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Sphere (1998) [PG-13]

Release Date:
February 13, 1998

Original Title:
Sphere

Alternate Titles:
Esfera
Kula
Sfera - Il terrore può essere ovunque

Genres:
Horror | Mystery | Science Fiction | Thriller

Production Companies:
Baltimore Pictures
Constant c Productions
Punch Productions
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AU: M  CH: 16  CZ: 15+  DE: 16  DK: 15  FR: TP  GB: 12  HU: 16  IE: 12  KR: 15  NL: 12  PL: 16  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 134

Terror can fill any space.

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A spacecraft is discovered on the floor 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 Habitat, a state-of-the-art underwater living environment, to investigate.

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3D Animator:
Nicole Herr

ADR Editor:
Lindakay Brown
Claire Sanfilippo

Adaptation:
Kurt Wimmer

Additional Camera:
Joseph D. Urbanczyk

Additional Editor:
Blair Daily

Aerial Camera:
Kurt E. Soderling

Art Direction:
Mark W. Mansbridge
Jonathan McKinstry

Assistant Accountant:
Gail Rose

Assistant Art Director:
W. Steven Graham

Assistant Camera:
Wayne Baker

Assistant Chief Lighting Technician:
Stanley L. Gonsales

Assistant Editor:
Jason Joseph

Assistant Property Master:
Julie Witherington

Associate Producer:
Patricia Churchill

Best Boy Electric:
R. Gern Trowbridge

Best Boy Grip:
Bud Heller

Boom Operator:
Gary Thomas

CG Supervisor:
Walter F. Hyneman

CGI Supervisor:
Robert Bardy
Fernando Benítez
Michael Kory
Jeff Lin
Jason Wardle

Camera Operator:
Allen D. Easton

Carpenter:
Kurtis Bedford
Tory Belleci

Casting:
Ellen Chenoweth

Casting Assistant:
Brennan Dufresne

Chief Lighting Technician:
Steven C. McGee
Victor Abbene

Color Timer:
Dale E. Grahn

Compositor:
John Charles Kohn

Conductor:
Jonathan Sheffer

Construction Coordinator:
Marvin Salsberg

Construction Foreman:
David Gabrielli

Costume Design:
Gloria Gresham

Costume Supervisor:
James W. Tyson

Costumer:
Barbara Hartman-Jenichen

Craft Service:
Mary Ellen Leonard

Dialogue Editor:
Claire Sanfilippo
Lindakay Brown

Digital Compositor:
Bonjin Byun

Director:
Barry Levinson

Director of Photography:
Adam Greenberg

Dolly Grip:
Jeff Kunkle

Driver:
Rodney Hope

Editor:
Stu Linder

Effects Supervisor:
Joe Colwell

Electrician:
Eric Blum

Executive In Charge Of Production:
Mark Scoon

Executive Producer:
Peter Giuliano

First Assistant Camera:
Alan Cohen

First Assistant Director:
Katterli Frauenfelder

First Assistant Editor:
Mark Daily

Foley:
Jana Vance

Foley Artist:
Dennie Thorpe

Gaffer:
Greg Banta

Grip:
James Conroy

Hair Supervisor:
Mark Boley

Hairstylist:
John Quaglia
Michael White

Key Costumer:
Adrienne Manhan

Key Grip:
Charles John Bukey

Key Hair Stylist:
Catherine Childers

Key Makeup Artist:
Allan A. Apone

Leadman:
Brett C. Smith

Lighting Technician:
Michael Meier

Location Assistant:
Brian Dettor

Location Casting:
Nina Henninger

Location Manager:
Michael John Meehan

Makeup Artist:
Marietta Carter-Narcisse
Robert Ryan
Tricia Sawyer
June Westmore

Matte Painter:
Roger Kupelian

Mix Technician:
Kent Sparling

Musician:
John Moses

Negative Cutter:
Mo Henry

Novel:
Michael Crichton

Orchestrator:
Robert Elhai

Original Music Composer:
Elliot Goldenthal

Payroll Accountant:
David Krudis

Post Production Supervisor:
Blair Daily

Producer:
Michael Crichton
Barry Levinson
Andrew Wald

Production Accountant:
Denise Morgan McGrath

Production Assistant:
Stacy De La Motte

Production Coordinator:
Sean Taylor

Production Design:
Norman Reynolds

Production Executive:
Randy Starr

Production Manager:
Kristen D. Chidel

Production Secretary:
Rose Hlaing

Production Sound Mixer:
Steve Cantamessa

Project Manager:
Trent Schultz

Projection:
Billy R. Brashier

Property Master:
Sean Mannion

Propmaker:
John Giuliano

Publicist:
Michael Singer

Rigging Gaffer:
Brad Emmons

Rigging Grip:
Ronald A. Miller

Roto Supervisor:
Tim Gibbons
Karen Klein

Scenic Artist:
Aaron Hakeem

Screenplay:
Stephen Hauser
Paul Attanasio

Script Supervisor:
Heather Harris
Julie Pitkanen

Sculptor:
Nori Honda

Second Assistant Accountant:
Coleen Aiello

Second Assistant Camera:
Eric Amundsen

Second Assistant Director:
Jim Goldthwait

Second Second Assistant Director:
Miles Perlman

Second Unit Director:
David R. Ellis

Second Unit Director of Photography:
Gary Capo

Set Costumer:
Andrew Nelson

Set Decoration:
Anne Kuljian

Set Designer:
William Beck

Set Dressing Artist:
Edward J. Protiva

Set Medic:
Louis Farah

Set Production Assistant:
Christine Dye

Sound Designer:
Richard Beggs

Sound Effects Editor:
J.R. Grubbs
Mary Helen Leasman
Marian Wilde

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Lora Hirschberg
Tom Johnson

Special Effects:
Peter Albiez

Special Effects Assistant:
Danny Cangemi

Special Effects Coordinator:
Richard O. Helmer

Special Effects Supervisor:
Richard O. Helmer

Special Effects Technician:
Jeff Miller

Stand In:
Michael Greggans

Standby Painter:
Bill 'Kauhane' Hoyt

Steadicam Operator:
P. Scott Sakamoto

Still Photographer:
Brian Hamill

Storyboard Artist:
Jim Magdaleno

Stunt Coordinator:
Alex Daniels
Ronnie Rondell Jr.

Stunt Double:
Keith Tellez

Stunts:
Paul Borne
Tim Rigby
Lisa McCullough

Supervising Dialogue Editor:
Michael Silvers

Supervising Music Editor:
Curtis Roush

Supervising Sound Editor:
Tim Holland

Title Designer:
Kurt Mattila

Transportation Captain:
Lee Garibaldi

Transportation Coordinator:
Tommy Tancharoen

Underwater Camera:
Ian Fox

Unit Manager:
Michael J. Malone

Unit Production Manager:
Patricia Churchill

VFX Artist:
Lon R. Shor
Daryl Tucker

Video Assist Operator:
Tom Fox

Visual Effects Camera:
Kurt E. Soderling

Visual Effects Editor:
Rod Basham

Visual Effects Producer:
Aaron Dem
Lydia Bottegoni

Visual Effects Supervisor:
Jeffrey A. Okun
Carlos Arguello

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