S1m0ne

S1m0ne (2002)

Timing: 1:57 (117 min)

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Release date

2002-08-23

Country

United States

Production

New Line Cinema, Jersey Films, Niccol Films

Genre

Science Fiction, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

Budget

$10 000 000

Revenue

$19 576 023

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Director

Andrew Niccol

Actors

Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener, Evan Rachel Wood, Jay Mohr, Winona Ryder, Jason Schwartzman, Elias Koteas, Rebecca Romijn, James Gleason
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Scenario

Producer

Andrew Niccol, Michael De Luca, Lynn Harris, Bradley Cramp

Operator

Edward Lachman

Composer

Carter Burwell

Artist

Audition

Francine Maisler, Jon Scott Strotheide

Editing

Paul Rubell
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• In one episode, Victor’s daughter, Lainey, can be seen reading the legend of Pygmalion on her laptop. Pygmalion is a sculptor in Greek mythology who created a beautiful statue of ivory and fell in love with his creation, pleading with the goddess to breathe life into the cold sculpture.
• The name of one of the characters, Hank Alino, is an anagram of the word “Alone”.
• The song that Simone sings at her concert – You Make Me Feel (Like A Natural Woman) – is performed by Mary J. Blige. According to the plot, Viktor synthesizes the actress’s voice from the voices of other performers – Whitney Houston and Madonna.
• To keep her involvement in the film a secret, Rachel Roberts took the pseudonym Anna Green. Footage of Roberts was computer-processed to create the image of the artificial Simone.
• After watching the animated film “Final Fantasy” (2001) and seeing how realistically the computer-generated characters were depicted, the producers began to lean towards the idea of making Simone entirely computer-generated. However, they abandoned this idea due to objections from the Screen Actors Guild, who feared that actors would soon be replaced by computer imagery in all films.
• Filming took place in California from September 7 to November 2000.