Fire in the Sky is a 1993 science fiction film, directed by Robert Lieberman, and written by Travis Walton (from his book The Walton Experience) and Tracy Tormé (screenplay). The film stars D. B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg and James Garner.
The original music score was composed by Mark Isham and the cinematography was by Bill Pope. This film was shot in Oakland, Oregon, but is not connected to a 1978 telefilm of the same n...
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Fire in the Sky is a 1993 science fiction film, directed by Robert Lieberman, and written by Travis Walton (from his book The Walton Experience) and Tracy Tormé (screenplay). The film stars D. B. Sweeney, Robert Patrick, Craig Sheffer, Peter Berg and James Garner.
The original music score was composed by Mark Isham and the cinematography was by Bill Pope. This film was shot in Oakland, Oregon, but is not connected to a 1978 telefilm of the same name, though coincidentally it is also set in Arizona.
Unlike other movies of this nature, this film does not focus primarily on the more fantastical elements of the story. Much screen time is spent on the distress experienced by Walton's friends due to his inexplicable disappearance, and his reappearance in a seemingly disturbed emotional state. A major issue depicted in the film is Rogers' guilt about leaving his friend in the woods.
On November 5, 1975, near Snowflake, Arizona, logger Travis Walton (D. B. Sweeney) disappears mysteriously...
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