Dark City
"They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night, one of us went off."
MysteryScience Fiction
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.
🎬 DirectorAlex Proyas
📅 Release1998-02-27
🌍 CountryAustralia, United States of America
🗣 LanguageEnglish
🏢 StudioNew Line Cinema, Mystery Clock Cinema
🗳 Votes3,105
🔥 Popularity5
💰 Budget$27,000,000
💵 Revenue$27,200,000
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🎭 Cast
Rufus Sewell
John Murdoch
William Hurt
Inspector Frank Bumstead
Kiefer Sutherland
Dr. Daniel P. Schreber
Jennifer Connelly
Emma Murdoch
Richard O'Brien
Mr. Hand
Ian Richardson
Mr. Book
Bruce Spence
Mr. Wall
Colin Friels
Det. Eddie Walenski
John Bluthal
Karl Harris
Mitchell Butel
Officer Husselbeck
Melissa George
May
Frank Gallacher
Chief Inspector Stromboli
Ritchie Singer
Hotel Manager / Vendor
Justin Monjo
Taxi Driver
Nicholas Bell
Mr. Rain
🎥 Crew
StoryAlex Proyas
DirectorAlex Proyas
ScreenplayDavid S. Goyer
EditorDov Hoenig
ProducerAndrew Mason
Director of PhotographyDariusz Wolski
Executive ProducerBrian Witten
CastingVanessa Pereira
CastingShauna Wolifson
ScreenplayAlex Proyas
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🏷 Keywords
beachamnesiaexperimentparanoiadystopiasleepmanipulationmad scientistfugitiveserial killermemorycyberpunk
💬 Reviews
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 Richardson. Music is by Trevor Jones and cinematography by Dariusz Wolski. A man wakes up in a grotty hotel bathroom and …
**_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 ensuing night hours of the big city: a somewhat mad doctor (Kiefer Sutherland), a detective (William Hurt), his estranged …
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't be put off by my description of these movies as 'philosophical'-they are entertainment first and foremost. The …
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