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Sphere – Die Macht aus dem All
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Sphere is a 1998 American science fiction, adventure, and mystery film directed by Barry Levinson. The screenplay was written by Kurt Wimmer and Paul Attanasio, based on a work by Michael Crichton. The cast includes Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, and Liev Schreiber. Michael Crichton and Barry Levinson served as producers, with Warner Bros. Entertainment handling production and distribution. The film was shot in English and features a narrative set in Insular Oceania.
The movie has a runtime of 134 minutes and was released on February 13, 1998. It has a budget of 80,000,000 and generated revenue of 37,020,277. The director of photography was Adam Greenberg, while Stu Linder edited the film. Elliot Goldenthal composed the score, and Norman Reynolds acted as production designer. The film carries the tagline "Terror can fill any space."
Sphere received a rating of 6.1 on IMDb based on 117,438 votes. On TMDb, it holds a vote average of 6.128 from 1,805 users. The film is distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix.
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Film · TMDB
6.1A spacecraft is discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the ocean floor to investigate. However, the ship is not as it seems and when a giant perfect sphere is discovered in the cargo bay, things begin to fall apart.
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman as Dr. Norman Goodman
- Sharon Stone as Dr. Elizabeth 'Beth' Halperin
- Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Harry Adams
- Peter Coyote as Captain Harold C. Barnes
- Liev Schreiber as Dr. Ted Fielding
- Queen Latifah as Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher
Themes
- space marine
- based on novel or book
- ocean
- extraterrestrial technology
- paranoia
- time travel
- time bomb
- alien
- psychologist
- ocean floor
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Barry Levinson
- Screenplay by
- Stephen Hauser Paul Attanasio
- Adaptation by
- Kurt Wimmer
- Based on
- Sphere , by Michael Crichton
- Produced by
- Barry Levinson Michael Crichton Andrew Wald
- Starring
- Dustin Hoffman Sharon Stone Samuel L. Jackson Peter Coyote Liev Schreiber
- Cinematography
- Adam Greenberg
- Edited by
- Stu Linder
- Music by
- Elliot Goldenthal
- Production company
- Baltimore Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- February 13, 1998 ( 1998-02-13 )
- Running time
- 134 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $73–80 million
- Box office
- $73.4 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
WarnerBros.com | Sphere | Movies
Far below the surface in the mid-Pacific, U.S. officials have isolated what may be the greatest discovery in human history.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Sphere
- Main subject
- time travel
- Director
- Barry Levinson
- Screenwriter
- Paul Attanasio
- Cast member
- James Pickens Jr.
- Composer
- Elliot Goldenthal
- Producer
- Barry Levinson
- Cinematographer
- Adam Greenberg
- Narrative location
- Insular Oceania
- Duration
- 129
- FilmAffinity ID
- 556710
- Performer
- Elliot Goldenthal
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.warnerbros.com/sphere
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- publication date
- 1998-02-13
- film editor
- Stu Linder
- title
- Sphere
- distributed by
- Netflix
- production designer
- Norman Reynolds
- after a work by
- Michael Crichton
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Kula
- set in environment
- subaquaria
- review score
- 13%
- capital cost
- 80000000
- box office
- 37020277
Sources (14)
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Article · Deutsch
Sphere – Die Macht aus dem All (Originaltitel Sphere) ist ein US-amerikanischer Science-Fiction-Film aus dem Jahr 1998 des Regisseurs Barry Levinson nach dem Roman Sphere – Die Gedanken des Bösen von Michael Crichton aus dem Jahr 1987. Als man auf dem Meeresgrund ein Raumschiff entdeckt, versucht der Psychologe Goodman (Dustin Hoffman) zusammen mit der Biochemikerin Halperin (Sharon Stone), dem Mathematiker Adams (Samuel L. Jackson) und dem Astrophysiker Fielding (Liev Schreiber) so viel wie möglich über das Ufo in Erfahrung zu bringen. Als sie eine seltsame Sphäre wahrnehmen, ahnen sie nicht, dass diese ihre Gedanken manipulieren wird.
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