| Alien Nation: Millennium | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Sci-fi |
| Created by | Kenneth Johnson |
| Written by | Rockne S. O'Bannon Kenneth Johnson |
| Directed by | Kenneth Johnson |
| Starring | Gary Graham Eric Pierpoint Michele Scarabelli Terri Treas |
| Theme music composer | David Kurtz |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Mark Galvin Kenneth Johnson Kevin Burns |
| Producers | Anjelica Casillas Paul Kurta Bob Lemchen |
| Production location | Los Angeles |
| Cinematography | Shelly Johnson |
| Editors | Alan C. Marks David Strohmaier |
| Running time | 90 minutes |
| Production companies | 20th Century Fox Television National Studios Inc. |
| Original release | |
| Network | Fox |
| Release | January 2, 1996 (1996-01-02) |
Alien Nation: Millennium (original airdate: January 2, 1996) was the thirdtelevision film produced to continue the story after the cancellation ofAlien Nation.
Millennium was written and directed byKenneth Johnson. The film starsGary Graham,Eric Pierpoint,Michele Scarabelli andTerri Treas. Gary Graham and Eric Pierpoint reprise their roles as police partners Matthew Sikes and George Francisco.
The plot follows human detective Matthew Sikes and hisTenctonese partner George Francisco as they investigate a mind-altering Tenctonese artifact being used to lure followers into a deadly cult. The artifact used in this film was the same one fromAlien Nation episodeGeneration to Generation.
Film criticJohn O'Connor wrote that "a good many television movies have been spun off such successful network series asColumboThe Rockford Files andCagney and Lacey. Fox Broadcasting, characteristically, is going in the opposite direction, whipping up periodic two-hour spinoffs from a series that was considerably less than successful. This is a world in which television series can be canceled in mid-episode, thanks to instant Nielsen ratings. Doesn't seem so off-the-wall to me."[1]
Allan Johnson wrote in theChicago Tribune "this film is smaller and more personal than the last two, which featured grand-scale plots, but the movie was well-written and directed, and the cast has also become comfortable and likable, and the plot is involving."[2]
