Shadowy elements in the NSA target a nine-year old autistic savant for death when he is able to decipher a top secret code.
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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Bruce Willis | ... | Art Jeffries | |
| Alec Baldwin | ... | Nick Kudrow | |
| Miko Hughes | ... | Simon Lynch | |
| Chi McBride | ... | Tommy B. Jordan | |
| Kim Dickens | ... | Stacey | |
| Robert Stanton | ... | Dean Crandell | |
| Bodhi Elfman | ... | Leo Pedranski (as Bodhi Pine Elfman) | |
| Carrie Preston | ... | Emily Lang | |
| Lindsey Ginter | ... | Peter Burrell (as L.L. Ginter) | |
| Peter Stormare | ... | Shayes | |
| Kevin Conway | ... | Lomax | |
| John Carroll Lynch | ... | Martin Lynch | |
| Kelley Hazen | ... | Jenny Lynch | |
| John Doman | ... | Supervisor Hartley | |
| Richard Riehle | ... | Edgar Halstrom | |
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Bruce Willis is an outcast FBI agent who protects a 9 year old autistic boy who is the target for assassins after cracking a top secret government code. Written by ShowBob <showbob@geocities.com>
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The boy no one could reach. The code no one could crack. The agent no one could stop. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 April 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Mercury Falling See more »Filming Locations:
Greystone Park & Mansion - 905 Loma Vista Drive, Beverly Hills, California, USA See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$60,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$10,104,715, 5 April 1998, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$32,940,507, 5 July 1998Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$93,107,289Company Credits
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Runtime:
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2.35 : 1
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Written by Pelham Goddard and Christopher 'Tambo' Herbert
Performed by Chicago State University Steel Band
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Later the same year, Miko Hughes would play an autistic child again in the Baywatch (1989) episode Dolphin Quest (#9.4). See more »Goofs
When Simon calls the puzzle line the second time, Art takes the phone and speaks to Dean but does not say his name, only that he is FBI. When Art meets Dean the following day Dean knows Art's name is Agent Jeffries. See more »Alternate Versions
The german TV-Channel RTL cut all of the violence out of the movie, to send it on an earlier timespot (8.15pm). See more »Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Newton Boys/Meet the Deedles/A Price Above Rubies/No Looking Back (1998) See more »Soundtracks
London JamWritten by Pelham Goddard and Christopher 'Tambo' Herbert
Performed by Chicago State University Steel Band
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I guess I am one of a few that really enjoyed this picture. For some reason I just felt the characters were very believable and the plot as well. I know it's just a movie but I wouldnt go as far as to say things like this don't happen. Bruce Willis is one of my favorites too, so maybe that is another reason I liked it so much. But anyone would have to agree that Miko Hughes, who portrayed the autistic 9yr old "Simon", gave a performance just as touching and realistic as the young boy from The Sixth Sense. Mercury Rising had good action, good dialogue and good emotion. And Bruce Willis gave that certain touch to make it a 10 to me.