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VHS ~ David Duchovny
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  • Actors: David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, Robert Patrick
  • Directors: Tony Wharmby, Kim Manners
  • Format: Dolby, PAL, Surround Sound
  • Language English
  • Classification: 12
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • VHS Release Date: 6 Aug 2001
  • Run Time: 85 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00005LAFB
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 8,558 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
This release consists of two episodes--"This is Not Happening" and "Dead alive"--of the eighth series of The X-Files spliced together into a feature-length story. With David Duchovny contracted only to do a certain percentage of shows this year, Robert Patrick was brought in as Agent John Doggett, partnering Gillian Anderson's Agent Scully while Duchovny's Mulder is off being tortured by alien-abductors in what looks like an industrial dentist's chair. This story comes about two-thirds of the way through the arc and sets up Duchovny's return to the show--though he literally has to die and come back to get back on the case. It's an unfortunate paradox that most X-Files standalone releases concentrate on the dreary alien-abduction/conspiracy episodes which carry the greater storyline of the show, giving the misleading impression that the series is a drearily solemn, badly plotted, straight-faced but stupid sci-fi soap opera. Always skipped over are the far more interesting, entertaining and impressive stand-alone supernatural mysteries or strange comic exercises. Though Duchovny is mostly lying in a hospital bed with oatmeal all over his face, Anderson--whose character is pregnant this series, another dull sub-plot--still gives an amazingly committed performance and gets terrific support from Patrick, whose character has shaken up a lot of what was settled or stale about the show and the always-underrated Mitch Pileggi as Assistant Director Skinner.

The story features several wild-eyed UFO guru types (including Roy Thinnes, once star of The Invaders) and returned abductees transformed into un-killable alien zombies. It's as well made as ever, with ominous shadows and the odd smart line but you need to have been paying very close attention for seven years to understand what's going on. With Duchovny a potential escapee and Anderson perhaps in line to follow, this episode brings on the excellent Annabeth Gish as Agent Monica Reyes, a specialist in bizarre rituals, who is being effectively set up to partner Patrick in a post-Mulder-and-Scully X-Files that might well keep the franchise going on forever Star Trek-fashion. --Kim Newman

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Features two episodes from series eight 'This Is Not Happening' and 'Deadalive' in which Agent Mulder is finally discovered in Helena, Montana close to death...

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars worth buying for the collection, 10 Sep 2001
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The first 45 minutes is a top episode of the X-Files with an amazing performance by Gillian Anderson. Not only do we get some great action but some eye-opening stuff towards the end. The second half is a little slower, focusing more on Scully and Mulder's relationship that has remained untouched until now. But since the episodes were in fact a triology on television, the video seems incomplete with an abrupt end.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If you love the X-Files, Mulder and Scully. Go ahead!!!, 30 Jun 2001
By Arnaldo A. Nogales (Miami, FL USA) - See all my reviews
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Many people were waiting for this great moment, the return of Agent Mulder, including me of course. Here you will find the true love of Mulder and Scully. The music that they played is great. If you are a shipper, or you just love the X-Files you better buy this episode.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Mulder returns! (Don't know why he bothered.....), 18 Nov 2001
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This review is from: The X Files: Deadalive [DVD] [1994] (DVD)
"This Is Not Happenning" and "Deadalive" are two of the most important X-files episodes ever...good job they're excellent. The only problem comes in the form of "This Is Not Happenning".
Y'see, its quite possibly one of the best x-files eps ever, and contender for best episode in Season 8. Its an emotional rollercoaster of a tale, featuring Gillian Anderson's best performance yet. "Deadalive", whilst still very good, can't quite live up to it's former, and the conclusion is slightly weak. Nevertheless, this is an excellent piece of mythology. David Duchovny's involvement is minimal. In fact, in the next three episodes from Season 8, you can't actually tell whether he's alive or not.....his acting is that poor!
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4.0 out of 5 stars The last good episode of the series!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Gillian Anderson is Sensational
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5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly one of the best X-Files doubles witnessed
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good start for the series' first DVD feature film
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4.0 out of 5 stars Gillian totally rocks in these episodes,
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