Turn Advertising Off
 
Movie Showtimes & Tickets
Showtimes By City or Zip Code:
Film Search:
    DVD News      DVD Release Dates      HD/Blu-Ray Release Dates      UMD Release Dates      Easter Eggs      DVD Reviews      Blu-Ray Reviews      HDDVD Reviews
Dark City
Alternate Versions:


MovieWeb Users:
4
Stars
1 Reviews / 1 Ratings
Start Rating
Now!
Log In
or Sign Up
 


Release Date July 29th, 1998
Genre Science Fiction
Format DVD
Original Aspect Ratio $dvd.oar
Disc Aspect Ratio
2.35:1 (Cinemascope)
1.33:1 (Fullscreen)
MPAA Rating R Restricted
Runtime 1 hour 36 minutes
Studio New Line Home Video
UPC 794043465727
Number of Discs 1
Disc Sides 2
Production Year 1998
Plot Alex Proyas (The Crow) directed this noir-styled futuristic thriller, scripted by Proyas, Lem Dobbs (Kafka), and David S. Goyer (The Puppet Masters). Separated from his wife Emma (Jennifer Connelly), amnesiac John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) awakens alone in a strange hotel to learn he is wanted for a series of brutal killings -- but he can't remember if he did or didn't commit these murders. Indeed, most of his memories have completely vanished, and he becomes the focus of interest for both mad genius Dr. Schreber (Kiefer Sutherland) and sympathetic detective Frank Bumstead (William Hurt). Attempting to unravel the twisted riddle of his identity, Murdoch encounters a group of ominous beings known as the Strangers, shadow-like figures who have a collective memory and possess the ability to stop time and alter physical reality through a process called The Tuning. Focusing their minds, they are able to change the size and shape of the material world. Murdoch manages to stay a step ahead of his adversaries as he slowly jigsaws together the puzzle of his past-bittersweet memories of his childhood, his love for Emma, and the key to the murders -- while following a labyrinth leading to the Strangers' Underworld, a set inspired by Fritz Lang's Metropolis. Rufus Sewell commented on the Underworld: "When Alex first sent me the sketches for that set, I was more excited than I had been when I read the script. The Underworld was truly remarkable -- a little bit scary, very thrilling, and full of hundreds of bald people." At the Fox Film Studios in Sydney, Australia, where 50 sets were built, three months were spent constructing the set for the Underworld, the largest indoor set ever built in Australia. The production design by George Liddle (Rapa Nui) and Patrick Tatopoulos (Godzilla, Space: Above and Beyond) is a composite of different styles and eras, combining the look of 1940s Manhattan with German Expressionism. The music is by Trevor Jones (G.I. Jane). The film's dedication reads: "In Memory of Dennis Potter with gratitude and admiration." ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide

Most Requested Upcoming DVDs:
1. Resident Evil: Degeneration [WS]
2. Way of War
3. Dark Knight
4. Dark Knight [WS] [Special Edition] [2 Discs]
5. Dark Knight [Circuit City Exclusive] [2 Discs] [Limited Edition]
6. Dark Knight [WS] [2 Discs] [Limited Edition] [Blu-ray]
7. Vacancy 2: The First Cut [WS]
8. Dead of Winter [WS]
9. Playboy: Women of Playboy 2
10. Mamma Mia!
11. Private Practice: The Story of a Sex Surrogate
12. Kemper [WS]
13. Day the Earth Stood Still [P&S] [Special Edition] [2 Discs]
14. Death Race [WS]
15. Man Who Came Back [WS]
16. Hancock [WS]
17. 24: Redemption [WS]
18. Hancock [WS] [Unrated] [UMD]
19. Lower Learning
20. Dark Knight [WS]

Retail Price:
$9.97
Your Price: $5.70
You save: $4.27 (43% Discount)
 
Join our Buyer's Club
and save $4.73 on this title!

$5.24
(48% Discount)
 
 

User Name:
Password:
 
Don"t have an account?
Get One Now!
© 1995-2008 MovieWeb™, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Photos & certain artwork used on MovieWeb are copyright protected and are the property of their respective owners.
Studio logos & other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. Privacy Policy. Terms of Use.