A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years' worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean.
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Barry Levinson
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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 | |
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Marga Gómez | ... | Jane Edmunds |
| Huey Lewis | ... | Helicopter Pilot | |
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Bernard Hocke | ... | Seaman |
| James Pickens Jr. | ... | O.S.S.A. Instructor | |
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Michael Keys Hall | ... | O.S.S.A. Official |
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Ralph Tabakin | ... | O.S.S.A. Official |
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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>
Plot Keywords:
imagination | bottom of the ocean | ufo | hallucination | biologist |Taglines:
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:
$80,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$16,586,765, 13 February 1998, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$37,020,277Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$13,100,000, 5 April 1998Company Credits
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Beth: Car accident.
Interviewer: Were you drinking?
Beth: Yeah - but I wasn't driving.
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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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When Jerry first makes contact, he transmits in code : "MY NAME IS JERRY". Later, the code is revealed to have been mistranslated and the message reads: "MY NAME IS HARRY" If the letters H, E, J, and A in the simple letter/number substitution code were wrong, the first message would have read: "MY NEMA IS JERRY". Also, the entire series of conversations they had would have exhibited the same error, yet none did so. (HAPPY would have been JEPPY, ALL = ELL, etc.) See more »Quotes
Interviewer: I see you have a scar on your neck.Beth: Car accident.
Interviewer: Were you drinking?
Beth: Yeah - but I wasn't driving.
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I HAD THE CRAZIEST DREAMMusic by Harry Warren
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Excellent! I went into the film thinking it would be bad, since that is what I had heard from someone before watching it.
However, I was pleasantly surprised at what a terrific film this actually was. The only downfall to the film, was Dustin Hoffman. With all due respect to one of the best actors ever, he just wasn't suited for this particular role. He was good in it, but just not the right person for the job.
The film begins with Dustin Hoffman flying over the Pacific Ocean in a helicopter, going to a Submarine investigating a plane crash. As a psychologist, he is impatiently waiting to speak to the survivors, and after having been on the sub for over 3 hours, is upset with the Capatain. However, the Captain informs him there was no plane crash, but rather an arrival of some sort not quite 300 years ago, under the Ocean.
Sharon Stone, Leive Shreiber and Samuael L. Jackson join Hoffman as apart of his team, to go beneath the surface to discover and determine what it is exactly that they have found under the Pacific.
With complete intensity and excitement non-stop throughout the entire film, it will leave you feeling a little disturbed at times, and perhaps a bit paranoid, also.
I would advice anyone who does not have a liking to intense sci-fi type films...this is not going to be your cup of tea, but for those enjoy good horror, intensity and a great story line, you will definitely enjoy this flick!