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The 'Signs' Media Wave
Breaks in the US
US Television prepared for the release of the film ‘Signs’ by broadcasting
several new, or re-edited
programs that featured, or included segments about, the Crop Circle
phenomenon. Among them were:
History Vs Hollywood - The History Channel. A ‘backstory’ about the
making of the film ‘Signs’.
Unsolved Mysteries - The Lifetime Channel. A new program that
included coverage of a Crop Circle formation which appeared in Canada in
1999.
Histories Mysteries - The History Channel. A program produced in
2001 that was re-edited to include updated footage, and which featured
several of our luminosity photos. It was subsequently rerun several
times in the weeks surrounding the release of ‘Signs’.
Mysteries of the Unexplained - PAX TV. An episode that included a
re-creation of Nancy Talbott’s
experience of witnessing light phenomenon in Holland in 2001, in relation
to the discovery of a new
Crop Circle formation at the location where the luminous energy had been
seen.
Incredible But True – The History Channel. Aired August 7, and
contained a segment on the
Crop Circle phenomenon
Signs of Fear – Aired July 22 on nationally syndicated US TV
networks.
A non-Crop Circle related, but fear-mongering (in the manner of ‘Signs’),
hour long program,
hosted by ‘Signs’ director M. Night Shyamalan, that featured “Your ten
worst fears”, which included
such “fearsome” things as Rodents, Bats, Ghosts, etc., presented by the
director.
Additionally, there were several TV productions that we were
interviewed for and
took part in, which included:
Inside Edition with Deborah Norville
A Nationally syndicated TV ‘newsmagazine’ program in the US
First aired August 11, 2002, and was widely broadcast in
conjunction with the release of
the movie the ‘Signs’. In an in-depth three hour interview, taped on
July 3, 2002, Inside Edition asks us
what we think about the movie ‘Signs’, and our views about the worldwide
Crop Circle phenomenon.
TLC (The Learning Channel) Crop Circle
Documentary:
“Crop Circles - In Search of a Sign”
First aired August 6th, 2002,
and was subsequently re-broadcast several times in the following weeks.
In hours of in-depth interviews on April 22nd & May 1st 2002, the
TLC production team asked us
what we think about the movie ‘Signs’, and our views on the worldwide Crop
Circle phenomenon.
(Both of us were interviewed at length in various locations but, in
editing the many hours of footage
that TLC recorded for the program, unfortunately only a portion of Kris’
interview made it into the final cut.)
Crop Circle researcher, Andy Thomas, at the end of this TLC program,
pointedly proclaimed
“There are no answers! Crop Circles don’t give us answers.” To repeat
another favorite
pronouncement by Thomas:
“We beg to differ.”
CNN – American Morning
CNN – Live Today - with Paula Zahn
First aired on August 2nd, 2002 in conjunction with the release of the
film ‘Signs’, staring Mel Gibson.
Later airings included CNN’s International Network, broadcast in 15
different countries
On July 12th, 2002 Paul Clinton, CNN’s
Film Critic & Movie Reviewer, interviews Ed & Kris Sherwood
in preparation for his review of Signs. In an in-depth three and a half
hour interview CNN asks us what
we think about the movie ‘Signs’, and our views about the worldwide Crop
Circle phenomenon.
Broadcast in the context of a movie review of the film ‘Signs’, this
interview featured us as representatives
of the genuine, non-manmade Crop Circle phenomenon, and also included
interviews with the film’s star,
Mel Gibson; director M. Night Shyamalan; and debunker Irving Beiderman.
We also did many radio interviews in conjunction
with the release of the film ‘Signs’
14 different US and international radio stations contacted us when ‘Signs’
was first released in the US
to hear our views on the Crop Circle phenomenon, and the film.
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