Zane Ziminski is an astrophysicist who receives a message that seems to have extraterrestrial origins. Eerily soon after his discovery, Zane is fired. He then embarks on a search to determine the origins of the transmission that leads him into a Hitchcockian labyrinth of paranoia and intrigue.
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Film Cast:
- Zane Zaminski: Charlie Sheen
- Ilana Green: Lindsay Crouse
- Calvin: Richard Schiff
- Phil Gordian: Ron Silver
- Char: Teri Polo
- Mrs. Roosevelt: Phyllis Applegate
- Kiki: Tony T. Johnson
- Terraformer: Alan Coates
- DOD #1: Leon Rippy
- DOD #2: Buddy Joe Hooker
- Co-worker: Javier Morga
- Cabbie: David Villalpando
- Maid: María Luisa Coronel
- Reporter #1: Mónica Dionne
- Reporter #2: Alejandro Usigli
- Reporter #3: Jacqueline Voltaire
- Security Woman: Luisa Huertas
- JPL Official: Roger Cudney
- JPL Guard #1: Shane
- JPL Guard #2: Dave Galasso
- Computer Tech: Georg Lillitsch
- N.C.A.R. Woman: Catalina Botello
- Lance (uncredited): David Sherrill
- Skeleton Man: Ángel de la Peña
Film Crew:
- Director of Photography: Hiro Narita
- Casting: Mary Jo Slater
- Sound Designer: David Farmer
- Editor: Martin Hunter
- Casting Director: Claudia Becker
- Music Editor: Stephen A. Hope
- Foley: Dennie Thorpe
- Stunt Coordinator: Buddy Joe Hooker
- Executive Producer: Ted Field
- Art Department Coordinator: Marco Niro
- Animation Director: Raman Hui
- Costume Design: Mayes C. Rubeo
- Executive Producer: Robert W. Cort
- Producer: Thomas G. Smith
- Casting: Steve Brooksbank
- Art Direction: Héctor Romero
- Director: David Twohy
- Costume Supervisor: Wendy Range
- Camera Operator: Guillermo Rosas
- Assistant Editor: Carroll Timothy O’Meara
- Steadicam Operator: Checco Varese
- Set Dresser: Carlos Gutiérrez
- Set Dresser: Patrice Laure
- Original Music Composer: Arthur Kempel
- ADR Voice Casting: Mitch Carter
- Producer: Jim Steele
- Art Direction: Anthony R. Stabley
- Stunts: Alisa Christensen
- Second Unit Director of Photography: Isidore Mankofsky
- Associate Producer: Lorenzo O’Brien
- Visual Effects Producer: Charles L. Finance
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Robert Skotak
- Stunts: Jeff Jensen
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Rich Thorne
- Visual Effects Compositor: Bob White
- Camera Loader: Luis David Sansans
- First Assistant Director: René Villarreal
- Gaffer: Raman Rao
- Production Design: Michael Novotny
- Visual Effects Producer: Rodney Montague
- Aerial Camera: John M. Stephens
- Assistant Hairstylist: Regina Reyes
- Associate Producer: David Tripet
- Visual Effects Editor: Daniel Arkin
- Makeup Artist: Felicity Bowring
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Lora Hirschberg
- Set Decoration: Enrique Estévez Hermelindo
- Set Decoration: Melo Hinojosa
- Casting: Rogelio Rojas
- Casting: Laura Seidel
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Brian Jennings
- Draughtsman: Carlos Benassini
- Sound Effects Editor: Ethan van der Ryn
- Music Editor: Javier Gunther
- Still Photographer: Bob Marshak
- VFX Director of Photography: Mark A. Shelton
- Transportation Coordinator: Geno Hart
- Post Production Supervisor: Brad Arensman
- Visual Effects Editor: Amy Pawlowski
- Property Master: Gilberto Cortes
- Property Master: Steven Schalk
