Dark City (1998)
A man struggles with memories of his past, which includes a wife he cannot remember, and a nightmarish world without a sun.
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John Murdoch -
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Director:
Alex ProyasWriters:
Alex Proyas (story), Alex Proyas (screenplay), Lem Dobbs (screenplay), David S. Goyer (screenplay)All Cast & Crew
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10 wins & 15 nominations.Reviews & Commentary
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On the DVD commentary, co-writer David S. Goyer reveals two possible explanations for the origin of the inhabitants of Dark City. In his original story outline, director Alex Proyas believed the humans to have been passengers aboard an interstellar spaceship which was captured by the Strangers. Goyer favors a more spiritual approach, supposing that the humans are in fact dead and that Dark City is a sort of purgatory made up of people the Strangers have selected or abducted from different eras in history.
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Dr. Schreber:
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 ...
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(at around 17 mins) When Murdoch is on the Shell Beach billboard and collapses after reading the newspaper clippings he found in his coat pocket, a stranger appears/disappears/reappears on the steps in the background.
Alternate Versions
SPOILER: In the director's cut, there is additional footage showing that the hooker John meets at the automat has a daughter. When Emma and Inspector Bumstead go to the hooker's apartment, Emma finds the daughter under a bed with a drawing showing the Strangers killing her mother.
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The Night Has 1000 EyesWritten by Marilyn Garrett, Dorothy Wayne (as Dottie Wayne) and Ben Weisman
Sung by Anita Kelsey
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Genres
Mystery | Sci-Fi | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
27 February 1998Language
English
Country of Origin
Australia, USAFilming Locations
Fox Studios, Moore Park, Sydney, New South Wales, AustraliaBox Office
Budget:
$27,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$5,576,953 (USA) (1 March 1998)
Gross:
$14,378,331 (USA)
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