Mercury Rising
1998 film by Harold Becker / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the film. For the professional wrestling pay-per-view events, see WWNLive Mercury Rising.
Mercury Rising is a 1998 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin. Directed by Harold Becker, the film is based on Ryne Douglas Pearson's 1996 novel originally published as Simple Simon, which was the working title of the film. Willis plays Art Jeffries, an undercover FBI agent who protects a nine-year-old autistic boy, Simon Lynch (played by Miko Hughes), who is targeted by government assassins after he cracks a top secret government code.
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Directed by | Harold Becker |
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Based on | Simple Simon by Ryne Douglas Pearson |
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Cinematography | Michael Seresin |
Edited by | Peter Honess |
Music by | John Barry |
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Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $60 million[1] |
Box office | $93.1 million[2] |
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The film was released on April 3, 1998. It received mostly negative reviews and grossed $93 million at the box office.