The Thirteenth Floor

The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

Timing: 1:40 (100 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

1999-04-16

Country

Germany, United States

Production

Columbia Pictures, Centropolis Entertainment, Centropolis Film Productions

Genre

Thriller, Science Fiction, Mystery

Budget

$16 000 000

Revenue

$18 564 088

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Director

Josef Rusnak

Actors

Craig Bierko, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gretchen Mol, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dennis Haysbert, Steven Schub, Jeremy Roberts, Rif Hutton, Leon Rippy, Janet MacLachlan
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Scenario

Producer

Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich, Marco Weber, Michael Ballhaus, Helga Ballhaus

Operator

Wedigo von Schultzendorff

Composer

Harald Kloser

Artist

Audition

April Webster, David Bloch

Editing

Henry Richardson, Lisa Lynn Kearsley
All team (87)

• The film is based on the novel "The Thirteenth Floor" (Simulacron-3, 1964) by Daniel F. Galouye. The novel is one of the earliest literary depictions of virtual reality.
• "The Thirteenth Floor" was released simultaneously with the famous "The Matrix" by the Wachowskis and was largely overlooked in its wake.
• The film was shot in Los Angeles.
• In the virtual 1937, Fuller mentions World War I. However, in 1937, before World War II, World War I was called the Great War. Nevertheless, this can be considered an error not of the filmmakers, but of the creators of the program simulating 1937 Los Angeles. A number of other anachronisms in the virtual Los Angeles—such as the too-new money and patrol car—can also be seen as programming errors.
• When Jane Fuller escapes from her husband, the elevator is seen leaving from the 13th floor (according to the elevator button), even though she was just lying with him in a room that was above the 13th floor, where Douglas lived.
• At the end of the film, when Douglas is looking at the newspaper, it shows the date as Monday, June 21, 2024. In reality, June 21, 2024, is a Friday.
• The film was released alongside the Wachowskis' "The Matrix" and was practically unnoticed in comparison.
• When Jane Fuller runs away from her husband, the elevator is seen leaving the 13th floor (according to the elevator buttons), although she was previously lying with him in bed in a room located above the 13th floor.
• The film was released alongside the Wachowskis' "The Matrix" and was largely overlooked in comparison.
• At the end of the film, when Douglas is reading the newspaper, it displays the date as Monday, June 21, 2024. In reality, June 21, 2024, is a Friday.