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Sphere (1998)

PG-13 134 minutes EN Science Fiction , Mystery , Thriller , Horror

Terror can fill any space.

A spacecraft is discovered on the floor 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 Habitat, a state-of-the-art underwater living environment, to investigate.

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Dustin Hoffman

Dr. Norman Goodman

Sharon Stone

Dr. Elizabeth 'Beth' Halperin

Samuel L. Jackson

Dr. Harry Adams

Peter Coyote

Captain Harold C. Barnes

Liev Schreiber

Dr. Ted Fielding

Queen Latifah

Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher

Marga Gómez

Jane Edmunds

Huey Lewis

Helicopter Pilot

Bernard Hocke

Seaman

James Pickens Jr.

O.S.S.A. Instructor

Michael Keys Hall

O.S.S.A. Official

Ralph Tabakin

O.S.S.A. Official

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Elliot Goldenthal

Original Music Composer

Adam Greenberg

Director of Photography

Stu Linder

Editor

Gloria Gresham

Costume Design

Norman Reynolds

Production Design

Mark W. Mansbridge

Art Direction

Jonathan McKinstry

Art Direction

Anne Kuljian

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The most positive review

Great watch, would watch again, and do recommend.
I feel like I have a thing for the isolationism of deep sea bases. "Bioshock", "Deep Blue Sea", "The Meg", "Underwater", "The Abyss": just the idea of being far away from any help in the most dangerous living conditions possible on the planet.
Add in a mysteriously time traveling alien sphere and let bake in the survival situation where people are losing their minds and things keep manifesting into existence.
It's a little insane, but it has a quality cast, plot, and some great action for all the characters being a bunch of nerds.

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Interesting idea but poorly executed and overly long. Acting was okay but nobody really stood out. At least some of the effects weren't too bad for 1998. I actually back in the day read the novel but don't remember anything from it, just know this adaptation was pretty different. **2.5/5**

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Official website: https://www.warnerbros.com/sphere

Production companies: Warner Bros. Pictures, Punch Productions, Baltimore Pictures, Constant c Productions

Production countries: United States of America

Budget: $80,000,000

Revenue: $37,020,277

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PG-13

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