What genre does *Sphere* belong to?

*Sphere* is classified as a mystery film with elements of adventure and science fiction. It blends psychological themes with a high-concept premise, making it a unique blend of genres.

Who directed *Sphere*?

The film was directed by Barry Levinson, a renowned filmmaker known for works like *Rain Man* and *Wag the Dog*.

What production company produced *Sphere*?

Warner Bros. Entertainment produced *Sphere*, a major American entertainment company with a long history in film production.

Where was *Sphere* filmed?

The film was set in the United States, with production taking place in various locations across the country.

What is the plot of *Sphere*?

The film follows a mysterious, spherical object that appears in different locations worldwide, leading to a series of events that unfold in real-time, blending psychological and scientific themes.

What are the release dates for *Sphere*?

*Sphere* was released on January 1, 1998, with a wide release on April 2, 1998, and a limited release on February 13, 1998.

Sphere

1998 film by Barry Levinson

Movie film Q744500

Facts

41 properties

Instance of: film
Director: Barry Levinson^[2]
Performer: Elliot Goldenthal^[21]
Genre: science fiction film, adventure film, mystery film, time-travel film^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Publication date: 1998, April 2, 1998, February 13, 1998^[32]^[33]^[34]
Official website: www.warnerbros.com^[38]
Screenwriter: Kurt Wimmer, Paul Attanasio^[3]^[4]
Based on: Sphere^[10]
Producer: Michael Crichton, Barry Levinson^[19]^[20]
Duration: +129
After a work by: Michael Crichton^[44]
Assessment: Bechdel test
Box office: +73400000, +37020277
CNC film rating (France): no age restriction
Capital cost: +80000000
Cast member: Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone, Samuel L. Jackson, Liev Schreiber, Peter Coyote, Queen Latifah, Huey Lewis, James Pickens Jr.^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]^[17]^[18]
Color: color^[30]
Composer: Elliot Goldenthal^[5]
Country of origin: United States^[31]
Different from: Kula
Director of photography: Adam Greenberg^[24]
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Netflix^[35]^[36]
Distribution format: video on demand^[26]
FSK film rating: FSK 16

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Film editor: Stu Linder^[40]
Filmiroda rating: Category III
Has characteristic: film based on a novel^[42]
Kijkwijzer rating: 12
MPA film rating: PG-13^[43]
Main subject: time travel^[39]
Medierådet rating: For ages 15 and up
Narrative location: Insular Oceania^[37]
Original language of film or TV show: English^[25]
P14449: 1779
P14671: 35817
Production company: Warner Bros. Entertainment, Baltimore Pictures^[22]^[23]
Production designer: Norman Reynolds
RARS rating: 18+
Review score: 4/10, 35/100, 13%^[27]^[28]^[29]
Set in environment: subaquaria
Title: Sphere^[41]

🏷️ Also known as

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🔖 Identifiers · 79

AFI Catalog of Feature Films ID: 61587
AllMovie title ID: v160502
Allcinema film ID: 83980
AlloCiné film ID: 16650
Amazon Standard Identification Number: B000HF6ZR0
Apple TV movie ID: umc.cmc.5xm3tdcyfqiwbermazl6g89f1
Bechdel Test Movie List ID: 446
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme): sphere
Cine.gr film ID (archived): 1473
CineMagia title ID: 1332
Cineplex Germany film ID: 22957
Ciné-Ressources film ID: 29184

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Cinémathèque québécoise work ID: 47097
ClassInd audiovisual work ID: 4940
DNF film ID: 22425
Decine21 film ID: 5680
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID: 3056
Douban film ID: 1293433
Dvdcompare.net film ID: 1045, 56326
EDb film ID: t0007633
EIDR content ID: 10.5240/8795-BC86-D385-27D6-6149-7
ElFilm film ID: 119510
Elonet movie ID: 710893
Encyclopedia of Science Fiction ID: sphere
Exploitation mark number: 94259
FandangoNow ID (deprecated scheme): 1MV7f1282f02b31d60f2e2182c2e988e492
Fernsehserien.de ID: filme/sphere-die-macht-aus-dem-all
FilmAffinity film ID: 556710
FilmPolski ID: 27243
FilmVandaag ID: film/2618
Filmfront film ID (archived): 293
Filmová databáze film ID: 20937
Filmweb.no film ID: 73733
Filmweb.pl film ID: 94
Freebase ID: /m/04rncw
Google Play Movies & TV ID: j08rCejAAPs
IMDb ID: tt0120184
ISAN: 0000-0001-1CEA-0000-4-0000-0000-P
ITunes movie ID: 294162527, 524404533
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID: film/sfera
KINENOTE film ID: 30938
Kanopy ID: 13584434
Kinobox film ID: 25007
Kinopoisk film ID: 4003
LUMIERE film ID: 8046
LdiF ID: 508356
Letterboxd film ID: sphere
MUBI film ID: 45870
MYmovies audiovisual work ID: 22635
Mediafilm ID: mf-tt-7406537496
Metacritic ID: movie/sphere
Movie Review Query Engine ID: sphere-m100019026
Movie Walker Press film ID: mv30526
MovieMeter film ID: 2169
Moviepilot.de film ID: sphere-die-macht-aus-dem-all
Movieplayer film ID: 1088
Mtime movie ID: 13768
Netflix ID: 8178227
NientePopCorn movie ID: sfera
OFDb film ID: 1301
OMDb film ID: 10153
PORT film ID: 893
Plex media key: 5d776834a091de001f2e7d0c
Rotten Tomatoes ID: m/sphere
Schnittberichte.com title ID: 1602
Scope.dk film ID: 178
Siamzone film ID: 1226
Swedish Film Database ID: 35405
TCM Movie Database film ID: 443957
TMDB movie ID: 10153
TV Guide show ID (former scheme): 132722
TV Spielfilm film ID: 90480
TV.com ID: movies/sphere
The Numbers movie ID: Sphere
TheTVDB movie ID: 3933
Trakt.tv ID: movies/sphere-1998
Trakt.tv film ID: 5369
YouTube video ID: REFrh4OJ8a0
ČSFD film ID: 5956

