Directed by:
Andrew NiccolScreenplay:
Andrew NiccolCinematography:
Edward LachmanComposer:
Carter BurwellCast:
Al Pacino, Rachel Roberts, Catherine Keener, Winona Ryder, Jay Mohr, Daniel von Bargen, Evan Rachel Wood, Jeffrey Pierce, Adrian R'Mante, Pruitt Taylor Vince (more)VOD (1)
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Viktor Taransky (Al Pacino) is a washed-up director. The beautiful Nicola (Winona Ryder), has just walked off the set of his last film, and the head of the studio--who also happens to be his ex-wife (Catherine Keener)--has just cancelled his contract. Just as a virtually hopeless Taransky is left wondering what is wrong with Hollywood, inventor Hank Aleno (Elias Koteas) presents him with a bombshell: a virtual actress. Created from computer code, Hank's invention--deemed S1M0NE from the abbreviated Simulation 1 and morphed into Simone for the masses--is beautiful, talented, and breathtakingly real. Soon, Taransky is editing Simone's image into his films and creating masterpieces. He devises elaborate schemes to make Simone appear to be human, all the while masterminding her every move. As Simone becomes an international superstar, a bewildered Taransky is left to wonder how real Simone actually is and how much power she has over him. But his attempts to sabotage her career only drag him further into the media frenzy that his creation attracts. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Al Pacino
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Rachel Roberts
Canada
Catherine Keener
USA
Best movies:
Into the Wild (2007)
Captain Phillips (2013)
Living in Oblivion (1995)
Winona Ryder
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
Edward Scissorhands (1990)
Night on Earth (1991)
Jay Mohr
USA
Best movies:
Pay It Forward (2000)
Air (2023)
Street Kings (2008)
Daniel von Bargen
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Basic Instinct (1992)
Evan Rachel Wood
USA
Best movies:
The Wrestler (2008)
Mildred Pierce (2011) (series)
All You Need is Love (2007)
Jeffrey Pierce
USA
Best movies:
S1m0ne (2002)
Jackie Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (2000) (TV movie)
Houdini (1998) (TV movie)
Adrian R'Mante
USA
Best movies:
S1m0ne (2002)
Underground (2011)
Life at the Resort (2011)
Pruitt Taylor Vince
USA
Best movies:
Stranger Things (2016) (series)
JFK (1991)
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Jason Schwartzman
USA
Best movies:
Klaus (2019)
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023)
Fantastique Maître Renard (2009)
Chris Coppola
Best movies:
Saint Anthony (2007)
Spider-Man (2002)
Too Old to Die Young (2019) (series)
Claudia Jordan
USA
Best movies:
S1m0ne (2002)
Stanley Anderson
USA
Best movies:
Le Rocher (1996)
The X Files: Closure (1999) (video compilation)
Primal Fear (1996)
Rebecca Romijn
USA
Best movies:
X-Men: First Class (2011)
X-Men 2 (2003)
X-Men (2000)
Elias Koteas
Canada
Best movies:
Shutter Island (2010)
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Gattaca (1997)
Jim Brockhohn
Best movies:
The Final Season (2007)
Factotum (2005)
S1m0ne (2002)
Robert Musgrave
Best movies:
S1m0ne (2002)
Bottle Rocket (1996)
Idiocracy (2006)
Jim Rash
USA
Best movies:
Minority Report (2002)
Captain America: Civil War (2016)
The Way Way Back (2013)
Christopher Neiman
Best movies:
The Longest Yard (2005)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
S1m0ne (2002)