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When psychologist Norman Goodman (Dustin Hoffman) wrote a report for the government on how to deal with extraterrestrial life forces, he didn't expect his recommendations to be used. Now that a secret government agency is investigating what may be an alien spaceship that has been discovered partially buried on the floor of the .. Read more

Starring Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote
Director Barry Levinson
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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Sphere

When psychologist Norman Goodman (Dustin Hoffman) wrote a report for the government on how to deal with extraterrestrial life forces, he didn't expect his recommendations to be used. Now that a secret government agency is investigating what may be an alien spaceship that has been discovered partially buried on the floor of the Pacific Ocean, Norman finds that the plan he outlined is being put into effect and that the team he named in his report has been assembled. In addition to Norman, there is Harry Adams (Samuel L. Jackson), a mathematician; Ted Fielding (Liev Schreiber), a physicist; and Beth Halperin (Sharon Stone), a biochemist and Norman's old flame. Led by the secretive Barnes (Peter Coyote), the foursome undergoes a crash course in diving and living under the sea in a naval habitat and begins investigating the mysterious vessel, discovering a huge glowing sphere made of an unidentifiable substance with a shimmering, almost liquidlike surface. As the investigation continues, a series of strange, horrific events leads the team of scientists to doubt each other's sanity and motives. The film is based on the best-selling novel by Michael Crichton.

Starring Sharon Stone, Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson, Peter Coyote, Liev Schreiber, Huey Lewis, James Pickens, Queen Latifah, James Pickens Jr., Marga Gomez, Michael Keys Hall, Bernard Hocke
Director Barry Levinson
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 8 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate 12.gif
Genres Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Language English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles Arabic, English
Released DVD: 26 Oct 1998
Production year: 1998
Format DVD
  • Critics' reviews (5) of Sphere

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  • 3 stars out of 5

    A submerged spacecraft from the future containing a golden sphere that has the ability to physically manifest the darkest fears of anyone who enters its enigmatic interior is at the centre of this cerebral adaptation of Michael Crichton's bestselling novel from director Barry Levinson. Alternating between being genuinely creepy (the aquanauts' phobias are all unseen) and overly tame through the deliberate under-use of shock effects, this underwater Solaris relies on moody dread rather than cheap thrills to weave its spell. It's a wittily scripted science-fiction chamber piece that focuses on characters thrust into an extraordinary situation rather than the situation itself.

    • Radio Times
  • Like most American science-fiction movies of the 90s, this is merely an excuse for characters to explore their own inner space in an attempt to come to terms with themselves.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
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  • 16 out of 19 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    could watch this film over and over,great cast, good location,5 star

    worth watching for anyone really,

      • dal#1 from SUFFOLK
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  • 1 out of 1 person found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star

    Complete gibberish!!

    I have no idea what this film was about and I think even the cast lost the plot!!!

      • A customer from Bolton, England
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    • When psychologist Norman Goodman (Dustin Hoffman) wrote a report for the government on how to deal with extraterrestrial life forces, he didn't expect his recommendations to be used. Now that a ...