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Release Date:
February 28, 2001
Original Title:
Conversation With An Alien
Genres:
Science Fiction
Production Companies:
Inflight Productions
Pathfinder Pictures
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 90
Archeologist Smith accidentally stumbles upon an ancient alien ship filled with treasures, along with the fatally injured, yet still alive, alien captain. Smith soon develops strange psychic abilities and keeps the alien as a prisoner in his lab, where he abducts other humans and performs bizarre experiments on them. One of the captives joins forces with the imprisoned alien captain to overthrow the crazed archeologist by summoning help from outer space
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