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6.0A troubled psychologist is sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet.
Cast
- George Clooney as Chris Kelvin
- Natascha McElhone as Rheya
- Viola Davis as Gordon
- Jeremy Davies as Snow
- Ulrich Tukur as Gibarian
- Michael Ensign as Friend
Themes
- loss of sense of reality
- based on novel or book
- loss of loved one
- clone
- hallucination
- space travel
- grief
- space
- psychologist
- astronaut
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Steven Soderbergh
- Screenplay by
- Steven Soderbergh
- Based on
- Solaris , by Stanisław Lem
- Produced by
- James Cameron Rae Sanchini Jon Landau
- Starring
- George Clooney Natascha McElhone Jeremy Davies Viola Davis Ulrich Tukur
- Cinematography
- Peter Andrews
- Edited by
- Mary Ann Bernard
- Music by
- Cliff Martinez
- Production company
- Lightstorm Entertainment
- Distributed by
- 20th Century Fox
- Release date
- November 27, 2002 ( 2002-11-27 )
- Running time
- 99 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $47 million
- Box office
- $30 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 169233
- Official website
- www.foxjapan.com/movies/solaris/intro.html
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- publication date
- 2002-11-27
- title
- Solaris
- capital cost
- 47000000
- review score
- 66%
- box office
- 14973382
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Solaris is a 2002 American science fiction drama film written for the screen and directed by Steven Soderbergh, produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau, and starring George Clooney and Natascha McElhone, with Jeremy Davies, Viola Davis and Ulrich Tukur in supporting roles. It is based on the 1961 science fiction novel of the same name by Polish writer Stanisław Lem. Reflecting on Andrei Tarkovsky's critically acclaimed 1972 film Solaris (which was itself preceded by a 1968 Soviet TV film), Soderbergh promised to be closer in spirit to Lem's novel.
The film is set almost entirely on a space station orbiting the planet Solaris, adding flashbacks to the previous experiences of its main characters on Earth. The protagonist, Dr. Chris Kelvin, struggles with the questions of Solaris's motivation, his beliefs and memories, and reconciling what was lost with an opportunity for a second chance.