Sphere

Theatrical - Wide 1998-02-13

Cast Dustin Hoffman Sharon Stone Samuel L. Jackson Peter Coyote Liev Schreiber
Directed by Barry Levinson
Written by Stephen Hauser Paul Attanasio

Box Office Gross: $37,020,277

Running Time: 134 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures, Punch Productions, Baltimore Pictures, Constant c Productions

Genres: Mystery Thriller

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5/10

Synopsis

A spacecraft is discovered at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, presumed to be at least 300 years old and of alien origin. A crack team of scientists and experts is assembled and taken to the ocean floor to investigate. However,... See more the ship is not as it seems and when a giant perfect sphere is discovered in the cargo bay, things begin to fall apart.

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Posted 28 years ago

Review Date: Director: Barry Levinson Writer: Kurt Wimmer, Stephen Hauser, Paul Attanasio Producers: Barry Levinson, Michael Crichton and Andrew Wald Actors: Dustin Hoffman as Norman Goodman Sharon Stone as Beth Halperin Samuel L. Jackson as Harry Adams Plot: Underwater spacecraft...

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