The Program

Cinephile deep dive

The take

James Fox directs. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 2 years ago.
• 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 3Peter Coyote and Chris Mellon and David Grusch carry the top of the cast.
• 4IMDB entry: tt33549764 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
• 5Only 12 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
• 6Classified under 14 themes, including "ufo", "government cover-up", "public speaking", "investigative journalism".

The technical file

Runtime

102 min · 1h 42m

Aspect ratio (typical)

1.37:1 (Academy)

Status

Released

Original language

EN

IMDB

The Program (2024) ↗

Also by

James Fox

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  I Know What I Saw

  2009 · ★ 7.5
• 
  Moment of Contact: New Revelations of Alien Encounters

  2025 · ★ 7.5
• 
  Out of the Blue

  2003 · ★ 7.4
• 
  I Know What I Saw

  2009 · ★ 7.4
• 
  Moment of Contact

  2022 · ★ 6.4
• 
  The Phenomenon

  2020 · ★ 6.3

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Selected frames

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Production companies

Who made it

• LA

  Lab 9 Films

• CE

  CE3 Films

Key crew

• ProducerJames Fox
• ProducerLance Mungia

Themes & keywords

What it's about, really

• ufo
• government cover-up
• public speaking
• investigative journalism
• ufo conspiracy
• government agency
• ufo sighting
• unidentified aerial phenomenon (uap)
• ufo crash
• ufology
• seriously for ufo
• secret space ufos
• ufo disclosure series
• u. s. government

Release history · US

When it landed

• Theatrical (limited)2024-12-16
• Digital2024-12-16