![]() ![]() Stars: Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Writers: Stephen Hauser, Paul Attanasio (screenplay) Kurt Wimmer (adaptation) Michael Crichton (novel) And it’s clear this is an expensive movie, with a lot of the money going to the sets: a habitat for the explorers, and a huge spaceship of unknown origin that contains an alien sphere. Composer Elliot Goldenthal conjures wonder in the fashion of “2001” and “Contact” and fear in the nature of “The Abyss” and “Event Horizon” – both of which hit theaters first but post-date the “Sphere” novel.Īdam Greenberg’s underwater cinematography complements Goldenthal’s score with its own strange, dark beauty. Setting the story aside for a moment, the film is a work of art. ![]() ![]() Goldenthal is goldenĮven though I think a theoretical 3-hour cut of director Barry Levinson’s film would be a masterpiece, I am a “Sphere” apologist even given its actual state. ![]() This Michael Crichton adaptation had little chance of being a mainstream hit upon release, as it offers something to tick off everyone: It’s too long (2 hours, 14 minutes) if the story doesn’t hook you, it’s too short if it does hook you, it’s too dependent on Crichton’s 1987 novel if you haven’t read it, and it diverts too much from the book if you’re a fan. It’s been more than 20 years now, so I guess “Sphere” (1998) won’t become a cult classic. ![]()
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