| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| George Clooney |
Dr. Chris Kelvin
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| Natascha McElhone |
Rheya
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| Jeremy Davies |
Snow
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| Viola Davis |
Dr. Helen Gordon
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| Ulrich Tukur |
Gibarian
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| Donna Kimball |
Mrs. Gibarian
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| Shane Skelton |
Gibarian's Son
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| John Cho |
DBA Emissary #1
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| Morgan Rusler |
DBA Emissary #2
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| Michael Ensign |
Friend #1
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Action; Adventure; Drama; Romance; Science Fiction |
| Director |
Steven Soderbergh |
| Producer |
James Cameron; Jon Landau; Charles V. Bender |
| Writer |
Steven Soderbergh; Stanislaw Lem |
| Photography |
Steven Soderbergh |
| Musician |
Cliff Martinez |
| Studio |
20th Century Fox |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 (Parental Guidance) |
| Running Time |
99 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
6.2 |
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| Plot |
| A therapist travels to a distant space station to treat a group of astronauts traumatized by mysterious entities — and ends up having to deal with an entity of his own — in this second film version of Stanislaw Lem's philosophical sci-fi novel. Solaris stars George Clooney as Chris Kelvin, a psychologist still mourning the loss of his wife Rheya (Natascha McElhone) when he's implored by a colleague named Gibarian (Ulrich Tukur) to investigate the increasingly weird goings-on at the Prometheus space station. By the time Kelvin gets there, Gibarian has committed suicide, leaving only the cryptic, babbling Snow (Jeremy Davies) and the paranoid, guarded Gordon (Viola Davis), both of whom are holed up in their respective rooms. As Kelvin interrogates the skeleton crew, he learns that they've had unwanted "visitors," apparitions of long-dead friends, family, and loved ones who are apparently being generated by the interstellar energy source Solaris. The doctor is dubious of their claims until one night he, too, is greeted by his wife Rheya (Natascha McElhone), whose death still torments him. At first skeptical of the new Rheya, Kelvin gradually becomes obsessed with her — and with the guilt that he feels over their troubled marriage — to the point where the others begin to fear for his sanity. Produced by James Cameron, Solaris represented director Steven Soderbergh's first screenplay credit since the independently financed Schizopolis in 1996. — Michael Hastings |
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| Product Details |
| Edition |
Special Edition |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Fullscreen (4:3)
Theatrical Widescreen (2.35:1)
Widescreen (16:9) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
024543079835 |
| Release Date |
7/29/2003 |
| Subtitles |
English; English (Closed Captioned); Spanish |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Dolby Digital Surround [Spanish] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Full Length Audio Commentary by Director Steven Soderbergh and Producer James Cameron HBO "Making Of" Special Solaris: Behind the Planet Featurette Original Screenplay Theatrical Teaser & Trailer |
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