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519:, but that these people are very, very reluctant to reveal their experiences. The stories that come out have been relatively the same story -- the figures, the symbols that they've seen. There is a kind of standardization of this tale among people who have no interaction whatsoever." So Crenna allows that perhaps something has been going on out there. "(Making the movie) caused me to be more open-minded in my attitudes about such speculation, and to not let my own fears close my mind to the possibility," Crenna said." 29: 476:: "The most surprising thing about "Intruders" is simply how dull it is. This story draaaags over two nights and four hours (Sunday and Tuesday from 8-10 p.m. on Ch. 5) without ever raising the level of excitement much above tedium. It doesn't help that half the movie treats it all as some sort of mystery, when every viewer is aware we're talking aliens here." 507:: "Personally, I must say that I think one always goes into a project of this sort with a certain amount of skepticism," he said. "The thing that is most convincing is the people I've dealt with. The sincerity of their retelling and recounting of their experience is so compelling." Crenna said he watched 411:
Mary Wilkes is a housewife from Nebraska who has a history of unexplained blackouts and one night ends up on a highway miles from her home. She is also plagued by nightmares similar to those experienced by Lesley. Mary decides to take a holiday in California with her sister, who knows Dr. Chase, and
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Neil is struck by the similarities between the two cases, and realizes that symbols seen on board an alien ship and drawn by Mary are similar to that of another patient of his, a former soldier who encountered a crashed UFO which was recovered by the government. Making contact with a university
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is persuaded to see the psychiatrist to find out if he can help with her nightmares. Initially, Dr. Chase does not believe Lesley, thinking her nightmares to be related to childhood abuse, but becomes convinced something else is happening when Mary tells him of similar experiences.
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Lesley Hahn lives in California, and is plagued by nightmares about faceless telephone repairmen entering her house and taking her. She contacts psychiatrist Dr. Neil Chase in hope of receiving treatment for her nightmares.
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applies his directorial skills to a two-part sci-fi adventure, and the first two hours are whizbang stuff ending with a surefire cliffhanger. Thanks to a script by Barry Oringerr and
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near the end, when we are asked to love, or at least understand, these aliens who reputedly have been snatching babies and doing intricate
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professor who does research into alien abductions, he begins to investigate the wider world of alien encounters, and runs into an
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general who is investigating UFOs in secret. Finally, Mary is abducted again, and learns the true purpose of the aliens.
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patients. "The thing that is most convincing to me is not that these people have read the same copy of the
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was released in Europe on November 8, 2004. A DVD was also released in the USA in 2015.
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on unwilling patients. But until then, it's a wild ride on the edge of your seat."
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This article is about the 1992 miniseries. For the 2014 TV series, see
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for "Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special."
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