Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2000
Running Times:
Format: colour 35mm
Ratio:
Sound:

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Ma & Pa Pictures
Executive Producers: Jana Sue Memel, Michelle Mundy
Producer: Stu Segall
Line Producer: Thom Colwell
Associate Producer: Mike Spadone

SCRIPT
Script: Rob Hedden

DIRECTION
Director: Rob Hedden
1st Assistant Director: Todd Amateau
2nd Assistant Director: Dan Katzman

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: John C. Newby
2nd Unit Director of Photography: Christopher Gosch
Camera Operator: Russell McElhatton
Assistant Camera: Terence Pratt

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: John Axelrad

MUSIC
Music: John Beal, Dennis McCarthy
Music Editor: Teri Wolf

SOUND
Boom Operator: George E. Marshall Jr
Production Sound Mixer: David Beres

MAKE UP AND COSTUMES
Key Make Up/Hair: Julz Perez
Costume Designer: Debbie Shine

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Bruce Buehner
Art Director: Richard McGuire
Property Master: Peter Clines
Assistant Property Master: Martin Weeks
Prop Assistant: Desirea Ortega
Construction Coordinator: Robert A. Sturtevant

OTHER CREW
Assistant to Director: Dustin Hughes

LOCATIONS
Locations: San Diego, California, USA

STUNTS
Stunts: Dustin Hughes, Fiona Jackson

CASTING
Casting: Abra Edelman, Elisa Goodman

CAST
Dale Midkiff (Bill Templer)
Stephen Tobolowsky (B.J. McQueen)
Kelly Perine (Jack)
Grace Phillips (Sydney Templer)
Scott Lowell (Laird Jones)
Paul Schulze (Jamison Collier)
Whitney Dylan
Greg Callahan (Secretary of Defense)
Troy Evans (General)
John Koyama (Eddie Yamada)
James Whitson (General)
Chyna (real name: Joanie Laurer) (Zurich)
Dondre Whitfield (Kevin Anjanette)
Brooke Battle (nurse)
Scott Benefiel (DOD agent 1)
Jordan Butcher (Andy Collier)
Chyna (Ava Zurich)
William Cowart (Cal Tech scientist)
Judy Geeson (alien voice)
Andy Hedden
Dustin Hughes (DOD agent 2)
Juan Monsalvez
Meredith Morton (Trish Collier)
Brien Perry
Sandra Phillips (DOD medical examiner)
Darlynne Reyes (CNN reporter)
Nico Samano (cop)
Ted Taskey
Reggie Willis (bus driver)

Bill Templer is head of a defense agency initiative to deprive the public of knowledge of an imminent alien invasion. His plans are uncovered by a detective who soon becomes the target for Templer's assassin. Meanwhile, the President has ordered the deployment of Peacemaker, an orbiting nuclear weapons platform and the aliens are threatening total annihilation if it's used...

USA
Television Distributors: Paramount Pictures/United Paramount Network/Viacom

Germany
Rating: 12

UK
Rating: 12

USA
Rating: PG-13 (for violence and brief sensuality)

2000
April
21: USA - video release

2001
April
17: Hungary - video release

Alien Fury
Countdown to Invasion
Alien Attack - The Final Invasion - German title
Tuhon päivä: Lähtölaskentaon alkanut - Finnish title

MAGAZINES

Film Review no.603 (March 2001) p.78 (UK)
illustrated video review

KEYWORDS

aliens; alien invasions; cover-ups; conspiracies; nuclear weapons; satellites; police; ufos