Additional information for S1m0ne (Simone), which has a domestic theatrical release set for August 23, 2002. The film is being distributed by New Line Cinema and has been rated PG-13 for some sensuality. S1m0ne (Simone) has a total running time of 117 minutes.
PG
Canada
L
Iceland
13
Argentina
PG
Australia
Livre
Brazil
S
Finland
U
France
6
Germany
AL
Netherlands
PT
Peru
PG-13
Philippines
PG
Singapore
15
South Korea
T
Spain
Btl
Sweden
PG
UK
PG-13
USA
117min
"Simone" - Argentina, Peru, Spain
"Симона" - Russia
"S1mØne - Nasce Uma Super Estrela" - Brazil
"S1m0ne" - Greece
"S1m0ne" - Germany
"S1m0ne" - Finland
"Simona" - Serbia
"Simone" - France
"Simone" - Italy
August 23, 2002
USA
September , 2002
France
September 09, 2002
Philippines
September 11, 2002
Philippines
September 18, 2002
Belgium
September 18, 2002
France
September 20, 2002
Greece
September 20, 2002
Spain
September 27, 2002
Norway
September 27, 2002
Taiwan
October 09, 2002
Philippines
October 17, 2002
Netherlands
October 18, 2002
Turkey
October 24, 2002
Israel
October 25, 2002
UK
November 01, 2002
Iceland
November 07, 2002
Peru
November 15, 2002
Finland
November 15, 2002
Italy
November 22, 2002
South Africa
November 29, 2002
Denmark
December 20, 2002
South Korea
January 03, 2003
Sweden
January 13, 2003
Russia
January 17, 2003
Mexico
January 23, 2003
Argentina
January 30, 2003
Chile
February 13, 2003
Australia
February 27, 2003
Georgia
March 26, 2003
Egypt
May 16, 2003
Brazil
June 03, 2003
Kuwait
June 18, 2003
Germany
September 13, 2003
Japan
September 23, 2003
Hungary
A star is... created.
On August 23, Meet a Real Fake
A producer's film is endangered when his star walks off, so he decides to digitally create an actress to substitute for the star, becoming an overnight sensation that everyone thinks is a real person.
When the main star of disillusioned director Viktor Taransky's new movie walks away, Taransky is forced to find a replacement or never work again. Unfortunately for him, nobody wants to work with him any more.Viktor tries a new computer program on a hard disk he inherited from his acquaintance Hank Aleno. Viktor uses the program as a last, desperate attempt to finish the film. The system allows him to use a computer-generated woman to play the movie's central character. Viktor names his synthetic actress "Simone", a name derived from the computer program's title, Simulation One. Seamlessly incorporated into the movie, Simone gives a fantastic performance. The studio, and soon the world, starts to ask "who is Simone?"The movie is a great success, and Viktor markets her as a real person. He gives phone and camera interviews, but it becomes difficult to maintain. Two people doggedly pursue him and force him to showcase Simone "live" after they discover that he used stock photography as a background during the interview instead of being on that site as he claimed she was. Simone ascends to even greater heights, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress.After a while, Viktor decides to kill her off. He has her star a film of her own about zoophilia, hoping to disgust audiences. However, they continue to love her work. He then uses a computer virus to erase the program and dumps all of the DVDs and computer-related information into a trunk and throws it out to sea. During the funeral, policeman comes, opens the coffin where there is only Simone's poster. He is taken to the police station and is shown a security camera video where he is seen putting the trunk into the motor-boat (he had driven the boat to middle of the sea and only then thrown the trunk into the water). He is arrested for her murder. In his defence he admits that Simone was just a computer program, and that he put all the program discs in the chest and dropped it into the sea. Viktor's wife and daughter enter his studio, find the program, and realize that Viktor's actress is only a simulation (he forgot a virus floppy disk in the computer). They revive Simone and he is freed from custody. The film ends with Simone and Viktor holding an interview about their new "baby" before a post-credits sequence shows Viktor creating fake footage of Simone in a supermarket, which one of her pursuers sees, believing it real.
Andrew Niccol
Director(s)
Andrew Niccol
Writer(s)
Bradley Cramp
executive producer
Michael De Luca
executive producer
Lynn Harris
executive producer
Daniel Lupi
co-producer
Andrew Niccol
producer
Producer(s)
Carter Burwell
Composer(s)
Viktor Taransky
Al Pacino
Production Assistant
Benjamin Salisbury
Nicola Anders
Winona Ryder
Studio Executive #1
Darnell Williams
Studio Executive #2
Jim Rash
Studio Executive #3
Ron Perkins
Hal Sinclair
Jay Mohr
Elaine Christian
Catherine Keener
Lainey Christian Taransky
Evan Rachel Wood
Kent
Jeffrey Pierce
Man in Suit
Jeff Williams
Simone (as Simone)
Rachel Roberts
Premiere Audience Member
Mitzi Martin
Premiere Audience Member (as Carol Androsky)
Carole Androsky
Premiere Audience Member
Christopher Neiman
Premiere Audience Member
Jolie Jenkins
Premiere Audience Member
Derrex Brady
Premiere Audience Member
Lisa Cerasoli
Premiere Audience Member
Darin Heames
Premiere Audience Member (as Patrick Dancy)
Patrick J. Dancy
Premiere Audience Member
Adrian R'Mante
Theater Owner
David Doty
Entertainment Reporter
Maureen Mueller
Walter, Security Guard
Barry Papick
Reporter
James Gleason
Reporter
Andi Carnick
Reporter
Richard Saxton
Reporter
Vincent Boling
Reporter
Mark Thompson
Reporter
Keith MacKechnie
Max Sayer
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Milton
Jason Schwartzman
Valet Manager
Alan Loayza
Echo Photographer
Chris Coppola
Paparazzi Photographer
Lombardo Boyar
Jane
Jenni Blong
Lotus
Susan Chuang
Mac
Robert Musgrave
Corel
Deborah Rawlings
Claris
Christina Rydell
Director(s)
Writer(s)
executive producer
Michael De Luca
executive producer
Lynn Harris
executive producer
Daniel Lupi
co-producer
Andrew Niccol
producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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