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| Directed by | Olatunde Osunsanmi |
| Screenplay by | Olatunde Osunsanmi |
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| Starring | Milla Jovovich Will Patton Elias Koteas |
| Cinematography | Lorenzo Senatore |
| Edited by | Paul Covington |
| Music by | Atli Örvarsson |
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Running time | 98 minutes |
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| Language | English |
| Budget | $10 million |
| Box office | $47.7 million[1] |
The Fourth Kind is a 2009 science fiction thriller[2] film directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi and featuring a cast of Milla Jovovich, Elias Koteas, Corey Johnson, Will Patton, Charlotte Milchard, Mia Mckenna-Bruce, Yulian Vergov, and Osunsanmi. The title is derived from the expansion of J. Allen Hynek's classification of close encounters with aliens, in which the fourth kind denotes alien abductions.
The film is a pseudodocumentary—purporting to be a dramatic re-enactment of true events that occurred in Nome, Alaska - in which a psychologist uses hypnosis to uncover memories of alien abduction from her patients, and finds evidence suggesting that she may have been abducted as well. At the beginning of the film, Jovovich informs the audience this entire movie is actually real, that she will be playing a character based on a real person named Abigail Tyler, and that the film will feature archival footage of the real Tyler. The "Abigail Tyler" seen in the archival footage is played by Charlotte Milchard, and at various points throughout the film, the archival footage scenes and accompanying dramatic re-enactments are presented side by side.[3][4]
The film received negative reviews and grossed $47.7 million worldwide.[5]
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- ^ "'The 4th Kind' Banners Go Through Step by Step - Bloody Disgusting". www.bloody-disgusting.com. 10 October 2009.
- ^ Wainio, Wade (3 October 2018). "Sci-Fi: The Fourth Kind may bend truth, but it also bends minds". Fansided.com. FanSided (Minute Media). Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2020.
- ^ Woerner, Meredith (27 June 2014). "Fact Check: Are These Horror Films Really "Based On Actual Events"?". Gizmodo. Archived from the original on 31 August 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
- ^ "Box Office Mojo: The Fourth Kind". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2010-09-12.