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Steven
Soderbergh, George Clooney and Natascha McElhone come together
to give their answers to the question "What is Solaris."
Although the only thing truly clear at the end of it all is
there are no answers, only choices, this footage provides
a rare and intimate glimpse into the dogmas of the three stars
of the Solaris system.
Steven Soderbergh, whose eclectic resume
includes the Academy Award-winning drama “Traffic”
as well as last year’s ensemble caper “Ocean’s
Eleven,” now brings his unique vision to SOLARIS, a sci
fi mystery which tells the story of love lost and re-found.
Set sometime in the future, the film begins
when Dr. Chris Kelvin is asked to investigate the unexplained
behavior of key scientists on the space station Prometheus
and to discover why they have cut off all communication with
Earth.
Kelvin undertakes the journey after watching
the last communiqué from his close friend Gibarian,
the mission’s commander. Transmitted six months earlier,
the disjointed video journal shows a clearly disillusioned
and despairing man. Keenly aware that his opinion will decide
the fate of the orbital station, Kelvin is shocked by what
he finds upon his arrival.
Gibarian has committed suicide and the two
remaining scientists are exhibiting signs of extreme stress
and terror, seemingly caused by the results of their examination
of the planet Solaris. As he begins to track down the reasons
for the distress aboard the Prometheus, Kelvin, too, falls
victim to the unique world’s mysteries, as well as an
erotic obsession with someone he thought he left behind.
George Clooney stars as Chris Kelvin a grief
therapist who has yet to reconcile with himself over he loss
of his wife; Natascha McElhone portrays his wife, Rheya, whose
untimely death two years before has left Kelvin bereft and
in a state of emotional isolation; Jeremy Davies and Viola
Davis are scientists aboard the space station desperately
trying to discover the secret of Solaris before it destroys
them all, and German actor Ulrich Tukur is Gibarian, the mission
com-mander of the ill-fated Prometheus.
Written for the screen and directed, photographed
and edited by Steven Soderbergh, SOLARIS is a new adaptation
of the science-fiction novel by Polish writer Stanislaw Lem.
The novel was first filmed in 1972 as a Russian production
directed by Andrei Tarkovsky.
Solaris
No one knows what it wants.
No one knows what it means.
No one knows why it’s there.
Yet all are drawn to it.
To some it brings great joy.
To others it causes great pain.
Now, one man has been sent to uncover the
mystery.
What is Solaris? You decide.
Released: 28 Feb 2003
Dist: 20th Century Fox
Running Time: tbc
Cert: tbc
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