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Dark City (1998)
7.8
Ratings: 7.8/10 from 90,179 users
Metascore:
66/100
Reviews: 576 user | 203 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com 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. Director:Alex Proyas |
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| Rufus Sewell | ... | ||
| William Hurt | ... | ||
| Kiefer Sutherland | ... | ||
| Jennifer Connelly | ... |
Emma Murdoch
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Anna
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Ian Richardson | ... | |
| Bruce Spence | ... | ||
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John Bluthal | ... |
Karl Harris
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Mitchell Butel | ... | |
| Melissa George | ... | ||
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Frank Gallacher | ... |
Chief Insp. Stromboli
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Ritchie Singer | ... |
Hotel Manager
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Vendor
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Justin Monjo | ... |
Taxi Driver
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Mr. Rain
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Storyline
John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him. Written by Anonymous
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You are not who you think you are See more »Parents Guide:
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Тёмный город See more »Box Office
Budget:
$27,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$5,576,953 (USA) (1 March 1998) (1754 Screens)Gross:
$27,200,316 (Worldwide)Company Credits
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Dr. Schreber: [voiceover] First there was darkness. Then came the strangers. They were a race as old as time itself. They had mastered the ultimate technology. The ability to alter physical reality by will alone. They called this ability "Tuning". But they were dying. Their civilization was in decline...
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Written by Marilyn Garrett, Dottie Wayne and Ben Weisman
Sung by Anita Kelsey See more »
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The name of Kiefer Sutherland's character, Daniel Schreber, is the same as that of a man who wrote a book titled "Memoirs of My Nervous Illness" during the heights of a period in which he was institutionalized for schizophrenia. The book has become a standard reading for many psychiatrists and psychologists, and many of the theories of both Sigmund Freud and Carl Gustav Jung were based on it (Freud never actually met Schreber, though). "Dark City" borrows heavily from the concept of "fleetingly-improvised men" which are found within Schreber's "Memoirs". See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: When the glass partition is broken, a second sheet of glass is used to protect Jennifer Connelly. At slow speeds, John's hand is clearly visible reflected in this safety glass. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Dr. Schreber: [voiceover] First there was darkness. Then came the strangers. They were a race as old as time itself. They had mastered the ultimate technology. The ability to alter physical reality by will alone. They called this ability "Tuning". But they were dying. Their civilization was in decline...
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"The Night Has 1000 Eyes"Written by Marilyn Garrett, Dottie Wayne and Ben Weisman
Sung by Anita Kelsey See more »
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