They played Barney and Betty Hill, an American couple who claimed they were abducted by extraterrestrials in a rural portion of the state of New Hampshire.
How could they play these parts with a straight face?
James Earl Jones & Estelle Parsons Abducted By Aliens In "The UFO Incident"
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| by Anonymous | reply 26 | May 21, 2019 3:44 PM |
It was a paycheck. Long before Jones became famous for better things. Parsons grabbed for crumbs wherever she could.
| by Anonymous | reply 1 | May 19, 2019 1:00 AM |
It's actually an extremely well-done TV movie, eerie and disturbing, and both are excellent in it.
| by Anonymous | reply 2 | May 19, 2019 1:02 AM |
I worked with a woman who knew Betty Hill. I asked her if she believed her and she said Betty certainly believed it happened.
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | May 19, 2019 1:03 AM |
Aliens stuck a prob into Jones and stretched his vocal cord.
| by Anonymous | reply 4 | May 19, 2019 1:05 AM |
Right before the incident they stopped at a cafe. I suspect someone dosed them with LSD out of spite.
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | May 19, 2019 1:06 AM |
These are two actors that members of the Actors Studio, using sense memory and The Stanislavski Method of acting.
How do they use those techniques to play people abducted by Aliens!
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | May 19, 2019 1:08 AM |
I read the book a dozen times. I was obsessed.
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | May 19, 2019 1:34 AM |
Was this as big as Star Wars?
| by Anonymous | reply 11 | May 19, 2019 1:44 AM |
Less James Earl Jones, more James Girl Jones!
| by Anonymous | reply 12 | May 19, 2019 1:48 AM |
OP, in that photo, which one is supposed to be Estelle Parsons?
| by Anonymous | reply 13 | May 19, 2019 2:54 AM |
It needs a Blu Ray release.
| by Anonymous | reply 14 | May 19, 2019 2:56 AM |
[quote]It's actually an extremely well-done TV movie, eerie and disturbing, and both are excellent in it.
I concur, R2. Both Jones' and Parsons' performances are intense, particularly during their memory regression sessions. They should both have received an Emmy, or at least a nomination.
| by Anonymous | reply 15 | May 19, 2019 3:01 AM |
R2 I thought so too. As mentioned above, I thought both actors gave it their all.
| by Anonymous | reply 16 | May 19, 2019 3:03 AM |
playing a character abducted by a UFO is not Shakespeare
| by Anonymous | reply 18 | May 20, 2019 6:55 PM |
Bawny!
| by Anonymous | reply 19 | May 20, 2019 7:14 PM |
It was a riveting movie. Parsons and Jones were extremely believable.
| by Anonymous | reply 20 | May 20, 2019 7:21 PM |
I remember my whole family reading about this in Life or Look magazine. It blew our minds.
| by Anonymous | reply 21 | May 20, 2019 7:34 PM |
Controversial at the time, of course, because it was an interracial couple.
| by Anonymous | reply 22 | May 20, 2019 7:37 PM |
I don’t think OP understands how acting works...
| by Anonymous | reply 23 | May 21, 2019 3:13 PM |
- I guess if they’re abducted by aliens, ya kinda have to overlook the whole mixed race thing.
- Y-y-yup.
| by Anonymous | reply 24 | May 21, 2019 3:31 PM |
Tell me about it, OP! Today's actors are so above such things!
| by Anonymous | reply 25 | May 21, 2019 3:40 PM |
The role should have gone to Liza.
"Here sniff some of this, baldie, it'll be terrif!"
| by Anonymous | reply 26 | May 21, 2019 3:44 PM |