Sphere (1998)

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PG-13 | 2 hr | Drama, Thriller, Sci-Fi, Adaptation | Released: 2/13/1998 |Box Office Total: $36.9M

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Synopsis:

A group of scientists are taken by the Navy on a secret underwater mission to explore an alien spaceship. The vessel turns out to be an American ship from the future carrying a golden orb that allows one to manifest their thoughts and fears.

Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
2/13/1998

Studio	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Barry Levinson	Director
Cast	Credit
Dustin Hoffman	Dr Norman Goodman
Sharon Stone	Dr Beth Halperin
Samuel L. Jackson	Harry Adams
Peter Coyote	Harold C Barnes
Queen Latifah	Fletcher
Liev Schreiber	Dr Ted Fielding
Marga Gomez	Jane Edmunds
Huey Lewis	Helicopter Pilot
Bernard Hocke	Seaman
James Pickens Jr	OSSA Instructor
Michael Keys Hall	OSSA Officals
Ralph Tabakin	OSSA Officals
Production Credits	Credit
Barry Levinson	Producer
Patricia Churchill	Associate Producer
Peter Giuliano	Executive Producer
Michael Crichton	Producer
Andrew Wald	Producer
Michael Yost	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Baltimore Pictures	Production Company
Constant C Productions	Production Company
Punch Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
Village Roadshow Pictures Worldwide	Theatrical Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Vallejo, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Michael Crichton	Novel as Source Material
Stephen Hauser	Screenplay
Kurt Wimmer	Writer (adaptation) - adaptation
Paul Attanasio	Screenplay
Michael Crichton	Screenplay
Barry Levinson	Screenplay
Kurt Wimmer	Screenplay
Art Department	Credit
Norman Reynolds	Production Designer
Anne Kuljian	Set Decorator
Geoff Hubbard	Set Designer - lead set designer
Mark Mansbridge	Art Director
George Suyhada	Art Department - concept art
Dawn Swiderski	Set Designer
Greg Smith	Art Department - sculptor
Jonathan McKinstry	Art Director
Bill Beck	Set Designer
Gilbert Clayton	Set Designer
Michael Goldman	Set Designer
Erin Kemp	Set Designer
Nancy Mickelberry	Set Designer
Nick Navarro	Set Designer
Casting	Credit
Ellen Chenoweth	Casting
Film Camera	Credit
P Scott Sakamoto	Steadicam Operator - Steadicam/camera operator
John Monsour	Video - video/graphics supervisor
Allen Easton	Camera Operator
Adam Greenberg	Director of Photography
Adam Greenberg	Lighting - underwater lighting design
Ian Fox	Camera Operator
Gary Capo	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
David Stump	Director of Photography - director of photography visual effects
Tom Shaughnessy	Camera Operator
Pete Sorenson	Camera Operator
David Stump	Director of Photography
Gregory L McMurry	Director of Photography
Music	Credit
Elliot Goldenthal	Music
Vienna Mozart Ensemble	Music Performer
Robert Elhai	Orchestrations
Curtis Rousch	Music Editor
Arthur Lyman	Song Performer
Richard Martinez	Music Producer - electronic music producer
Bernd Heiser	Soloist - horn solos
E Y Harburg	Song
Jonathan Sheffer	Music Conductor - conductor
Joel Iwataki	Music - music recordist/mixer
Steven Mercurio	Music Conductor - conductor
The Ink Sports	Song Performer
Harold Arlen	Song
Elliot Goldenthal	Orchestrations
Ella Fitzgerald	Song Performer
James Nichols	Music - music recordist/mixer
Cole Porter	Song
Herbert Kraus	Music Conductor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart	Music
James V Monaco	Song
Harry James and His Orchestra	Song Performer
Felix Cavaliere	Song Performer
Mack Gordon	Song - songs
Richard Rodgers	Song
Oscar Hammerstein II	Song
Harry Warren	Song
Felix Cavaliere	Song
Jay Tran	Song
Duke Ellington	Song
Bob Russell	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Ronnie Rondell	Stunt Coordinator
Production Management	Credit
Katterli Frauenfelder	Assistant Director
Blair Daily	Post-Production Supervisor
Sean Taylor	Production Coordinator
Thomas M Boland	Production Supervisor - visual effects production supervisor
Patricia Churchill	Unit Production Manager
Michael John Meehan	Location Manager
Julie Pitkanen	Script Supervisor
Michael J Malone	Unit Manager
Heather Harris	Script Supervisor
Cara Giallanza	Assistant Director
Robert Huberman	Assistant Director
Jim Goldthwait	Assistant Director
Miles Perman	Assistant Director
L Dean Jones Jr	Assistant Director
Robert J Mooney	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Michael Schlesinger	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Claire Sanfilippo	ADR Editor
Tom Johnson	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Tim Holland	Sound Editor
J R Grubbs	Sound Effects Editor
Steve Cantamessa	Sound Mixer - production sound mixer
Richard Beggs	Sound Design
Dennie Thorpe	Foley Artist
Marian Wilde	Sound Effects Editor
Jana Vance	Foley Artist
Lindakay Brown	ADR Editor
Lora Hirschberg	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Mary Helen Leasman	Sound Effects Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Richard O Helmer	Special Effects Coordinator
Clark Schaffer	Miniatures - miniature construction design
John Ziegler	Special Effects
Jeffrey Okun	Visual Effects Supervisor
Kenneth Pepiot	Special Effects Supervisor
Karen Klein	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope supervisor
Jack Geist	Visual Effects - visual effects associate
Aimee Campbell	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Carlos Arguello	Effects Supervisor
Peter Albiez	Special Effects
Tim Gibbons	Rotoscope Animator - rotoscope supervisor
Aaron Dem	Visual Effects - effects producer
Jeff Lin	Effects Supervisor - CGI supervisor
John B Wallace III	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Frank Schepler	Special Effects
Nicole Herr	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Chris Del Conte	Visual Effects - effects associate producer
Robert Bardy	Effects Supervisor - CGI supervisor
Kim Derry	Special Effects
Marcel Martinez	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Richard Liukis	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Michael Kory	Effects Supervisor - CGI supervisor
Bruce Lippstreu	Special Effects
Fernando Benitez	Effects Supervisor - CGI supervisor
Eduardo Silva	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Patrick Tubach	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Ric Weed	Special Effects
Jason Wardle	Effects Supervisor - CGI supervisor
Jeff Chung	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Laura Hanigan	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Gokhan Kisacikoglu	CGI Artist - CGI animator
John Lanoue	Special Effects
Mike Castillo	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Thomas J Smith	Effects Supervisor - 2-D department supervisor
Cesar Velazquez	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Joe Pasquale	Effects Supervisor - CGI department supervisor
David Rey	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Craig Mathieson	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Walt Hyneman	Effects Supervisor - CG supervisor
Richard Klein	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Thomas Zils	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Tim Ketzer	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Joe Coldwell	Effects Supervisor
Ken Dackerman	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Lennie MacDonald	Effects Supervisor - jellyfish effects supervisor
Eric Pender	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Katie Nook	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Gil Baron	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Christopher Wilson	CGI Artist - CGI animator
Jerry Sells	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Bonjin Byun	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Jay Cooper	Visual Effects - digital compositor
Seth Maury	Visual Effects - digital compositor