The Fourth Kind

The Fourth Kind (2009)

Timing: 1:38 (98 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2009-11-05

Country

Belgium, United States

Production

Universal Pictures, Gold Circle Films, Mandate International, Saga Film, Chambara Pictures, Dead Crow Productions

Genre

Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller

Budget

$10 000 000

Revenue

$47 709 193

Website

http://www.thefourthkind.net/

Director

Olatunde Osunsanmi

Actors

Milla Jovovich, Will Patton, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Corey Johnson, Enzo Cilenti, Elias Koteas, Eric Loren, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Raphaël Coleman, Daphne Alexander
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Paul Brooks, Joe Carnahan, Terry Robbins

Operator

Lorenzo Senatore

Composer

Atli Örvarsson

Artist

Audition

Sue Jones

Editing

Paul Covington
All team (19)

• According to promotional materials, the film tells the story of a psychologist named Abigail Tyler who examined patients at Nome. However, the state of Alaska's chief licensor, Jan Mayes, said she could not find any records of Abigail Tyler and that she never received a license to practice in the state. Ron Adler, executive director of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, and Dennis Dillard, president of the Alaska Psychological Association, said they had never heard of Abigail Tyler. Websites "Alaska Psychiatric Journal" and "Alaska News Archive," containing references to Tyler, were created by the film's producers but were then removed due to fabrication when it was discovered they were created a month before the film's premiere, and one of the authors of the news articles stated she had never written them.
• Fictionalized interviews used throughout the film angered the families of real missing persons from the town of Nome, Alaska. Melanie Edwards, Vice President of Kawerak Inc. (a non-profit organization representing Alaska Tribal Nations), described the film as “insensitive to family members of people who have gone missing in Nome over the years.” However, representatives of Universal Pictures refused to meet with either the organization or local journalists.
• Squamish, British Columbia, Canada, served as the "stand-in" for Nome.
• According to promotional materials from Universal Pictures, the film tells the story of a psychologist named Abigail Tyler who examined sick patients in Nome. However, the chief licensing officer for the State of Alaska, Ian Mays, said he could find no record of Abigail Tyler and that she never received a license to practice in the state. Ron Adler, Executive Director of the Alaska Psychiatric Institute, and Dennis Dillard, President of the Alaska Psychological Association, said they had never heard of Abigail Tyler. Websites for the “Alaska Psychiatric Journal” and the “Alaska News Archive” containing references to Tyler were created by the film's producers but were later removed due to fabrication when it was discovered they were created a month before the film's release, and one of the news article’s authors stated she had never written them.