Fire in the Sky
Fire in the Sky is a 1993 American biopic science fiction mystery film directed by Robert Lieberman and written by Tracy Tormé. It is based on Travis Walton's book The Walton Experience, which describes an alleged extraterrestrial abduction. The film stars D. B. Sweeney as Walton, and Robert Patrick as his best friend and future brother-in-law, Mike Rogers. James Garner, Craig Sheffer, Scott MacDonald, Henry Thomas and Peter Berg also star.
Plot
On November 5, 1975 in Snowflake, Arizona, logger Travis Walton (D. B. Sweeney), and his co-workers—Mike Rogers (Robert Patrick), Allan Dallis (Craig Sheffer), David Whitlock (Peter Berg), Greg Hayes (Henry Thomas) and Bobby Cogdill (Bradley Gregg)—head to work in the White Mountains.
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| author | Tracy Tormé |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Arizona |
| director | Robert Lieberman |
| editor | Steve Mirkovich |
| events | extraterrestrial life |
| genre | drama mystery science fiction |
| keywords | abuse accused of murder alien break claim dehydrate dehydration earth emergency room flashback flying object force foul play gas station horrify human body kill lie detector logger lumberjack mental breakdown murder investigation polygraph space suit suspect tabloid tabloid newspaper tall tale test their way traumatize travis walton travis walton ufo incident ufologist ufology unidentified flying object white mountains |
| musicBy | Mark Isham |
| producer | Joe Wizan |
| publisher | Paramount Pictures |
| theme | extraterrestrial life science fiction drama |