Product Information
A group of scientists explore an American spaceship which has been lost at sea. Their investigations bring them into contact with an alien life source...Product Identifiers
ProducerAndrew Wald, Barry Levinson, Michael Crichton
EAN7321900153317
eBay Product ID (ePID)3947058
Product Key Features
ActorMichael Keys Hall, James Pickens Jr., Dustin Hoffman, Liev Schreiber, Bernard Hocke, Marga Gomez, Queen Latifah, Huey Lewis, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharon Stone, Peter Coyote
Film/TV TitleSphere
DirectorBarry Levinson
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageArabic\English
Run Time128 Mins
Aspect Ratio2.35 Wide Screen
FormatDVD
Release Year1998
FeaturesWidescreen, Special Edition\Interactive Menus\Production Notes\Scene Access\Trailer\TV Spots\Audio Commentary By Dustin Hoffman And Samuel L. Jackson\Documentary Shaping The Sphere, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
GenreSci-Fi & Fantasy, General
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate12A/12
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
ComposerElliot Goldenthal
Production DesignerNorman Reynolds
ReviewsNew York Times - ...Acted in a no-nonsense style by a stellar cast....Mr.Hoffman's cool authority is well used here, as are Mr. Jackson's muscular intensity and discreetly mocking air..., Sight and Sound - ...Fresh....Witty...and packed with possibilities...
Additional InformationWhen psychologist Norman Goodman (Dustin Hoffman) wrote a report for the government on how to deal with extraterrestrial life forces, he didn't expect his recommendations to be used. Now that a secret government agency is investigating what may be an alien spaceship that has been discovered partially buried on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, Norman finds that the plan he outlined is being put into effect and that the team he named in his report has been assembled. In addition to Norman, there is Harry Adams (Samuel L. Jackson), a mathematician; Ted Fielding (Liev Schreiber), a physicist; and Beth Halperin (Sharon Stone), a biochemist and Norman's old flame. Led by the secretive Barnes (Peter Coyote), the foursome undergoes a crash course in diving and living under the sea in a naval habitat and begins investigating the mysterious vessel, discovering a huge glowing sphere made of an unidentifiable substance with a shimmering, almost liquidlike surface. As the investigation continues, a series of strange, horrific events leads the team of scientists to doubt each other's sanity and motives. The film is based on the best-selling novel by Michael Crichton.
ScreenwriterPaul Attanasio, Kurt Wimmer, Stephen Hauser
Costume DesignerGloria Gresham
AuthorMichael Crichton
Sound sourceDolby Digital 5.1
Movie/TV TitleSphere
EditorStu Linder
Director of PhotographyAdam Greenberg