Supernova (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 (as Thomas Lee)

Writers:

William Malone (story), Daniel Chuba (story)

Stars:

James Spader, Peter Facinelli, Robin Tunney

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 to go supernova. The resulting explosion will be the most massive explosion in the universe.

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Plot Keywords:

sucked out an air lock | rescue | explosion | space | distress signal | 

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Taglines:

In the farthest reaches of space, something has gone terribly wrong.

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence and sensuality/nudity

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 USA:

$6,731,940, 16 January 2000, Wide Release

Gross USA:

$14,218,868, 2 April 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

According to Walter Hill, problems began when he did a rewrite of the script, not knowing that the president of United Artists (Lindsay Doran) was very attached to the script. He also said that the budget of the film was cut halfway through production.

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Goofs

At the end of the movie one of Nick's eyes is blue and one is brown. When they show him again from the side the other eye is blue.

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Quotes

Dr. Kaela Evers: When you said you'd been in worse situations than this, were you lying?
Nick: No. When we were falling toward the planet and the engines cut out? That was worse.

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Connections

References Hellraiser (1987)

User Reviews

I don't know why people harp on this movie

It's not the greatest movie ever, no doubt. But it's not bad. As far as Science Fiction movies go, this is definitely one of the better ones, maybe the best in recent memory. It's science was dead on, having a NASA employee as a technical adviser certainly shows. As for the story, it's not out of the realm of science fiction, which is no more and no less than can really be expected. It keeps it's pace well and doesn't slow down to wax philosophic like a cheesy 50's Sci-Fi would have done. The plot progresses logically and doesn't tend to jump around (a thing that I HATE in a movie). It kept me entertained, which is more than I can say for a lot of movies today.