Phoenix forgotten, produced by ridley scott, follows three teens in 1997 who venture out into the desert with their camcorders, hoping to see more of the lights above the city. Apr 08, 2016 the phoenix incident takes the subject of alien sightings and possible abduction a step further citing an actual happening that the filmmakers say was a cover up. Phoenix forgotten, produced by ridley scott, follows three teens in 1997 who venture out into the desert with their. Apr 24, 2017 phoenix forgotten tests the limits of the label, telling a fictional story of three teens abducted two weeks after the phoenix lights, one of the most prominent ufo sightings in recent history. The phoenix incident is a heartpounding thriller based on this real life event. Despite clues being imbedded in the wikipedia articles as well as the website devoted to reporting the incident of the missing men the track back to the phoenix incident website which is the name of the film as well as other obscure clues in the sources cited, i find this kind of viral marketing to be reprehensible in that it just.
The film follows four friends on a weekend getaway who find themselves at the epicenter of what is now known as the phoenix lights incident. This grade z paranoid scifi thriller about ufos speculates on the fate of four witless yahoos who come out on the short end of an encounter with angry. It came out earlier this year but it had a long viral marketing campaign behind it. In addition to being able to experience this exciting film, event attendees will be exposed to an exclusive 5minute documentary about ufo sightings and. Apr 21, 2017 on april 21, a film based loosely on the phoenix lights hits theaters. There is also a found footagesyfythriller movie that just came out that is based on the disappearances. The phoenix incident, where truth battles fiction aced magazine. Dec, 2014 the video obtained by investigate journalist david collins shows military aircraft in the skies above arizona on the night of one of the worlds most famous ufo sightings in march 1997. I didnt know this film, the phoenix incident, was going to follow the same route.
Film presents what if story on the phoenix lights youtube. The phoenix lights become an incident skeptical inquirer. This alien thriller, written and directed by gaming director keith arem chronicles the events of march, 1997 when witnesses reported seeing lights in phoenix, arizona and sparked the military coverup of the largest ufo sighting in us history. This alien thriller, written and directed by gaming director keith arem chronicles the events of march, 1997 when witnesses reported seeing lights in phoenix. Presented as a documentary found footage film based on real events, it is set in the present day and focuses upon an alleged conspiracy behind the. The phoenix incident a carefully disguised hoax to. The phoenix incident takes the subject of alien sightings and possible abduction a step further citing an actual happening that the filmmakers say was a cover up. The film is structured as a documentary investigation of the events leading up to and following the disappearance of four campers on march 14, 1997, the date of the famous phoenix lights incident this film is the first of three found footage features created about the phoenix lights. Like 2008s cloverfield, the phoenix incident relies in part on fake found footage. What we have here is a damn good mockumentary that utilizes an actual incident, the 1997 ufo sightings in phoenix, and builds a tense story around four men that supposedly went missing and the events surrounding it that tell a far more sinister picture. On thursday, march, 1997 a strange event occurred in the nighttime skies of phoenix, arizona. If you look at the photos of the missing men, and match against the cast of the movie on their imdb page, you will see that they are the same people. The phoenix indecent is a found footage film and mockumentary written and directed by keith arem.
More than 20 years later, mystery of phoenix lights still. Using the real events of the 1997 phoenix lights ufo sighting and the simultaneous disappearance of four young men in the area, writerdirector. Now the sighting is the basis for a movie called the phoenix incident. Presented as a documentary found footage film based on real events, it is set in the present day. A new motion picture, the phoenix incident, was being promoted in a big way at this years ufo congress, with a large desk in the vendors area proclaiming the truth is coming and handing out cheesy little boomerangs labeled with the film title. The phoenix lights sometimes called the lights over phoenix were a series of widely sighted unidentified flying objects or ufos observed in the skies over the u. Written and directed by gaming director keith arem call of duty, titanfall and starring troy baker famed gaming actor the film uses whistleblower testimony, recovered military footage and eyewitness accounts to create this scifi thriller and explore the us.
Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the factbased, scifi thriller revolves around a military conspiracy and the controversial missing persons case surrounding the infamous phoenix lights. The phoenix incident, where truth battles fiction aced. On march, 1997 thousands of people claimed to have simultaneously witnessed unexplainable lights in phoenix. For entertainment the fictional account makes for a good thriller and for that the phoenix incident achieves its purpose. Father of arizona man missing in desert wont give up. Beyond that, the documentary opening and the facts it provides becomes an informational movie on which audiences can get more. The real phoenix lights was the mostwitnessed ufo event in u. The websites about the fictitious disappearance of these men were part of an excellent multimedia viral marketing scheme for the phoenix incident 2015 movie. The phoenix tapes 97 is a found footage scifihorror film with an anonymous writer, director, and cast.
