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Solaris is a 2002 American science fiction, romance, drama, and adventure film directed, written, and edited by Steven Soderbergh. Based on the work of Stanisław Lem, the movie stars George Clooney, Natascha McElhone, Viola Davis, and Jeremy Davies. The production was handled by Lightstorm Entertainment, with James Cameron and Jon Landau serving as producers. Cliff Martinez composed the score, and Milena Canonero designed the costumes.
The plot follows a troubled psychologist sent to investigate the crew of an isolated research station orbiting a bizarre planet. Filming took place in California, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Arizona. The film has a runtime of 99 minutes and was distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix. It was released in various dates throughout 2002 and 2003.
Solaris had a budget of 47,000,000 and generated revenue of 30,002,758. It holds a rating of 6.2 from 89,246 votes on IMDb and a vote average of 5.9 from 1,442 votes on TMDb. The film is referenced by 257 other encyclopedia articles.
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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
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Solaris
- Director
- Steven Soderbergh
- Screenwriter
- Steven Soderbergh
- Cast member
- Michael Ensign
- Composer
- Cliff Martinez
- Producer
- James Cameron
- Production company
- Lightstorm Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Steven Soderbergh
- Filming location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 99
- FilmAffinity ID
- 169233
- Performer
- Cliff Martinez
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.foxjapan.com/movies/solaris/intro.html
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- distributed by
- Netflix
- publication date
- 2002-11-27
- title
- Solaris
- film editor
- Steven Soderbergh
- after a work by
- Stanisław Lem
- costume designer
- Milena Canonero
- capital cost
- 47000000
- different from
- Solaris
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set in environment
- fictional planet
- review score
- 66%
- box office
- 14973382
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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