The X Files - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

[mathew]

In the chronology of the series, the movie takes place between the fifth season finale, episode #5.20 "The End" (with the CSM torching Mulder's office) and the sixth season premiere episode #6.1 "The Beginning" (which deals with the gestating-breed of aliens in the movie).

[toni]

The final scene takes place in Foum Tatouine, which is an actual place (in Tunisia), which was also used for filming the scenes on the planet Tatooine in the Star Wars movies.

[jessie]

The opening X in the credits had to be different from the TV show's version for legal reasons.

[darrell]

11:21 - the time Mulder goes to the Dallas Field Office, where Scully joins him and analyzes the fossils. 11:21 is also the time when Scully wakes up to Mulder calling her in The Pilot Episode and The Erlenmeyer Flask in the series. 11/21 is the birth date of Chris Carter's wife. Also, D-1121 is shown on one of the domes during the Antarctic section at the end of the movie. The D represents his wife's name, which is Dori.

[eli]

Blythe Danner's initial reaction on being offered a part in the film was surprise. She wondered if they had made a mistake as she didn't think she was cool enough to considered.

[brent]

Because of the demands of making the ongoing TV series (Season 5 was about to go into production), David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson were only available to work on the film for 75% of its shooting schedule.