Supernova (I) (2000)

Supernova chronicles the search and rescue patrol of a medical ship in deep space in the early 22nd century and its six-member crew which includes a Captain and Pilot, a co-pilot, a medical... See full summary »

Director:

Walter Hill

Writers:

William Malone (story), Daniel Chuba (story),

Stars:

James Spader, Angela Bassett, Peter Facinelli

Cast

Complete credited cast:
James Spader	...	Nick Vanzant
Angela Bassett	...	Dr. Kaela Evers
Robert Forster	...	A.J. Marley
Lou Diamond Phillips	...	Yerzy Penalosa
Peter Facinelli	...	Karl Larson
Robin Tunney	...	Danika Lund
Wilson Cruz	...	Benj Sotomejor
Eddy Rice Jr.	...	Flyboy
Knox White	...	Troy Larson (as Knox Grantham White)
Kerrigan Mahan	...	Troy Larson (voice)
Vanessa Marshall	...	Sweetie (voice)

Storyline

Supernova chronicles the search and rescue patrol of a medical ship in deep space in the early 22nd century and its six-member crew which includes a Captain and Pilot, a co-pilot, a medical officer, a medical technician, a search and rescue paramedic, and a computer technician. When their vessel, the Nightingale 229, answers an emergency distress signal from a comet mining operation in a distant galaxy, the crew soon finds itself in danger from the mysterious young man they rescue, the alien artifact he's smuggled aboard, and the gravitational pull of a giant star about go supernova the most massive explosion in the universe.

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Plot Keywords:

rescue | distress signal | mining | explosion | deep space | 

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Taglines:

All hell is about to break loose

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality and some violence

Details

Country:

USA Switzerland

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 January 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Supernova (El fin del universo)

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£28,060 (UK) (16 June 2000)

Gross:

£28,060 (UK) (16 June 2000)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hammerhead Productions, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Screenland Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min 91 min (R-rated)

Sound Mix:

DTS DTS-Stereo

Color:

Color (DeLuxe)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Reportedly, this was shelved for some time by the studio, and upon its release it was reported that the studio, extremely unhappy with Walter Hill's completed product, called in Francis Ford Coppola to "re-edit" the film.

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Goofs

When Kaela is using the VR unit to control Flyboy, she uses one hand to flip off Karl, but Flyboy uses the other, even though she is supposed to have complete and exact control over his body.

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Quotes

Nick: I'm in favor of order. I'd say right now order is up by one point with one minute left and chaos has the ball.

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Connections

Features Trap Happy (1946)

User Reviews

Good movie despite the line noise above.

The title may have been a bit misleading... but the movie really did a good job of conveying a mood. The technological picture is well developed strikingly original and interestingly conveyed. Many underlying themes of what happens to humans in the presence of all kinds of environments (psychological, sociological, spatial and otherwise) are touched upon. It is not a mindless drivel action movie which is probably (I know I'm not being very nice...) why so many people really didn't like it. Aside from the ending which was rather humorous and may have left some with a groan, I happened to like it though it was a tad cheesy. This movie really touched on so many things in so many ways that it deserves a much better rating than what it got. The mood conveyed was dark and very horiffic. I would say in a more psychological way than a gut spilling sort of way. The performances of the actors in this film shine, perhaps with the exception of Lou Diamond Phillips, though not to his detriment as he is capable of better work, and his part was really rather small. Tight shots on the crew contrary to earlier comment, really conveyed the emotion of each situation as well as the compressed environment of the ship rather than hiding all of the technological wonders in the set. Sweeties voice being criticized is a non-issue in my opinion, female voices are supposed to (supported by scientific study) command attention better than male-sounding ones. In no way did Sweetie come across as a phone sex operator to me. Quite to the contrary, I submit the scene in which she begs for the additional passphrase from Benjamin in order to be able to save his life. This was one of the most touching scenes I have ever seen in a movie. Between a computer and her Sys Admin there develops love of a kind, really. Marvelous. On par with Event Horizon though somewhat lesser than it for the psychological horiffics, but really different movies with different objectives.

All you people trashing this... Go watch a heartwarming coming of age movie and waste no more of your time trashing this fine piece of work.