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MPAA Rating: PG Content Advisory: Mild Violence, Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1985 DVD Release: 06/24/2003 Format: DVD SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 30 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Science Fiction, Psychological Sci-Fi

Jack Elam enjoys a rare top-billed starring role in The Aurora Encounter. The heavily bearded Elam plays a 19th century Texas eccentric who besottedly welcomes a space alien (Mickey Hays) into his home. Upon learning of these nocturnal visits, newspaper editor Carol Bagdasarian (the wife of Alvin and the Chipmunks producer Ross Bagdasarian Jr.) begins writing them up in her paper. She then reports these curious sightings to the governor, played by none other than former Little Rascal Spanky McFarland. The Governer feigns disbelief, but sends ranger Will Mitchell to investigate, with orders to shoot any and all extraterrestrials on sight. Meanwhile, the space visitor proves to be a friendly one by rescuing three locals from a mine cave-in. Bagdasarian and the townsfolk attempt to signal the visitor and let him know that they mean him no harm, but they haven't reckoned with the trigger-happy Mitchell. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Jack Elam - Charlie
Peter Brown - Sheriff
Carol Bagdasarian - Alain
Dottie West - Irene
Mickey Hays - Aurora Spaceman

Jim McCullough's family friendly science-fiction film The Aurora Encounter comes to DVD with a widescreen anamorphic transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.85:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. There are neither subtitles nor closed-captions on this release. There are no supplemental materials of any consequence, but this Anchor Bay title does boast picture quality as good as one could hope to expect. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide