This comes direct from the electric image studios collection, a premiere special effects company who provided 3d visual effects and software to numerous feature films including sphere as well as hit television show. What they get in the film version of sphere, directed by barry levinson, is a watereddown take on the scifi classic solaris, by stanislaw lem, which was made into an immeasurably better film by andrei tarkovsky. Sphere 1010 movie clip its an illusion 1998 hd youtube. Watch sphere 1998 full movie online free in hd europix. Goodman, biochemist halperin, and astrophysicist fielding are selected by the government to study a huge spacecraft located on the pacific ocean floor. Sphere 210 movie clip a perfect sphere 1998 hd youtube. Thoughts appear as monsters and attack like in forbidden planet. The year 1998 in film involved many significant films including. Sphere 1998 pales in comparison to a film to which it bears marked similarities, james camerons the abyss 1989, a film that received mix reactions upon its release but looks more and more in subsequent years like a genre classic. The setting was very claustrophobic as they spent the majority of the movie feet beneath the. Sphere is a 1998 american science fiction thriller film directed and produced by barry levinson.
Dreamworks skg released its first two animated films. Sphere is based on the 1987 novel of the same name by michael crichton. Jeremiah obrien, san francisco, california, usa and vallejo, california, usa. The film, sphere, focuses on the mysteries found in the depths of our waters. Immediately following the discovery, they decide to send a team down to the depths of the ocean to study the space craft. Sphere features an alevel cast working with bgrade material, with a story seen previously in superior sciencefiction films. Watch sphere full movie in hd visit the ossa discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bott. The book was made into the film sphere 1998, directed by barry levinson, with a cast including dustin hoffman norman johnson, renamed norman goodman, samuel l. Jackson, peter coyote the pg movie has a runtime of about 2 hr min, and received a score of 35 out of. Released february th, 1998, sphere stars dustin hoffman, sharon stone, samuel l. Jackson harry adams, peter coyote harold barnes, liev schreiber ted fielding. Jackson would work on this film during the week, and then work on jackie brown 1997 on the weekends. Can anyone explain the movie sphere in a way that is.
Sphere makes some attempt to answer these questions, but the film is a mess, and it leads to one of the most anticlimactic endings of any science fiction film ever made. Sphere 1998 when psychologist norman goodman dustin hoffman wrote a report for the government on how to deal with extraterrestrial life forces, he didnt expect his recommendations to be used. What they get in the film version of sphere, directed by barry levinson, is a watereddown take on the scifi classic solaris, by stanislaw lem. Sphere sphere seed in shadowbox showroom display original. Barry levinson celebrity profile check out the latest barry levinson photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Sphere 1998 screen used spawn seed framed movie props. This soundtrack gives us the best impression of goldenthals score. Thus comments about hoffmans role and the ending are unfair, since i feel they are the closest bigscreen reproductions of one of crichtons best works.
Jackson storyline feet below the ocean, navy divers discover an object halfamile long. If you have seen sphere1998 andor have read 20,000. The ossa discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bottom of the ocean. People who have read the novel will acknowledge that the movie does follow the novel fairly closely. Watch sphere full movie in hd visit movie 10153 the ossa discovers a spacecraft thought to be at least 300 years old at the bott. Sphere 1998 directed by barry levinson genres science fiction subgenres alien film, scifi adventure, sea adventure release date feb, 1998 usa run time 4 min. This page has sphere 1998, watch online, sphere 1998 free download, full movie hd. Andersons horror film was the ships hyperdrive that opened up dimensional rifts to allow the spaceship to make long distance jumps to the far ends of the universe. Listen to and download the music, ost, score, list of songs and trailers. But at the same time, keeping my expectations to a minimum and going into sphere with a fairly open mind. Michael crichton is the sciencefiction author that people read if they think theyre too good for regular science fiction. Also stream sphere 1998 on your mobile, tablets and ipads plot.
Sphere 1998 1998 download movie for mobile in best quality 3gp and mp4 format. Sphere is a 1998 american science fiction psychological thriller film directed and produced by barry levinson, and starring dustin hoffman, sharon stone, and. Director barry levinson sleepers 1996, toys 1992, homicide. Shakespeare in love which won the academy award for best picture, saving private ryan, american history x, the truman show, primary colors, rushmore, rush hour, theres something about mary, the big lebowski, and terrence malicks directorial return in the thin red line. Many of the cues used on the cd are simply rehashed in the film in several spots. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. If you have seen sphere1998 andor have read 20,000 leagues under the sea please help me figure this out. The first time they communicate with the entity in the spaceship, they find a correspondence between numbers sent by the entity and letters of the alphabet. Direct from the production of the feature film sphere 1998 is an actual screen used spawn seed complete in a shadowbox. A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years worth of coral growth at. Sphere is truly one of the great science fiction movies especially on bluray of which i am glad it finally went to bluray and i highly highly recommend this movie for your collection because you will truly not be disappointed especially with the power from the sphere and how it affected the main three characters in this movie and how it. They are the best of best, smart and logical, and the perfect choice to learn more about the spacecraft. Sphere 1998 barry levinson synopsis, characteristics. A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean.
Sphere official trailer barry levinsons overlong and embarrassingly pretentious adaptation of michael crichtons bestseller is one dull lump of pseudopsychological scifi claptrap. Sphere 1998 is an american science fiction psychological thriller that was filmed in mare island, vallejo, california, usa. Sphere 1998 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. There are moments of high intensity and psychological suspense, and the stellar cast works hard to boost the talky screenplay.
It explores some of the possibilities that come when youre stuck 1,000 feet below the ocean. Spaceship and sphere sit in the ocean for centuries. Sphere 1998 cast and crew when psychologist norman goodman dustin hoffman wrote a report for the government on how to deal with extraterrestrial life forces, he didnt expect his. Goldenthals score to sphere is a triumph of brilliantly colorful, eclectic, and hauntingly stirring film music. The remaining 70 minutes is a complete mishmash of a wide variety of other influences. Contrary to most critics, this is a type of science fiction film. Later on, the entity tells dustin hoffman, stop calling me jerry and then dustin hoffman realizes that the numberletter correspondence was wrong, and the actual name of the entity. When scientists encounter sphere, sphere gives them unconscious ability to make their thoughts real. All 22 songs from the sphere 1998 movie soundtrack, with scene descriptions. Jackson, dustin hoffman, liev schrieber, queen latifah et al. The third reason is the action packed underwater experience that this movie provides that leaves you on. The second reason is the incredibly believable acting throughout the whole movie.
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