Demolition Man (film)
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| Directed by | Marco Brambilla |
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| Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
| Edited by | Stuart Baird |
| Music by | Elliot Goldenthal |
Production company | Silver Pictures[2] |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 115 minutes[3] |
| Country | United States |
| Budget | $45–77 million[4] |
| Box office | $159 million[5] |
Demolition Man is a 1993 American science fiction action film directed by Marco Brambilla in his directorial debut. It stars Sylvester Stallone, Wesley Snipes, Sandra Bullock, and Nigel Hawthorne. Stallone plays John Spartan, a risk-taking police officer with a reputation for causing destruction while carrying out his work. After a failed attempt to rescue hostages from evil crime lord Simon Phoenix (Snipes), they are both sentenced to be cryogenically frozen in 1996. In 2032, Phoenix escapes and the authorities awaken Spartan to help capture him. The story makes allusions to many other works, including Aldous Huxley's 1932 dystopian novel Brave New World[6] and H. G. Wells's The Sleeper Awakes.[7]
The film was released in the United States on October 8, 1993, to mixed reviews from critics. It earned $159 million worldwide, and was considered a successful film for Stallone.
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