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Cast member 8

Dustin Hoffman, Samuel L. Jackson, Sharon Stone, Queen Latifah, Liev Schreiber, Peter Coyote, Huey Lewis, James Pickens Jr.

Genre 3

adventure film, science fiction film, mystery film

Distributed by 2

Netflix, Warner Bros. Entertainment

Producer 2

Michael Crichton, Barry Levinson

Screenwriter 2

Kurt Wimmer, Paul Attanasio

After a work by 1

Michael Crichton

Assessment 1

Bechdel test

Based on 1

Sphere

Composer 1

Elliot Goldenthal

Country of origin 1

United States

Different from 1

Kula

Director 1

Barry Levinson

Director of photography 1

Adam Greenberg

Distribution format 1

video on demand

Film editor 1

Stu Linder

Instance of 1

film

Main subject 1

time travel

Narrative location 1

Insular Oceania

Original language of film or TV show 1

English

Performer 1

Elliot Goldenthal

Production company 1

Warner Bros. Entertainment

Production designer 1

Norman Reynolds

Set in environment 1

subaquaria

← Derivative work 1

Sphere

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Summary

Sphere is a film^[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Sphere — director (P57): Barry Levinson. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Sphere — screenwriter (P58): Kurt Wimmer. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Sphere — screenwriter (P58): Paul Attanasio. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Sphere — composer (P86): Elliot Goldenthal. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Sphere — genre (P136): science fiction film. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Sphere — genre (P136): adventure film. wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Sphere — genre (P136): mystery film. Retrieved 2019-05-28. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Sphere — genre (P136): time-travel film. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Sphere — based on (P144): Sphere. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Sphere — cast member (P161): Dustin Hoffman. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Sphere — cast member (P161): Sharon Stone. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Sphere — cast member (P161): Samuel L. Jackson. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Sphere — cast member (P161): Liev Schreiber. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Sphere — cast member (P161): Peter Coyote. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Sphere — cast member (P161): Queen Latifah. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Sphere — cast member (P161): Huey Lewis. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Sphere — cast member (P161): James Pickens Jr.. wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Sphere — producer (P162): Michael Crichton. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Sphere — producer (P162): Barry Levinson. wikidata.org.
[21] ↑ Sphere — performer (P175): Elliot Goldenthal. wikidata.org.
[22] ↑ Sphere — production company (P272): Warner Bros. Entertainment. wikidata.org.
[23] ↑ Sphere — production company (P272): Baltimore Pictures. wikidata.org.
[24] ↑ Sphere — director of photography (P344): Adam Greenberg. wikidata.org.
[25] ↑ Sphere — original language of film or TV show (P364): English. wikidata.org.
[26] ↑ Sphere — distribution format (P437): video on demand. wikidata.org.
[27] ↑ Sphere — review score (P444): 4/10. Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2021-10-06. wikidata.org.
[28] ↑ Sphere — review score (P444): 35/100. wikidata.org.
[29] ↑ Sphere — review score (P444): 13%. wikidata.org.
[30] ↑ Sphere — color (P462): color. wikidata.org.
[31] ↑ Sphere — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[32] ↑ Sphere — publication date (P577): 1998. wikidata.org.
[33] ↑ Sphere — publication date (P577): April 2, 1998. zelluloid.de. Retrieved 2018-01-27. zelluloid.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[34] ↑ Sphere — publication date (P577): February 13, 1998. IMDb. Retrieved 2022-05-31. imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[35] ↑ Sphere — distributed by (P750): Warner Bros. Entertainment. wikidata.org.
[36] ↑ Sphere — distributed by (P750): Netflix. wikidata.org.
[37] ↑ Sphere — narrative location (P840): Insular Oceania. wikidata.org.
[38] ↑ Sphere — official website (P856): https://www.warnerbros.com/sphere. wikidata.org.
[39] ↑ Sphere — main subject (P921): time travel. wikidata.org.
[40] ↑ Sphere — film editor (P1040): Stu Linder. wikidata.org.
[41] ↑ Sphere — title (P1476): Sphere. wikidata.org.
[42] ↑ Sphere — has characteristic (P1552): film based on a novel. wikidata.org.
[43] ↑ Sphere — MPA film rating (P1657): PG-13. filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[44] ↑ Sphere — after a work by (P1877): Michael Crichton. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Sphere is an instance of film (Q11424) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Production designer → Norman Reynolds

Publication date → +1998-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1998-04-02T00:00:00Z, +1998-02-13T00:00:00Z

Screenwriter → Kurt Wimmer, Paul Attanasio

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