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Sphere (1998) 6.0
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Metascore: 35/100
Reviews: 271 user | 105 critic | 21 from Metacritic.com A spaceship is discovered under three hundred years' worth of coral growth at the bottom of the ocean. Director:Barry Levinson |
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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>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 February 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Esfera See more »Box Office
Budget:
$75,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$16,586,765 (USA) (13 February 1998)Gross:
£2,397,055 (UK) (24 April 1998)Company Credits
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Harry: What?
Barnes: I want a full name for my report. I'm not putting in my report that I lost a crew member on a deep-sat expedition to find an alien named "Jerry."
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Music by James V. Monaco
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Performed by The Ink Spots with Ella Fitzgerald
Courtesy of MCA Records
Under license from Universal Music Special Markets
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The film cast includes one Oscar winner: Dustin Hoffman; and four Oscar nominees: Sharon Stone, 'Samuel L. Jackson' (qc), Queen Latifah and Huey Lewis. See more »Goofs
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
Barnes: Ask him for his last name.Harry: What?
Barnes: I want a full name for my report. I'm not putting in my report that I lost a crew member on a deep-sat expedition to find an alien named "Jerry."
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I'M MAKING BELIEVEMusic by James V. Monaco
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
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As I've heard from other people, the first half of the movie is good, and it is. But that doesnt mean that the second half of the movie isn't just as good.
The second half is only interesting if you are patient, listen and watch carefully.
The story is really about how our society is far from utopia, regardless of how intelligent and cultured we are. It opens windows of answers to so many problems that our society is facing every day.