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Phenomenon

Year:
Duration:
123 min
Genres:
Drama | Fantasy | Romance | Sci-Fi
IMDB rate:
6.4
Director:
Jon Turteltaub
Awards:
7 wins & 8 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1996-07-03
Filming Locations: Petaluma, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $32,000,000
Opening Weekend: $16,200,000 (USA) (7 July 1996)
Gross: $104,632,573 (USA) (26 January 1997)
Cast
Actor
Character
John Travolta
George Malley
Kyra Sedgwick
Lace Pennamin
Forest Whitaker
Nate Pope
Robert Duvall
Doc Brunder
Jeffrey DeMunn
Prof. John Ringold
Richard Kiley
Dr. Wellin
David Gallagher
Al Pennamin
Ashley Buccille
Glory Pennamin
Tony Genaro
Tito
Sean O'Bryan
Banes
Michael Milhoan
Jimmy
Troy Evans
Roger
Bruce A. Young
FBI Agent Jack Hatch (as Bruce Young)
Vyto Ruginis
Ted Rhome
Brent Spiner
Dr. Bob Niedorf
Elisabeth Nunziato
Ella
Ellen Geer
Bonnie
James Keane
Pete the Cop
Susan Merson
Nurse
James Anthony Cotton
Cal, Hospital Orderly (as James Cotton)
Justin DiPego
UFO Man
Mark Soper
KCUD-TV Reporter
Daniel Zacapa
Father at Book Fair
Cab Covay
Book Fair Heckler
Tony A. Mattos
Ella's Father
Mark Valim
Alberto
Carl D. Parker
Man in Orchard (as Carl Parker)
Beth Kennedy
Female FBI Agent
Tom Fridley
Male FBI Agent
Richard Gross
Customer at Malley's
Jack Chouchanian
MRI Technician
Michael Forner
Charlie Shipper
Sage Callaway
Female Officer
Jewel Benedict
Townswoman (May)
Betsy Berryhill
Townswoman (at bar)
Mariann V. Carothers
Townswoman (furniture store owner)
Claudia Crespin
Townswoman (in crowd)
Joseph A. Nicosia
Townsman (man #2 at bar)
Dan Partain
Townsman (man #3 at bar)
Isaac Reiswig
Townsman (in crowd)
Joseph Amey
Book fair spectator (uncredited)
Mike Justice
College student (uncredited)
Noah Michael Levine
FBI Agent (uncredited)
Anni Long
Maj. Benz (uncredited)
Scott Mullin
Agent (uncredited)
Will Prater
Helicopter Pilot (uncredited)
Anthony Snow
Interrogation Recorder (uncredited)
Theodore Carl Soderberg
Officer (uncredited)
Sandy Stoltz
Duck Carnie (uncredited)
Eric Tignini
Agent (uncredited)
Derek Zemrak
FBI Investigator (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Sean Penn, Ed Harris and Jason Patric were considered for the lead role.
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Old town Auburn, CA was used for the scenes in town. Most of the businesses there are still in operation, and thrive off of the tourism generated by the movie to this day.
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Kyra Sedgwick has also acted alonside Sean O'Bryen and Tom Genaro in another film - Heart and Souls (1993)
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Goofs
When George opens the gates to his garden to let the rabbit out, there is more than enough room under each gate for a rabbit to enter or leave his garden at will.
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The signals George intercepts are not high speed Morse signals as he pretended but simple old-fashioned telex transmissions.
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Just after George (John Travolta) gets zapped he returns to the bar to finish a game of chess. He moves his queen and his opponent makes two moves off screen. The two views of the board show they were a rook and knight move. However, the claim was a queen capture. In fact, no player was in position to get the queen.
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Quotes
Doc: Let's see, uh... George... George... there's a tumor in your brain, that's spread out like a hand, threads of it, you know, everywhere. But instead of dysfunction - now here's the mystery, George. Instead of destroying brain function, so far it's been stimulating it. We can't understand that. You have more area of active brain use than anybody ever tested - ever - because of those tentacles. I mean, we've seen tumors like this before, it's called astrocytoma. And it explains, uh, the dizziness, and... the illusion of light. But the way it's in there, waking up areas of the brain, it's a... big mystery. So...
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Bonnie: George Malley! You learned the Portuguese language in 20 minutes?
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George Malley: Now, uh... he didn't say how long.
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