According to Fairbanks Daily News-Miner and Alaska Daily News, Nome, and other Alaskan towns, have had their share of disappearances. The FBI has emphatically stated that the specific disappearances discussed in the film were the result of a combination of alcohol and frigid temperatures - not the alien abduction circumstances portrayed in the film. The movie claims that there have been a disproportionately large amount of FBI investigations in Nome that are still unsolved. These claims are disputed by native Alaskans, who say that the specific cases depicted in the film have nothing to do with alien abduction and that the entire "owl" idea was the brainchild of the screenwriter. "The cases date back to the 1960s, with 10 since 1990. The victims were mostly Native men who had traveled to the Seward Peninsula's commercial hub from smaller villages of the Bering Strait region." In any remote area where temperatures can reach fifty degrees below zero, a simple thing like a trek to get supplies can end in disaster if the person gets lost, dehydrated, and begins to hallucinate.[6]
While the movie claims to be based on "real case studies" and real events, it is fiction in the vein of The Blair Witch Project or Cannibal Holocaust; the characters portrayed in the film are all fictitious.[7][8]
A fake site was set up as a faux medical journal registered on August 13, 2009. It provides a "biography" of Dr. Abigail Tyler, and supporting articles: http://alaskapsychiatryjournal.org/entries/Dr-Abigail-Tyler-Bio.html It has since been taken down.
The alleged real-life video footage and audio recordings used in The Fourth Kind are often denounced as mockumentary-style movie making. The Blu-ray release of the film includes extra footage not included in the original theater release. One of these clips shows the murder-suicide documentary footage. With the volume turned up, a person off-camera can be heard yelling "Action!"
The film's trailer states that the story is based on "actual case studies", but did not specify any cases. As a result, much speculation had arisen regarding the search for documented evidence from the actual cases and whether Dr. Abigail Tyler is a real person or a fictional character for use in an internet viral marketing campaign.[9] Actress Charlotte Milchard was credited as "Nome resident", bearing a striking resemblance to the supposed real-life Abbey Tyler seen in the documentary footage. Her IMDB status has since been updated and confirms that she is indeed the English actress who played the "Real Dr. Abigail Tyler".
On September 2, 2009, an investigation by Kyle Hopkins and the Anchorage Daily News examined the validity of the film's premise, and its relation to actual disappearances that have occurred in and around the town of Nome. The investigation found no specific events to back up the claims in the film and also revealed that unsolved deaths in Nome are no more a majority of disappearances (just as in other remote areas).[10]
On November 12, 2009, Universal Pictures agreed to a $20,000 settlement with the Alaska Press Club "to settle complaints about fake news archives used to promote the movie." Universal acknowledged that they created fake online news articles and obituaries to make it appear that the movie had a basis in real events.[11] It is rumored that the interactive agency Earthbound Media Group, located in Irvine, CA, is responsible for this guerrilla marketing strategy as a third party agency hired by NBC.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fourth_KindA jakby ktoś miał jeszcze wątpliwości:
Ubsada:
Charlotte Milchard jako "prawdziwa" dr Abigail Tyler (niewymieniona w napisach)
http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czwarty_stopie%C5%84Jak widać wpajanie ciemnoty ludziom jest w Stanach (i nie tylko) na porządku dziennym. Jestem pewny, że mnóstwo osób się na to nabierze i uwierzy w historyjki o UFO, lub po prostu pogłębi swoją wiarę. Zresztą sam, choć reprezentuję podejście sceptyczne, złapałem się na tym, że zastanawiałem się nad wiarygodnością treści zawartych w filmie. W końcu mówili "film oparty na faktach" a pewne "dowody" tylko to potwierdzały. Mam nadzieję, iż taka metoda kręcenia filmu nie stanie się w najbliższych czasach praktyką powszechną (łatwy zarobek). Niby wiadomo, że media nami manipulują i wprowadzają nas w błąd, ale i tak łatwo się przejechać. Dlatego też zanim się w coś uwierzy (chociaż trochę) należy to w miarę dokładnie sprawdzić. Zresztą uważam, że większość religii, oraz takie ruchy jak New Age wyrosły na podobnej zasadzie. W końcu kłamstwo powtarzane przez grupę staje się prawdą.
Za oszukiwanie odbiorcy ocena spada do 3/10. Trzeba im jednak oddać, że zrobili to w niezłym stylu
