Originally posted by: JeffreyLebowski
ok, wanna talk, talk. What's the premise? I saw an add for it at the theatre, and I like Clooney(what Batman movie

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Earth loses contact with a space station orbiting planet Solaris. After six months of silence, they send in special forces, but they disappear without a trace. After realizing that whatever power is responsible for this cannot be dealt with by force, they decide to send in a lone psychologist, played by Clooney instead. His mission is to negotiate with the unknown.
This movie is based on a book that was written in the early 60's by Alexander Lem, and is considered a remake of the 1972 Russian film that followed it. The book and film are widely regarded as some of the deepest and most serious works of science fiction ever, and many modern films have their roots in them - most recently, and most noticably, movies like Sphere and Event Horizon, both of which i loved.