded by aliens. They were hairless, bug-eyed, expressionless, and mute. Walton panicked & started attacking them, punching and throwing beakers to keep them at bay. The aliens retreated, and a strong, long-haired humanoid male approached. He moved Walton to a different structure, plopping him on another table where a female humanoid placed a mask over his face that knocked him out. When Walton woke up on November 11, he was in the woods 30 miles from his abduction site. He walked to a phone booth and called his sister. Although his experience was harrowing, Walton doesn't think the aliens were malicious.
"Fire In The Sky" sticks to Walton's story for the most part. The omission of humanoids was demanded by anxious execs who felt aliens-in-human-suits was a hackneyed concept. We love the changes. They make the abduction as disturbing & shocking as possible. But you've gotta be patient to get to it. Walton's story is pretty sparse so the filmmakers pad it out with small-town melodrama that happens in his absence. The bulk of the movie focuses on Walton's coworkers who stick to their story in the face of widespread disbelief. It's not great, but not bad either. And the payoff is worth it. The abduction scene is phenomenal w/ jaw-dropping practical effects by ILM.
Walton claims he woke up in a strange ship on a table surrounded by aliens. They were hairless, bug-eyed, expressionless, and mute. Walton panicked & started attacking them, punching and throwing beakers to keep them at bay. The aliens retreated, and a strong, long-haired humanoid male approached. He moved Walton to a different structure, plopping him on another table where a female humanoid placed a mask over his face that knocked him out. When Walton woke up on November 11, he was in the woods 30 miles from his abduction site. He walked to a phone booth and called his sister. Although his experience was harrowing, Walton doesn't think the aliens were malicious.
"Fire In The Sky" sticks to Walton's story for the most part. The omission of humanoids was demanded by anxious execs who felt aliens-in-human-suits was a hackneyed concept. We love the changes. They make the abduction as disturbing & shocking as possible. But you've gotta be patient to get to it. Walton's story is pretty sparse so the filmmakers pad it out with small-town melodrama that happens in his absence. The bulk of the movie focuses on Walton's coworkers who stick to their story in the face of widespread disbelief. It's not great, but not bad either. And the payoff is worth it. The abduction scene is phenomenal w/ jaw-dropping practical effects by ILM.