Fatal Sky

Fatal Sky
Fatal Sky
Directed by	Frank Shields
Written by	Anthony Able
Based on	story by Brian Williams
Produced by	Antony I. Ginnane; Steven Strick
Starring	Michael Nouri; Darlanne Fluegel; Maxwell Caulfield; Derren Nesbitt; Charles Durning
Release date	1990;
Running time	88 minutes
Countries	Australia; United States; Yugoslavia
Language	English

Fatal Sky (a.k.a. Project Alien^[1]) is a 1990 science fiction thriller film. The script was alternately known as No Cause for Alarm, Deadfall and Vanished in its initial preproduction stages. It was an American/ British/ Australian/ Yugoslavian co-production. The movie was not theatrically released and went straight to video.^[2]^[3]

Plot

Prior to crashing, the pilot of a military plane radios about seeing many lights in the sky. NATO tries to quash the story, but two famous newsmen (George Abbott and Jeff Milker) decide to investigate the story, with the aid of a female pilot named "Bird" McNamara. They discover the area around the crash site is extremely desolate and discover the presence of a mysterious disease. Strange sores begin to appear on members of the local population and the bodies of animals are found mutilated. What is the military covering up?

Cast

Michael Nouri as Jeff Milker
Maxwell Caulfield as George Abbott
Darlanne Fluegel as "Bird" McNamara
Derrin Nesbitt as Arthur Corbin
Charles Durning as Colonel Clancey
Ray Charleson as Dr. Bannister
Sebastian Allen as Beggs
Ena Begovic as Mrs. Sumner
Janez Vajevec as Mr. Sumner

References

^ "Project Alien (1990)".
^ Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p56
^ "Fatal Sky (1990)". Archived from the original on 19 April 2021.

External links

Fatal Sky at IMDb

[1] "Project Alien (1990)".

[scott-2] Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p56

[3] "Fatal Sky (1990)". Archived from the original on 19 April 2021.

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