Directed by Rob Bowman   Written by Chris Carter   Frank Spotnitz   Cast David Duchovny ... Agent Fox Mulder Gillian Anderson ... Agent Dana Scully John Neville ... The Well-Manicured Man William B. Davis ... The Cigarette-Smoking Man Martin Landau ... Kurtzweil Mitch Pileggi ... Assistant Director Walter Skinner Jeffrey DeMunn ... Bronschweig (as Jeffrey De Munn) Blythe Danner ... Cassidy Terry O'Quinn ... Michaud Armin Mueller-Stahl ... Strughold Lucas Black ... Stevie Christopher Fennell ... 2nd Boy (as Chris Fennell) Cody Newton ... 3rd Boy Blake Stokes ... 4th Boy Dean Haglund ... Langly Bruce Harwood ... Byers Tom Braidwood ... Frohike Don S. Williams ... Group Elder George Murdock ... 2nd Elder Michael Shamus Wiles ... Black-Haired Man Darrell Davis ... Primitive #1 (as Craig Davis) Carrick O'Quinn ... Primitive #2 Tom Woodruff Jr. ... Creature #1 Greg Ballora ... Creature #2 (as Gregory B. Ballora) Ted King ... FBI Agent on Roof (as T.W. King) Luis Beckford ... FBI Agent Steve Rankin ... Field Agent Gary Grubbs ... Fire Captain Cooles Steven M. Gagnon ... Last Agent Out Larry Joshua ... DC Cop (as Lawrence Joshua) Glendon Rich ... DC Cop #2 Gunther Jenson ... Security Guard (as Gunther Jensen) Scott Alan Smith ... Technician (as Scott Smith) Ian Ruskin ... Well-Manicured Man's Valet Paul Welterlen ... Control Room Operator Joel Traywick ... Young Naval Guard Milton Johns ... British Valet Paul Tuerpe ... 1st Paramedic (as Paul Tuerpé) Michael Krawic ... 2nd Paramedic (as Michael A. Krawic) Larry Rippenkroeger ... Towncar Driver Josh McLaglen ... Buzz Mihoe Randy Hall ... Windbreakered Agent T.C. Badalato ... Fireman Amine Zary ... Tunisian David Paris ... Pilot (as David W. Paris) Vanessa Morley ... Young Samantha Mulder (archive footage) Uncredited Cast Jason Beghe ... FBI Man at Bomb Site Darrell Britt ... Texas Businessman Fuad C'Amanero ... FBI Agent Maxine English ... Dead Wife in Trunk Joss Gomez ... FBI Student Gilley Grey ... Firefighter #2 Glenne Headly ... Barmaid Aaron Jefford ... FBI Detective Frank Jennings ... Man at the Bar Anthony Sandstrom ... Special skills extra Jeremy Bridger Thimell ... Self Mitch Toles ... Security Guard #2 Marcus Turner ... Young Fox Mulder Produced by Mary Astadourian   Chris Carter   Bruce Devan   Lata Ryan   Daniel Sackheim   Original Music by Mark Snow

Additional Info Premiere: June 19, 1998 DVD Release: May 04, 1999 Blu-ray Release: December 02, 2008 Country: Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox Websites: Alternate Titles The X-Files: Fight The Future Production Companies Twentieth Century Fox Ten Thirteen Productions Distributors Twentieth Century Fox   (1998) (United States) (theatrical) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (1998) (United States) (VHS) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (1998) (United States) (Laserdisc) (video) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (1999) (United States) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (1999) (United States) (Laserdisc) (video) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2001) (United States) (widescreen) (DVD) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2001) (United States) (VHS) Fox Network   (2002) (United States) (TV) 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment   (2008) (United States) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Hulu   (2021) (United States) (TV) Pay Per View   (1998) (United States) (TV) Filming Locations 380 South San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena, California, USA   (Somerset, England home of the Well-Manicured Man) 732 Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, California, USA   (Alley next to Kurtzweil's house) Arcadia, California, USA Bakersfield, California, USA   (cornfield) Canyon Country, California, USA Capra Road, Canyon Country, California, USA   (Railway tunnel) Casey's Bar - 613 S. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA   (various exterior city scenes, most notably as stand in for Dallas in scenes with federal building and bombing) Glamis, California, USA   (sand dune) London, England, UK Long Beach, California, USA Los Angeles Center Studios - 450 S. Bixel Street, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA   (interiors and exteriors of bombed building) Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden - 301 N. Baldwin Avenue, Arcadia, California, USA Los Angeles, California, USA Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada Mira Monte Apartments, Los Angeles, California, USA   (Kurtzweil's apartment interior) New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Pasadena, California, USA Pemberton Icefield, British Columbia, Canada   (Neanderthal cavemen opening sequence.) Phillips Rd, California City, California, USA   (crossroads) Pleasantville, New Jersey, USA Queen Alexandra's House, Kensington Gore, South Kensington, London, England, UK   (exterior of the Syndicate's London meeting place) Rea Ave, California City, California, USA   (Steve digging site, desert playground) Royal Albert Hall, South Kensington, London, England, UK   (seen in background outside the Syndicate's London meeting place) Santa Clarita, California, USA Saugus, California, USA Soledad Canyon, California, USA   (train, corn closeups) Somerset, England, UK St. Mary's Hospital - 1050 Linden Avenue, Long Beach, California, USA The Athenaeum, California Institute of Technology - 551 S Hill Ave, Pasadena, California, USA Toms River, New Jersey, USA Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Washington, District of Columbia, USA Whistler, British Columbia, Canada   (snow scenes beginning and end of movie) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.0 / 10 Our Rating -- / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users -- / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,562 / 21,168 Site Ranking #1,558 Malignant (2021) #1,559 The Last Emperor (1987) #1,560 Epic Movie (2007) #1,561 Walking Tall (2004) #1,562 The X-Files (1998) #1,563 The Warriors (1979) #1,564 Lolita (1962) #1,565 Legends Of Tomorrow: Season 4 (2018) #1,566 Legends Of Tomorrow: Season 2 (2016)