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The X Files: I Want to Believe (2008)

15 104 min  -  Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi  -   25 July 2008 (USA)
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Mulder and Scully are called back to duty by the FBI when a former priest claims to be receiving psychic visions pertaining to a kidnapped agent.

Director:

Chris Carter
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
David Duchovny ...
Gillian Anderson ...
Amanda Peet ...
Billy Connolly ...
Xzibit ...
Agent Mosley Drummy (as Alvin 'Xzibit' Joiner)
Mitch Pileggi ...
Callum Keith Rennie ...
2nd Abductor - Janke Dacyshyn
Adam Godley ...
Alex Diakun Alex Diakun ...
Nicki Aycox ...
2nd Victim - Cheryl Cunningham
Fagin Woodcock Fagin Woodcock ...
1st Abductor - Franz Tomczeszyn
Marco Niccoli Marco Niccoli ...
Carrie Ruscheinsky ...
Spencer Maybee Spencer Maybee ...
Veronika Hadrava ...
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Storyline

Fox Mulder and Dana Scully both worked at the FBI as partners, a bond between them that led to their becoming lovers. But now they're out of the FBI and have begun new careers. Scully works as a staff physician at a Catholic hospital. Her focus these days is on a young boy with an incurable brain disease. Administration wants to give up on him. Scully, who feels a special bond with the boy, does not. Meanwhile, Mulder's focus is on clipping newspaper articles, throwing pencils into his ceiling and writing about the paranormal. Scully and Mulder are brought together as partners again when a special case requires Mulder's expertise and Scully is prevailed upon to convince him to help. The case involves a pedophile priest who claims he is having psychic visions regarding the whereabouts of a missing FBI agent. Written by J. Spurlin  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Priest | Psychic Vision | Psychic | Brain Disease  | See more »

Taglines:

Believe Again See more »

Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for violent and disturbing content and thematic material See all certifications »

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Details

Country:

USA | Canada

Language:

English | Russian | Czech

Release Date:

(USA) See more »

Also Known As:

The X-Files See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$30,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$10,021,753 (USA) (27 July 2008) (3185 Screens)

Gross:

$68,369,434 (Worldwide) (29 March 2010)
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Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | USA: (director's cut)

Sound Mix:

DTS  | Dolby Digital  | SDDS (uncredited)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1
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Trivia

This movie is dedicated to Randy Stone, the casting agent who cast the pilot of The X-Files, and who found David Duchovny to play Mulder and Gillian Anderson to play Scully. Stone died in 2007. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Mulder finds the snowplow truck on the side of the road, and looks inside for the tire iron, the snowplow's roof lights are on. When Mulder walks away from the snowplow in the next shot, the roof lights are off. See more »

Quotes

Father Joe: And where do they come from, then, these unnatural appetites?
Dana Scully: Not from God!
Father Joe: Oh, then from me? I castrated myself when I was twenty-six.
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Crazy Credits

The end credits contain a dedication to Randy Stone. See more »

Connections

References The X Files (1998) See more »

Soundtracks

"Ooh La La"
Written by Deborah Poppink and Amy Roegler
Performed by Deborah Poppink
Courtesy of Deborah Poppink, by arrangement with Bug
(can be heard in Monica Bannan's car) See more »