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Sphere

Sphere

Terror can fill any space.

19986.12h 14m

Overview

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, the ship is not as it seems and when a giant perfect sphere is discovered in the cargo bay, things begin to fall apart.

Directed by Barry Levinson
Written by Stephen Hauser, Paul Attanasio, Michael Crichton
Produced by Michael Crichton, Barry Levinson, Andrew Wald
Box OfficeBudget: $80.0MRevenue: $37.0M

Top Cast

Dustin Hoffman

Dustin Hoffman

Dr. Norman Goodman

Sharon Stone

Sharon Stone

Dr. Elizabeth 'Beth' Halperin

Samuel L. Jackson

Samuel L. Jackson

Dr. Harry Adams

Peter Coyote

Peter Coyote

Captain Harold C. Barnes

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Dr. Ted Fielding

Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah

Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher

Marga Gómez

Marga Gómez

Jane Edmunds

Huey Lewis

Huey Lewis

Helicopter Pilot

Bernard Hocke

Bernard Hocke

Seaman

James Pickens Jr.

James Pickens Jr.

O.S.S.A. Instructor

Themes & Keywords

space marinebased on novel or bookoceanextraterrestrial technologyparanoiatime traveltime bombalienpsychologistocean floordeepseaspaceship crash

About Sphere

Sphere is a science fiction, mystery, thriller film released in 1998 exploring themes of space marine, based on novel or book, ocean, extraterrestrial technology, paranoia, time travel. Directed by Barry Levinson, it stars Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson. 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, 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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