Phoenix, az unlike thousands of missing persons cases, the 1997 disappearance of daniel adams 29yearold son mitchell adams and his three friends prompted hundreds of volunteers to help police search and spawned local media coverage which resulted in an outpouring of sympathy across arizona. Phoenix incident 2016 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Phoenix incident mixes fact and scifi in a creative, bold. Apr 21, 2017 director justin barber tells his own xfiles story inspired by reallife events. New thriller the phoenix incident explores a ufo incident two decades ago in arizona. The phoenix lights incident is an actual mass ufo sighting that took place in the. The phoenix tapes 97 is about two brothers and two friends who venture fifty miles into the arizona desert in an rv to find a remote fishing hole. Blurring the line between fiction and reality, the factbased, scifi. Apr 11, 2016 ultimately, the phoenix incident is more impressive for its ingenious publicity and marketing campaigns, including fake web news sites that went viral, than the quality of the filmmaking. Apr 07, 2016 the lofi scifi film the phoenix incident blends true crime, documentary and independence day to create a sort of blair alien projectstyle thriller. With yuri lowenthal, travis willingham, troy baker, liam obrien. Ultimately, the phoenix incident is more impressive for its ingenious publicity and marketing campaigns, including fake web news sites that went viral, than the quality of the filmmaking. Transmedia film explores the phoenix incident usa today. The film has exceptional pacing, good acting, incredible cgi, and nonstop action.
Its 1997 and on march th a weird event occurred and labeled the phoenix lights. The smoking gun though, is the characters names in the movie match the missing persons names. The phoenix incident 2015 the phoenix incident 2015. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. The phoenix incident is based on the largest ufo sighting in north america known as the phoenix lights. Alleged leaked classified ufo video released by fake news. With florence hartigan, luke spencer roberts, chelsea lopez, justin matthews. Dec 02, 2014 im quite sure that this is all part of a viral campaign for the movie the phoenix incident. Rent phoenix incident 2016 starring troy baker and liam obrien on dvd and bluray. Jun 05, 2016 ufo that could prove phoenix lights incident once and for all caught on stunning film a startling video capturing a ufo described as being like those seen in the worlds most inexplicable mass. The phoenix incident is a 2015 american science fiction and conspiracy thriller film written and directed by first time director keith arem, and starring yuri lowenthal, troy baker, liam obrien, michael adamthwaite, jamie tisdale and brian bloom.
The phoenix incident official trailer 1 2016 scifi thriller hd. Phoenix incident mixes fact and scifi in a creative, bold alien. An investigation into the disappearance of 4 arizona men exposes a military coverup of the largest ufo sighting in the u. The phoenix incident is a 2015 american science fiction and conspiracy thriller film written and directed by first time director keith arem, and starring yuri. Crowding around it to try to keep the story going is a very long framing device of a documentary chronicling the story of the coverup of the phoenix lights incident, involving the military, a crazy religious man as a red herring, and a supposed ongoing war against aliens that has been fought throughout the middle east and africa prior to. Phoenix forgotten tells the story of three teens who went into the desert shortly after the incident, hoping to document the strange events occurring in their town.
Ufo that could prove phoenix lights incident once and for. Mar, 2019 the film told the story of sarah bishop, a documentary filmmaker who returned to phoenix 20 years after her brother disappeared investigating the phoenix lights. Keith arams mockumentary uses foundfootage to purportedly uncover the mystery behind the reallife incident involving strange lights over. The filming is mostly done by one of the two brothers and he basically films them drinking and goofing off as well as arguments and hiking through the desert. I went into this expecting another uber low budget adlbbed found footage but got something entirely different, hence the high rating. Feb 29, 2016 new ufo thriller the phoenix incident goes beyond the theater to investigate a mysterious episode that occurred two decades ago in the arizona skies. Rent phoenix incident 2016 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Phoenix forgotten blurs the line between fact and fiction. On april 21, a film based loosely on the phoenix lights hits theaters. But it also borrows motioncapture techniques and staging from the world of video games. The phoenix incident 2015 stream and watch online moviefone.
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