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Sphere (1998) 5.8
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Metascore: 35/100
Reviews: 260 user | 105 critic | 21 from Metacritic.com A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years' worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean. Director:Barry Levinson |
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1000 feet below the ocean, navy divers discover an object half-a-mile long. A crack team of scientists are deployed to the site in Deepsea Habitats. What they find boggles the mind as they discover a perfect metal sphere. What is the secret behind the sphere? Will they survive the mysterious 'manifestations'? Who or what is creating these? They may never live to find out. Written by Michael Hofer <fbci4@escape.ca>
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Terror can fill any space See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action including some startling images | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 February 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Sfera See more »Box Office
Budget:
$75,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£686,484 (UK) (3 April 1998)Gross:
£2,397,055 (UK) (24 April 1998)Company Credits
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Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by Harry James and His Orchestra
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
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While Sphere was held up in production, Barry Levinson was able to make another film with Dustin Hoffman in the interim, Wag the Dog. See more »Goofs
When Beth opens the cupboards to show Norman that there is no food, she opens the left door and then the right, and when she closes them the left door stays closed but the right one swings open a little bit. The camera cuts to Norman, and when it cuts back to Beth the left door is open and the right one is closed. See more »Crazy Credits
The opening credits are cast over an invisible sphere. See more »Soundtracks
"I HAD THE CRAZIEST DREAM"Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by Harry James and His Orchestra
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
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Best movie I have seen in a long time. I first saw `Sphere' on the big screen when it first came out and I have rented it a few times and then went out and bought it on VHS. A little bit of the story for you-Dustin Hoffman plays the part of a psychologist and thinks he is going to counsel the survivors of a plane wreck in the ocean. There is more to the situation than Hoffman knows. At the supposed crash sight Hoffman teams up with Sharon Stone and Samuel Jackson as part of a top team of scientists assembled in high-priority situations. While under water the team finds the unexpected and their worst fears become reality. This movie is perfectly intriguing and very well written. The twists and turns in the movie fit together like puzzle pieces that paint the best psychological thriller that I have seen. Hoffman is of course at his best and Stone and Jackson are right there beside him the whole way.