Sphere (1998)
Genre Science Fiction; Thriller
Studio Warner Bros.
Movie Release Date 1998
Country USA
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance)
Running Time 134 mins
Format DVD
Color Color
Cast
Dustin Hoffman Dr. Norman Goodman
Sharon Stone Dr. Beth Halperin
Samuel L. Jackson Dr. Harry Adams
Peter Coyote Captain Harold C. Barnes
Queen Latifah Alice Fletcher
Huey Lewis Helicopter Pilot
Bernard Hocke Seaman
Liev Schreiber Dr. Ted Fielding
Michael Keys Hall O.S.S.A. Official
Marga Gómez Jane Edmunds
James Pickens Jr. O.S.S.A. Instructor
Ralph Tabakin O.S.S.A. Official
Crew
Director Barry Levinson
Writer Michael Crichton
Writer Kurt Wimmer
Producer Michael Crichton
Producer Barry Levinson
Musician Elliot Goldenthal
Musician Duke Ellington
Musician Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Cinematography Adam Greenberg
Plot
Psychologist Norman Goodman (Dustin Hoffman) is astounded to be called to duty by the U. S government based on a report he wrote about dealing with extraterrestrials. Navy divers have discovered a huge and apparently alien spacecraft 1000 feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean and Goodman’s report is being used as a template for exploring the craft. The team he recommended has been hastily pulled together and consists of mathematician Harry Adams (Samuel L. Jackson), physicist Ted Fielding (Live Schreiber), biochemist Beth Halperin (Sharon Stone), Navy Captain Harold C. Barnes (Peter Coyote), and Goodman himself. After a whirlwind training session the team takes up residence in a high tech underwater habitat so they can investigate the ship. It turns out not to be alien at all but American and inexplicably three hundred years old, sent to the bottom of the sea by an Unknown Entry Event. When a storm on the surface traps the team below for a week mysterious and deadly events begin that may be the work of an alien mind linked to a mysterious silver sphere.
Features
"The Making of..." Documentary Director's Commentary
Personal Details
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Index 480
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
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IMDB
Edition Details
Distributor Warner Home Video
Edition Special Edition
Barcode 085391533122
Region Region 1
Release Date 14-Jul-2002
Packaging Snap Case
Screen Ratio Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Subtitles English; French; Spanish; Danish; English (Closed Captioned)
Audio Tracks Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
No. of Disks/Tapes 1