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Overview
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Release Date:
6 October 1999 (USA)
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Tagline:
There's truth to every rumor
Plot:
Living among the citizens of the infamous New Mexico city of Roswell are some who are not there by choice...
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Awards:
1 win
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20 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(35 articles)
The Other Side of the Tracks at the Afm
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The CW Shuffles Monday Schedule for 2010
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The CW Shuffles Monday Schedule for 2010
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To boldly go...
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 9 of 84)| Shiri Appleby | ... | Liz Parker (61 episodes, 1999-2002) | |
| Jason Behr | ... | Max Evans / ... (61 episodes, 1999-2002) | |
| Katherine Heigl | ... | Isabel Evans / ... (61 episodes, 1999-2002) | |
| Brendan Fehr | ... | Michael Guerin / ... (61 episodes, 1999-2002) | |
| Majandra Delfino | ... | Maria DeLuca (60 episodes, 1999-2002) | |
| Nick Wechsler | ... | Kyle Valenti (60 episodes, 1999-2002) | |
| William Sadler | ... | Sheriff Jim Valenti (58 episodes, 1999-2002) | |
| Colin Hanks | ... | Alex Whitman (44 episodes, 1999-2001) | |
| Emilie de Ravin | ... | Tess Harding / ... (28 episodes, 2000-2002) |
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Also Known As:
Roswell High (UK) (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
USA:60 min (including commercials) (61 episodes)
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Certification:
UK:12 |
UK:PG |
Finland:K-11 (DVD) (2006) |
Argentina:13 |
Australia:M (some episodes) |
Australia:PG |
Singapore:PG |
USA:TV-14 |
USA:TV-PG
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Trivia:
The newspaper clippings shown at the beginning of the show's credits are actual headlines from the infamous Roswell "UFO Crash" in July of 1947.
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Goofs:
Factual errors: In the second season, Tess points out Barnard's Star to Max while the two are standing in the middle of a fallow field. Despite Barnard's Star's relative proximity (just under 6 light-years), it isn't visible to the naked eye.
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Quotes:
Max:
What happened?
Michael: It's over.
Max: What? My Dad found something, what?
Michael: No, it's not that. I saw Maria and what's-his name, Billy, together.
Max: Together as in together?
Michael: Worse.
Max: What could be worse?
Michael: They were singing together.
Max: So you're jealous?
Michael: I'm not jealous!
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Michael: It's over.
Max: What? My Dad found something, what?
Michael: No, it's not that. I saw Maria and what's-his name, Billy, together.
Max: Together as in together?
Michael: Worse.
Max: What could be worse?
Michael: They were singing together.
Max: So you're jealous?
Michael: I'm not jealous!
[...]
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Entourage: Blue Balls Lagoon (#2.11)" (2005)
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Soundtrack:
Voodoo
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This interesting story of extraterrestrial alienation is a fascinating metaphor of teen angst -- a topic that has often been treated in movies and on TV, but here it is offered with new and insightful perspective.
The show is a way to symbolize common human fears in an imaginative parable. Issues that are woven into the story line include not knowing who you are, the experience of being a foster child, keeping secrets from parents and other authority figures, the danger of making close personal connections with others, and the isolation of being in or from one's own strange world.
ROSWELL is a clever idea with a fresh, interesting young cast. The show is an imaginative cross between, on the one hand, THE X-FILES and THE FUGITIVE, and, on the other, the odd perspective of ALF and THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN. This is an excellent show in a time when too many shows are carbon-copies or silly assembly-line junk. I give the show an A+.