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Hollow Man
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*Hollow Man* is a 2000 American and German thriller, horror, science fiction, and action film directed by Paul Verhoeven. The screenplay was written by Andrew W. Marlowe, with production handled by Douglas Wick and Alan Marshall. The cast includes Kevin Bacon, Elisabeth Shue, Josh Brolin, and Kim Dickens. The film, which features a mad scientist as its main subject, was produced by Columbia Pictures and distributed by Columbia Pictures and Netflix.
The movie was filmed in Los Angeles, California, and set in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles. It has a runtime of 112 minutes and was released on August 4, 2000. The production had a budget of $95,000,000 and generated $190,213,455 in revenue. Jerry Goldsmith composed the score, while Mark Goldblatt served as the film editor and Jost Vacano as the director of photography.
The film received mixed critical reception, with an IMDb rating of 5.9 based on 147,455 votes and a Metascore of 24. It was rated R and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects.
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Film · TMDB
6.0Cocky researcher Sebastian Caine is working on a project to make living creatures invisible. Determined to achieve the ultimate breakthrough, Caine pushes his team to move to the next phase — using himself as the subject. The test is a success, but when the process can't be reversed and Caine seems doomed to future without flesh, he starts to turn increasingly dangerous.
Cast
- Kevin Bacon as Sebastian Caine
- Elisabeth Shue as Linda McKay
- Josh Brolin as Matthew Kensington
- Kim Dickens as Sarah Kennedy
- Greg Grunberg as Carter Abbey
- Joey Slotnick as Frank Chase
Themes
- experiment
- killing
- villain
- slasher
- scientist
- survival horror
- invisible person
- voyeurism
- invisibility
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Ratings
IMDb
5.9/10
144,058 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
25%
Metacritic
24/100
- Year
- 2000
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Genres
- Action, Horror, Sci-Fi
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 7 wins & 15 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Paul Verhoeven
- Screenplay by
- Andrew W. Marlowe
- Story by
- Gary Scott Thompson Andrew W. Marlowe
- Produced by
- Douglas Wick Alan Marshall
- Starring
- Elisabeth Shue Kevin Bacon Josh Brolin Kim Dickens Greg Grunberg Joey Slotnick Mary Randle William Devane
- Cinematography
- Jost Vacano
- Edited by
- Mark Goldblatt
- Music by
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Production companies
- Columbia Pictures Red Wagon Productions Global Entertainment Productions GmbH & Company Medien KG
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release dates
- August 4, 2000 ( 2000-08-04 ) (United States) October 12, 2000 ( 2000-10-12 ) (Germany)
- Running time
- 112 minutes , 119 minutes, (director's cut)
- Countries
- Germany United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $95 million
- Box office
- $190.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- Germany
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Hollow Man 2
- Main subject
- mad scientist
- Director
- Paul Verhoeven
- Screenwriter
- Andrew W. Marlowe
- Cast member
- Tom Woodruff Jr.
- Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Producer
- Alan Marshall
- Production company
- Columbia Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Jost Vacano
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Los Angeles
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 157335
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2000-10-12
- film editor
- Mark Goldblatt
- title
- Hollow Man
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Visual Effects
- after a work by
- H. G. Wells
- distributed by
- Netflix
- costume designer
- Ellen Mirojnick
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- inspired by
- The Invisible Man
- review score
- 24/100
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Encyclopedic overview
Hollow Man is a 2000 science fiction horror film directed by Paul Verhoeven and written by Andrew W. Marlowe from a story he co-wrote with Gary Scott Thompson. The film stars Elisabeth Shue, Kevin Bacon, Josh Brolin, Kim Dickens, Greg Grunberg, Joey Slotnick, Mary Randle, and William Devane. It follows Sebastian Caine, a scientist who volunteers to test an experimental serum that renders him invisible. When the process cannot be reversed, he becomes increasingly unstable and violent.
Produced as a large-scale studio project with an emphasis on visual effects, the film was shot in 1999 on a budget of approximately $95 million, most of which was allocated to effects work by Sony Pictures Imageworks and Tippett Studio. Filming took place in California and the Washington, D.C. area, combining practical effects with digital compositing to depict invisibility, including motion-control photography and computer-generated imagery.
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