Official Denial

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Official Denial
Written by Bryce Zabel
Directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith
Starring Parker Stevenson
Dirk Benedict
Erin Gray
Michael Pate
Chad Everett
Country of originAustralia
United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducerDarryl Sheen
Running time83 minutes
Production companyWilshire Court Productions
Original release
Release20 November 1993 (1993-11-20)

Official Denial is a 1993 made-for-television science fiction film directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith and written by Bryce Zabel, starring Parker Stevenson, Dirk Benedict and Erin Gray, about a man who is abducted by aliens. It is eventually revealed that the aliens are in reality humans from the future.

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The film was shot on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. [1]

Official Denial was SyFy's first vidpic, when the television channel was still called Sci-Fi Channel. [2]

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References

  1. Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p. 115
  2. Griffin, Dominic (17 November 1993). "Official Denial". Variety. Retrieved 4 August 2023.