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Sphere (1998) 5.8
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5.8/10 from 56,082 users
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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A thousand feet beneath the sea, the blackest holes are in the mind... 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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EnglishRelease Date:
13 February 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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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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Norman Goodman: Why are you holding my hand?
Harry: YOU'RE holding MY hand.
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Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Vienna Mozart Ensemble, Herbert Kraus, Conductor
Courtesy of LaserLight Digital
By Arrangement with Source/Q
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Barry Levinson toyed with the idea of having Queen Latifah and Huey Lewis record a duet for the end credits. See more »Goofs
During the descent to the underwater habitat, Harry identifies the classical music inside the mini-sub as: "Mozart. Horn Concerto in E-Flat, K447.", which is not correct. It is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Horn Concerto in D, K412. See more »Quotes
[last lines]Norman Goodman: Why are you holding my hand?
Harry: YOU'RE holding MY hand.
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The opening credits are cast over an invisible sphere. See more »Soundtracks
"HORN CONCERTO NO. 3 IN E FLAT MAJOR, K.447"Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Vienna Mozart Ensemble, Herbert Kraus, Conductor
Courtesy of LaserLight Digital
By Arrangement with Source/Q
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After reading many users' mixed comments on the movie..i can't help but feel that a majority have underrated the film. True it could have been better, especially in the latter half, but having read the book first, i did not feel it actually falling off midway like the way other viewers have described it. People who have read the novel will acknowledge that the movie does follow the novel fairly closely. Thus comments about Hoffman's role and the ending are unfair, since i feel they are the closest big-screen reproductions of one of Crichton's best works. I feel Stone's character was the role followed the weakest.
Definitely the giant squid thrills are insufficient (note that Crichton devoted a good part of his novel describing encounters with 'the monster'). I guess animation artists were short budgeted...though the film as a whole still is a visual treat...and the atmosphere is rightly captured, with nice music.
Overall, I think the movie is worth watching and is definitely of a much higher caliber than 'The Lost World'. It follows a psychological-cum-sci-fi thriller theme and i feel is better than the similar flick 'Abyss'. As from the novel's point-of-view...it could have been done better though. 8/10 stars!