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. After their arrival and subsequent pressurization to the habitat's exotic-gas environment, the Navy sends a robot to enter the spacecraft first, which locates and opens a panel near the spacecraft door.It’s been more than 20 years now, so I guess “Sphere” (1998) won’t become a cult classic. The other scientists arrive safely at Habitat DH-8. Navy personnel, travel to a deep sea habitat at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, where an enormous spacecraft has been discovered.ĭuring the descent, the marine biologist (Levine) becomes claustrophobic, and is returned topside. The novel begins as a science fiction story but quickly transforms into a psychological thriller, developing into an exploration of the nature of the human imagination.Ī group of scientists (psychologist Norman Johnson mathematician Harry Adams zoologist Beth Halpern astrophysicist Ted Fielding and marine biologist Arthur Levine), along with U.S. The story follows Norman Johnson, a psychologist engaged by the United States Navy, who joins a team of scientists assembled to examine a spacecraft of unknown origin discovered on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean. The novel was adapted into the film Sphere in 1998. Sphere is a novel written by author Michael Crichton that was published in 1987. Knoph publishers very good condition with unmarked pages dust jacket good but has a faint water stain mark (bottom spine area) - see pic.
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