Overview:
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.| Status: | Released (1998-02-27) |
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| Awards: | 12 wins & 19 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $14,378,331 |
| Screen: | Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs, David S. Goyer |
| Productions: | New Line Cinema, Mystery Clock Cinema |
| Production Countries: | Australia, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 17328: Rufus Sewell - John Murdoch
- 227: William Hurt - Inspector Frank Bumstead
- 2628: Kiefer Sutherland - Dr. Daniel P. Schreber
- 6161: Jennifer Connelly - Emma Murdoch
- 13474: Richard O'Brien - Mr. Hand
- 385: Ian Richardson - Mr. Book
- 27752: Bruce Spence - Mr. Wall
Crews
- 21085: Alex Proyas - Director - Directing
- 21085: Alex Proyas - Screenplay - Writing
- 23649: Lem Dobbs - Screenplay - Writing
- 3893: David S. Goyer - Screenplay - Writing
- 21085: Alex Proyas - Producer - Production
- 7020: Trevor Jones - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 120: Dariusz Wolski - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
John Chard
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This review is of the Director's Cut. Welcome To Shell Beach. Dark City is directed by Alex Proyas who also co-writes the screenplay with Leon Dobbs and David S. Goyer. It stars Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard O'Brien and Ian Richardso ....
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**_Atmospheric, dark mixture of film noir, comic book horror and sci-fi_** A man (Rufus Sewell) wakes up one night to great mysteries: There's a dead prostitute nearby that he gets blamed for murdering, but he can't remember much of anything. Several people seek him in the ensuin ....
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Intriguing sci-fi This is one of my favourite movies of a spate of movies dealing with philosophical themes. This group would include The Matrix (reviewed here by me), The Thirteenth Floor and Gattaca. I saw this movie many years ago and it has stuck with me all this time. Don' ....
Continue reading ->JPV852
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This is one I probably haven't seen since the Director's Cut Blu-ray release in 2008 and while I liked it then, I now absolutely love it today. The cast and plot were wonderful to go along with the impressive visual effects, admittedly shrouded in darkness. I always like seeing Rufus ....
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