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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Rand Ravich (written by)
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Release Date:
27 elokuu 1999 (USA) more
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Tagline:
How well do you know the one you love? more
Plot:
A pair of shuttle astronauts leave their spacecraft to repair a satellite. There's an explosion. NASA loses contact for two minutes... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Reviews:
Aaaaah... more (234 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Johnny Depp ... Commander Spencer Armacost

Charlize Theron ... Jillian Armacost
Joe Morton ... Sherman Reese, NASA Representative

Clea DuVall ... Nan

Donna Murphy ... Natalie Streck

Nick Cassavetes ... Capt. Alex Streck

Samantha Eggar ... Dr. Patraba
Gary Grubbs ... NASA Director
Blair Brown ... Shelly McLaren
Tom Noonan ... Jackson McLaren

Tom O'Brien ... Allen Dodge
Lucy Lin ... Shelly Carter
Michael Crider ... Pat Elliott
Jacob Stein ... Calvin, 2nd Grade Student
Timothy Wicker ... Wide Eyed Kid #1
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence, language and a strong scene of sexuality.
Runtime:
109 min
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Portugal:M/16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:12 (TV rating) | Netherlands:16 | Singapore:M18 (cut) (re-rating) | Singapore:PG (cut) | South Korea:18 | South Korea:15 (cable rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | France:U | Germany:16 | Hong Kong:IIB | Iceland:14 (original rating) | Iceland:16 (video rating) | Spain:13 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) | UK:18 | USA:R (certificate #36008) | Philippines:PG-13

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Trivia:
In this film as well as in The Devil's Advocate (1997), Charlize Theron's character begins in Florida, then moves to New York (where bad things happen to her). more
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Continuity: When Spencer and Jillian are at the cocktail reception in New York, Jillian is speaking with the rude woman who criticizes her clothes. As they are walking, they walk past a woman with a large pearl necklace who then kisses the gentleman she is with. Moments later, Jillian who then walks past the same woman again. more
Quotes:
Capt. Alex Streck: Spencer? Spencer... Spencer what is that? Did you feel that? My God what is that? more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Four Beat Cha Cha Cha more

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34 out of 51 people found the following review useful.
Aaaaah..., 5 huhtikuu 2004
Author: zinedine_mirkwood from Castlemaine, Australia

Two minutes of lost communication between a space shuttle and home. What went on? The astronaut involved returns, but his wife finds he is not quite the same... This film can be considered a serious blight on the resumes of Charlize Theron and Johnny Depp. I found the film a terrible mess,mostly because a slightly interesting premise, (which had tricked me into watching) disintegrated into adisjointed, incoherent plot and the final blow, horrific special effects. The cast seems to struggle with the script and the scenes of violence and sex are awful and unnecessary. Even the combined talents of Theron and Depp cannot save this bombshell from outer space.

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