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The Thirteenth Floor
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1999 film by Josef Rusnak
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7.1In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
Cast
- Craig Bierko as Douglas Hall
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Hannon Fuller
- Gretchen Mol as Jane Fuller
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Whitney
- Dennis Haysbert as Det. Larry McBain
- Steven Schub as Det. Zev Bernstein
Themes
- artificial intelligence (a.i.)
- based on novel or book
- computer program
- virtual reality
- dystopia
- simulation
- surrealism
- computer simulation
- simulated reality
- remake
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
81,579 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
29%
Metacritic
36/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Genres
- Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 nomination total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Josef Rusnak
- Screenplay by
- Josef Rusnak, Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez
- Based on
- Simulacron-3 , by Daniel F. Galouye World on a Wire , by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Produced by
- Roland Emmerich Ute Emmerich Marco Weber
- Starring
- Craig Bierko Gretchen Mol Vincent D'Onofrio Dennis Haysbert Armin Mueller-Stahl
- Cinematography
- Wedigo von Schultzendorff
- Edited by
- Henry Richardson
- Music by
- Harald Kloser
- Production company
- Centropolis Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Columbia Pictures (International) Jugendfilm , 20th Century Fox (Germany)
- Release dates
- April 16, 1999 ( 1999-04-16 ) (Denmark) May 28, 1999 ( 1999-05-28 ) (United States) November 25, 1999 ( 1999-11-25 ) (Germany)
- Running time
- 100 minutes
- Countries
- United States Germany
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $16 million
- Box office
- $18.5 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- melodrama
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Simulacron-3
- Main subject
- simulated reality
- Director
- Josef Rusnak
- Screenwriter
- Josef Rusnak
- Cast member
- Johnny Crawford
- Composer
- Harald Kloser
- Producer
- Roland Emmerich
- Production company
- Centropolis Entertainment
- Narrative location
- Los Angeles
- Filming location
- Long Beach
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 577427
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1999-11-25
- title
- The Thirteenth Floor
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Daniel F. Galouye
- box office
- 18564088
- review score
- 36/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Thirteenth Floor is a 1999 science fiction film written and directed by Josef Rusnak and produced by Roland Emmerich’s Centropolis Entertainment. Loosely based on Daniel F. Galouye’s 1964 novel, Simulacron-3, it is a remake of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1973 miniseries World on a Wire. The film stars Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dennis Haysbert. In 2000, The Thirteenth Floor was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film but lost to The Matrix.
Plot
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