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THE BEHOLDER
Patrick Tarloff, a university English professor, lost his eyesight in a childhood accident and now, at age 28, has regained it through a cutting-edge operation. But when the bandages are removed, he sees more than just the world that has been dark to him for 20 years. He sees a mysterious woman, a vision that his neurosurgeon Dr. Angus McCadden and his psychologist, Dr. Louise Burroughs, assure him is only a hallucination. But then Patrick sees her again, communicates with her, touches her. Her name is Kyra, she writes in glowing letters that float in the air, and she needs his help to go home. Back at the lab, Dr. McCadden and his sponsor, Dwight Borden of the NSA, let Patrick in on the secret: the iridium he was given as part of his operation is actually a drug designed to increase his perception. Kyra, he learns, is an alien who has been stranded on earth and he has been given his gift of sight so that he can lead the NSA to her. After Borden assures Patrick that the NSA only wants to help Kyra, he leads her to the lab. But when they trap her in a magnetic field and won't let her out, Patrick realizes that he must make the ultimate sacrifice to save the creature he has come to love.
Directed by: Jeff Woolnough Written by: Sam Egan
Starring: Mackenzie Astin, Rebecca Jenkins, Obba Babatunde, Claire Rankin and Peter Wingfield