Cube

1997 | TRIMARK | CANADA | ENGLISH | RATED: R
COLOR | WIDESCREEN (1.85:1) | RUNTIME: 1 hr 30 mn

PRODUCERS: Mehra Meh and Betty Orr
DIRECTOR: Vincenzo Natali
SCREENPLAY: Vincenzo Natali, Graeme Manson, and André Bijelic
CAST: David Hewlett, Nicole de Boer, Maurice Dean Wint, Nicky Guadagni, Andrew Miller, Wayne Robson, Julian Richings
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Mark Korven
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Derek Rogers
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Jasna Stefanovic

FOLLOWED BY: Cube 2: Hypercube (2002)

SYNOPSIS: A group of strangers wake up in a strange maze of connected rooms with no recollection of how or why they are there.

Gattaca

1997 | COLUMBIA | USA | ENGLISH | RATED: PG-13
COLOR | WIDESCREEN (2.35:1) | RUNTIME: 1 hr 46 mn
PRODUCERS: Danny DeVito, Michael Shamberg, and Stacey Sher
DIRECTOR: Andrew Niccol
SCREENPLAY: Andrew Niccol
CAST: Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Jude Law, Gore Vidal, Alan Arkin, Loren Dean, Xander Berkeley, Ernest Borgnine, Ernest Borgnine, Elias Koteas, Blair Underwood, Mason Gamble, Gabrielle Reece, Maya Rudolph
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Michael Nyman
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Slawomir Idziak
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Jan Roelfs

Event Horizon

1997 | PARAMOUNT | UK | ENGLISH | RATED: R
COLOR | WIDESCREEN (2.35:1) | RUNTIME: 1 hr 36 mn
PRODUCERS: Lawrence Gordon, Lloyd Levin, and Jeremy Bolt
DIRECTOR: Paul W.S. Anderson
SCREENPLAY: Philip Eisner
CAST: Laurence Fishburne, Sam Neill, Kathleen Quinlan, Joely Richardson, Richard T. Jones, Jack Noseworthy, Jason Isaacs, Sean Pertwee, Peter Marinker, Holley Chant
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Michael Kamen
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Adrian Biddle
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Joseph Bennett

Contact

1997 | WARNER BROS. | USA | ENGLISH | RATED: PG
COLOR | WIDESCREEN (2.35:1) | RUNTIME: 2 hrs 30 mn

PRODUCERS: Robert Zemeckis and Steve Starkey
DIRECTOR: Robert Zemeckis
SCREENPLAY: James V. Hart and Michael Goldenberg
BASED ON A NOVEL BY: Carl Sagan (Contact)
CAST: Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, Tom Skerritt, John Hurt, Angela Bassett, Rob Lowe, William Fichtner, David Morse, Jena Malone, Jake Busey, Geoffrey Blake, Max Martini
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Alan Silvestri
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Don Burgess
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Ed Verreaux
NASA TECHNICAL CONSULTANT: Gerry Griffin
VERY LARGE ARRAY CONSULTANT: Bryan Butler
RADIO ASTRONOMY CONSULTANT: Tom Kuiper

SYNOPSIS: An ambitious radio astronomer detects a signal broadcasting from deep space, confirming her lifelong conviction that we are not alone in the universe. When the message turns out to be far more complex than initially thought, she finds herself at the forefront of humanity's greatest endeavor.

The Fifth Element

1997 | GAUMONT | FRANCE | ENGLISH | RATED: PG-13
COLOR | WIDESCREEN (2.35:1) | RUNTIME: 2 hrs 06 mn

PRODUCER: Patrice Ledoux
DIRECTOR: Luc Besson
SCREENPLAY: Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen
CAST: Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman, Ian Holm, Chris Tucker, Brion James, Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Jr, Tricky, Luke Perry, John Neville, Lee Evans, Charlie Creed-Miles, Maïwenn Le Besco
ORIGINAL MUSIC: Eric Serra
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Thierry Arbogast
PRODUCTION DESIGN: Dan Weil
COSTUME DESIGN: Jean-Paul Gaultier
DESIGN: Jean 'Moebius' Giraud



SYNOPSIS: A cab driver in 23rd century New York lands a very special fare that puts him in the middle of a 5,000-year-old plan to protect the universe from destruction by evil forces.