Dark City

Dark City is a 1998 movie written by Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer, and directed by Proyas. It stars Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, and Jennifer Connelly. While not a box office hit, and not popular among science fiction fans, it has considerable reputation. Film critic Roger Ebert is a well-known fan of the movie, having rated it with four stars out of four{{ref|ebert}}, and uses it in his teaching. Ebert also appears on a commentary track on the DVD.

Technical data

• working titles: Dark Empire, Dark World
• writing credits: Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs, David S. Goyer
• music: Trevor Jones, Gary Numan
• runtime: 100 minutes
• sound: Dolby Digital / SDDS
• aspect ratio: 2.35 : 1
• release date: February 27, 1998 (USA)
• budget: $27,000,000
• total gross (USA): $14,378,331
• distributor: New Line Cinema
• MPAA rating: R