"Roswell" Movie VHS Video, DVD, and Blue Ray Box Cover Art:

THE FILM'S RELEASE: SHOWTIME first broadcast this telefilm on 04 July 1994 on the forty-seventh Anniversary of the actual crash.

FROM IMDb: Taglines: The Pentagon Denied It Was A UFO. But One Man Knew Better Because He Was There.

SYNOPSIS: Beginning at a 30-year reunion for members of a military nuclear bomb unit, flashbacks are presented that follow the attempts of Major Jesse Marcel to discover the truth about strange debris found on a local rancher's field in July of 1947. Told by his superiors that what he has found is nothing more than a downed weather balloon, Marcel maintains his military duty until the weight of the truth, however out of this world it may be, forces him to piece together what really occurred. Adapted from real-life events portrayed in the book _UFO Crash at Roswell_ by Kevin Randle and Donald Schmitt. Written by Rick Gregory

Directed by
Jeremy Kagan Writing Credits (WGA)
Kevin D. Randle ... (book) &
Donald R. Schmitt ... (book)

Paul Davids ... (story) &
Jeremy Kagan ... (story) and
Arthur Kopit ... (story)

Arthur Kopit ... (screenplay)

CAST:
Kyle MacLachlan ... Jesse Marcel
Martin Sheen ... Townsend
Dwight Yoakam ... Mac Brazel
Xander Berkeley ... Sherman Carson
Bob Gunton ... Frank Joyce
Kim Greist ... Vy Marcel
Peter MacNicol ... Lewis Rickett
John M. Jackson ... Colonel Blanchard
Nick Searcy ... Mortician
J.D. Daniels ... Jesse Marcel, Jr. - Young
Lisa Waltz ... Janet Foss
Denice Marcel ... Waitress

Trivia:
I am listed in the credits at the end of the film as the "Concept Designer."

Denice Marcel, the granddaughter of the real Jesse Marcel, portrays a waitress. Denise is the current State Section Director of MUFON LA.
This film plays at the International UFO Museum and Research Center in Roswell, NM.
Although the story takes place in New Mexico, the movie was filmed entirely in Arizona.
The film contains one of the earliest references to Area 51.

The film's on-screen credits contain the disclaimer: "This story is based upon certain actual events and persons. However, some of the characters, incidents and names are fictionalized."

The film takes place in July 1947 and 1977.

Hansford Rowe (Chaplain) later played President Harry S. Truman in Dark Skies: Moving Targets (1996), which also involved the Roswell UFO Incident.