A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 13, 1998
Original Title:
Sphere
Alternate Titles:
Esfera
Kula
Sfera - Il terrore può essere ovunque
Sphere
Сфера
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 BE: 16 CH: 16 CZ: 15+ DE: 16 DK: 15 FI: K-16 FR: TP GB: 12 HU: 16 IE: 12 KR: 15 LU: 16 NL: 12 PL: 16 PT: M/12 SE: 15 US: PG-13
Runtime: 134
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.
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
Jason Wardle
Jeff Lin
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:
Lindakay Brown
Claire Sanfilippo
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:
Tricia Sawyer
Robert Ryan
June Westmore
Marietta Carter-Narcisse
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 'Co-Co' 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
Marian Wilde
Mary Helen Leasman
Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Tom Johnson
Lora Hirschberg
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:
Ronnie Rondell Jr.
Alex Daniels
Stunt Double:
Keith Tellez
Stunts:
Tim Rigby
Lisa McCullough
Paul Borne
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:
Daryl Tucker
Lon R. Shor
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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