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Event Horizon

1997 film directed by Paul W. S. Anderson

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In 2047, a group of astronauts are sent to investigate and salvage the starship Event Horizon which disappeared mysteriously seven years before on its maiden voyage. However, it soon becomes evident that something sinister resides in its corridors.

Released: 1997-08-1596 minDir: Paul W. S. AndersonHorror, Science Fiction, Mystery

Cast

Laurence Fishburne as Miller
Sam Neill as Weir
Kathleen Quinlan as Peters
Joely Richardson as Starck
Richard T. Jones as Cooper
Jack Noseworthy as Justin

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Key facts

Directed by: Paul Anderson
Written by: Philip Eisner
Produced by: Lawrence Gordon Lloyd Levin Jeremy Bolt
Starring: Laurence Fishburne Sam Neill Kathleen Quinlan Joely Richardson
Cinematography: Adrian Biddle
Edited by: Martin Hunter
Music by: Michael Kamen
Production companies: Paramount Pictures Golar Productions Impact Pictures
Distributed by: Paramount Pictures
Release dates: 15 August 1997 ( 1997-08-15 ) (USA) 22 August 1997 ( 1997-08-22 ) (UK)
Running time: 96 minutes
Countries: United Kingdom United States

Key dates

Published: 15 January 1998

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: film
Genre: fantasy film
Country of origin: United States
Original language: English language
Publisher: CBS
Main subject: spaceflight
Depicts: Neptune
Director: Paul W. S. Anderson
Cast member: Emily Booth
Composer: Michael Kamen

Article

Event Horizon is a 1997 science fiction horror film directed by Paul Anderson and written by Philip Eisner. It stars Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, and Joely Richardson. The film follows a crew of astronauts in the year 2047 who are sent on a rescue mission after the Event Horizon, a spaceship that went missing seven years earlier, spontaneously reappears in orbit around Neptune.

The film had a troubled production, with filming and editing rushed by Paramount Pictures when the projected release date of Titanic was changed. The original 130-minute cut of the film was heavily edited by the studio's demand, much to Anderson's consternation.