- Set Designer: Jaime Rivas Ruiz
- Construction Coordinator: Fernando Lau
- Supervising Sound Editor: Hugh Waddell
- Dialogue Editor: Dianna Stirpe
- Dolby Consultant: Daniel Sperry
- Special Effects Coordinator: Laurencio Cordero
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Jeff Burks
- Visual Effects Supervisor: David B. Sharp
- Visual Effects Supervisor: John T. Van Vliet
- Visual Effects Producer: Melissa Taylor
- Camera Operator: Eric Anderson
- Script Supervisor: Dea Cantu
- Publicist: Cirina Catania
- Studio Teachers: Helen Meidel
- Location Manager: John A. Johnston
- VFX Director of Photography: Richard Malzahn
- Stunt Double: Eddie Braun
- First Assistant Editor: Elaine C. Andrianos
- Stunts: Eddy Donno
- Extras Casting: Jorge Guerrero
- Second Assistant Camera: Juan Ayala
- Costume Assistant: Carlos Munguía
- Electrician: Eduardo Jesús Oviedo Vargas
- Key Hair Stylist: Marsha Lewis
- Key Makeup Artist: Gabriel Solana
- Key Grip: John T. Martin
- Gaffer: David Jarrell
- First Assistant Camera: Heriberto Gutiérrez
- Rigging Gaffer: John Matthews
- Assistant Editor: Harrison Gibbs
- Key Grip: Gustavo Covarrubias
- Makeup Artist: David LeRoy Anderson
- Assistant Makeup Artist: Greg T. Moon
- Stunts: Bennie Moore
- Assistant Hairstylist: Maxine Morris
- Draughtsman: Daniel Novotny
- Key Costumer: Jaime Ortiz
- Storyboard Artist: P.K. MacCarthy
- Digital Compositor: Marlo Pabon
- Lighting Supervisor: Jean M. Cunningham
- 3D Animator: Jongwoo Heo
- VFX Director of Photography: Les Bernstien
- Dolly Grip: Ricardo Covarrubias
- Swing: Brendan C. Fenton
- Camera Loader: Tamara Goldsworthy
- First Assistant Camera: Roberto ‘Tito’ Blasini
- Electrician: Enrique Lara
- Dolly Grip: Leo Behar
- Key Grip: Steve Iriguchi
- Stunts: Billy Hank Hooker
- Stunts: Rita Morena
- Draughtsman: Francisco García
- VFX Director of Photography: Russell j Lyster
- CG Animator: David Lauer
- Visual Effects Coordinator: Sharon Hollis
- Best Boy Grip: Shawn Whelan
- Script Supervisor: Dee Whitehurst
- Assistant Editor: Sam Citron
- Aerial Camera Technician: Scott Whitman
- Hairstylist: Kim Urgel
- Assistant Property Master: Campos Memo Granados
- Construction Foreman: Lawrence Lawson
- Draughtsman: Luis Amézquita
- Leadman: Francisco López
- Swing: Frederico Tellez
- Swing: Manuel Ordaz López
- Swing: Randolph W. Day
- Best Boy Electric: Fred White
- Camera Loader: Enrique Cervera
- Electrician: Carlos Sánchez
- Electrician: Juan J. Valencia
- First Assistant Camera: Pat Swovelin
- Second Assistant Camera: Forrest Thurman
- Assistant Costume Designer: Jeannie Johnson
- Costume Assistant: Thomas Flynn
- Tailor: David Jardon
- Extras Casting: Ray Schaaf
- Assistant Editor: Arleen Beaty
- Assistant Editor: Gary Simon
- Color Timer: Linda DeMarco
Movie Reviews:
- Gimly: Charlie Sheen channels his inner Kevin Smith in this unique take on the genre. Sure it’s a little X-Files-y, and a lot of the twists are either glaringly obvious or make zero sense, but by and large it’s pretty original. The climate-change message does beat you over the head a little, but only gently, which I can handle. Obviously it didn’t take anyway, considering we’re here twenty years later and the problem’s only gotten worse.
- _Final rating:★★½ – Had a lot that appealed to me, didn’t quite work as a whole._