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Overall8.0
Fear3.0
Atmos8.0
Gore0.0
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Sphere
1998 · PG-13 · 2h 14m
Curator Score6.2/ 10
Terror can fill any space.
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- In theaters
- February 13, 1998
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Curator Certificate
6.2
Out of ten
Passed by one curator
Fear2.0
Gore1.0
Atmosphere7.5
Leans into atmosphere, light on gore.
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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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science-fictionmysteryhorrorthriller
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Budget$80M
Box office$37M
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Starring
Dustin Hoffman as Dr. Norman Goodman · Sharon Stone as Dr. Elizabeth 'Beth' Halperin · Samuel L. Jackson as Dr. Harry Adams · Peter Coyote as Captain Harold C. Barnes · Liev Schreiber as Dr. Ted Fielding · Queen Latifah as Alice 'Teeny' Fletcher · Marga Gómez as Jane Edmunds · Huey Lewis as Helicopter Pilot
Production
Baltimore Pictures, Constant c Productions, Punch Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
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