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Spectral

Spectral is a 2016 military science fiction action film co-written and directed by Nic Mathieu. Written with Ian Fried and George Nolfi, the film stars James Badge Dale as DARPA research scientist Mark Clyne, with Max Martini, Emily Mortimer, Clayne Crawford, and Bruce Greenwood in supporting roles.

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Budget
$70 million (estimated)
Cinematography
Bojan Bazelli
Countries
United States · Hungary
Directed by
Nic Mathieu
Distributed by
Netflix
Edited by
Jason Ballantine

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Production

Release

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Spectral

Nodes66
Edges65
Triples106
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.030303
Components1

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Spectral

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related to Plot · 26
Spectral → American, Aratare, Bogdan, Chen, Chișinău, Chris Davis, CIA Case Officer Fran, Clyne, Clyne's, Comstock, DARPA, Delta Force, Durlești, General James Orland's, However, Madison, Major Sessions, Mark Clyne, Moldovan, Orland
related to Production · 18
Spectral → Black Hawk Down, Bruce Greenwood, Described, During, Emily Mortimer, European, Fried, Fried's, George Nolfi, Ian Fried, James Badge Dale, Jamie Moss, John Gatins, Legendary Pictures, Mathieu, Max Martini, Nic Mathieu, Universal Pictures
related to Further reading · 12
Spectral → Accessed June, An, Ars Technica, Bose, Einstein, Is, July, Nic Mathieu, Plus, Spectral's, The, Thilo Stöferle
related to Release · 10
Spectral → August, ComiXology, December, Ghosts, In June, Initially, Netflix, On February, Universal Pictures, War
related to Critical reception · 7
Spectral → But Spectral, It’s, Netflix, Rotten Tomatoes, Tasha Robinson, The Verge, Writing
related to External links · 7
Spectral → Box Office Mojo, Chinese, Douban, IMDb Spectral, MetacriticSpectral, NetflixSpectral, Rotten TomatoesSpectral
Starring · 5
Spectral → Bruce Greenwood, Clayne Crawford, Emily Mortimer, James Badge Dale, Max Martini
Languages · 4
Spectral → English, Romanian, Russian, Slovenian
Countries · 2
Spectral → Hungary, United States
Produced by · 2
Spectral → Jillian Share, Thomas Tull

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film netflix clyne entities 2016 war military released mathieu james release madison team condensate nic badge dale max martini emily

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SpectralBudget$70 million (estimated)1.00infobox
SpectralCinematographyBojan Bazelli1.00infobox
SpectralCountriesUnited States1.00infobox
SpectralCountriesHungary1.00infobox
SpectralDirected byNic Mathieu1.00infobox
SpectralDistributed byNetflix1.00infobox
SpectralEdited byJason Ballantine1.00infobox
SpectralLanguagesEnglish1.00infobox
SpectralLanguagesRussian1.00infobox
SpectralLanguagesRomanian1.00infobox
SpectralLanguagesSlovenian1.00infobox
SpectralMusic byJunkie XL1.00infobox
SpectralProduced byThomas Tull1.00infobox
SpectralProduced byJillian Share1.00infobox
SpectralProduction companiesLegendary Pictures Universal Pictures Netflix Mid Atlantic Films1.00infobox
SpectralRelease dateDecember 9, 2016 (2016-12-09) (Worldwide)1.00infobox
SpectralRunning time107 minutes1.00infobox
SpectralScreenplay byGeorge Nolfi1.00infobox
SpectralStarringJames Badge Dale1.00infobox
SpectralStarringMax Martini1.00infobox
SpectralStarringEmily Mortimer1.00infobox
SpectralStarringClayne Crawford1.00infobox
SpectralStarringBruce Greenwood1.00infobox
SpectralStory byIan Fried1.00infobox
SpectralStory byNic Mathieu1.00infobox
Spectralis a2016 military science fiction action film co-written and directed by Nic Mathieu0.90text

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