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DVD Features:
- Rated: PG
- Closed captioning available
- Run Time: 1 hours, 57 minutes
- Video: Color
- Released: December 2, 1997
- Originally Released: 1996
- Label: Walt Disney Video
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Packaging: Keep Case
- Aspect Ratio: Letterbox - 2.35
- Aspect Ratio: Widescreen - 2.35
- Audio:
- Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
- Dolby Surround - French
- Additional Release Material:
- Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
- Interactive Features:
- Interactive Menus
- Scene Access
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | John Travolta & Kyra Sedgwick | |
Performer: | Jeffrey DeMunn, Forest Whitaker, Robert Duvall, Richard Kiley, Brent Spiner & Bruce A. Young | |
Directed by | Jon Turteltaub | |
Edited by | Bruce Green | |
Screenwriting by | Gerald Di Pego | |
Composition by | Thomas Newman | |
Art Direction by | Bruce Alan Miller | |
Produced by | Barbara Boyle & Michael Taylor | |
Director of Photography: | Phedon Papamichael |
Memorable Quotes and Dialog:
"I'll tell you what I think I am.... I'm what everybody can be."
- George Malley (JOHN TRAVOLTA)
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
Bittersweet.
Movie Mom
Rating: 2.5/4 --
Works best if you can switch off your brain. Those who can will reach weepy nirvana. Those who can't will find this sticky-sweet wallow a bit, well, dumb.
USA Today
Rating: 4/5 --
Flawed story, but compelling story does hook one.
Kansas City Kansan
...This is a good role for Travolta, who has an underlying sweetness and enthusiasm that is well-used here...
Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 2/5 --
Pretty lame Scientology type stuff.
Juicy Cerebellum
Rating: 3/5 --
Gentle tearjerker about sudden mental superpowers.
Full Review
Common Sense Media
Travolta is terrific! And in a movie season dominated by brainless action flicks and big explosions, Phenomenon is something magically different.
Full Review
CNN.com
Product Description:
A simple, small-town garage mechanic suddenly develops extraordinary intelligence--including telekinetic powers and an unquenchable thirst for knowledge--which affects his life in unexpected ways. The government wants to investigate him, scientists want to study him, and the townspeople become afraid of him, to the point of ostracism. With the love and support of a young single mother, he is finally able to accept his lot in life.
Plot Synopsis:
In a small town an average Joe named George Malley, becomes a different man when he is struck by a bright streak of light on his 37th birthday. George is suddenly a genius, suddenly able to play chess, speak a new language, and read numerous books in a day, amongst other abilities. George is also endowed with telekinetic powers, able to move objects with his mind.
Although George's sweet personality remains the same throughout all this, his newfound abilities breed jealousy and insecurity amongst some of his ne'er-do-well buddies. Furthermore, it appears that George's immense intelligence could actually be harming him physically -- and might even shorten his life.
Although George's sweet personality remains the same throughout all this, his newfound abilities breed jealousy and insecurity amongst some of his ne'er-do-well buddies. Furthermore, it appears that George's immense intelligence could actually be harming him physically -- and might even shorten his life.
Keywords:
Psychic Forces
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Romance
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Tear Jerker
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Self-Discovery
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Recommended
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Character Study
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Bucolic
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Wise Fools
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Blockbuster
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Theatrical Release
Production Notes:
- Released theatrically in the USA July 3, 1996.
- Color by Foto-Kem; prints by Technicolor; in Panavision widescreen.
- Additional cast: Michael Milhoan (Jimmy); Ashley Buccille (Glory); Elisabeth Nunziato (Ella).
- Songs include:
"Crazy Love," performed by Aaron Neville
"Change the World," performed by Eric Clapton
"I Have the Touch," performed by Peter Gabriel - Rated BBFC PG by the British Board of Film Classification.
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Product Info
- Sales Rank: 4,458
- UPC: 717951000095
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