The Thirteenth Floor

The Thirteenth Floor
The Thirteenth Floor
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Josef Rusnak
Screenplay by	Josef Rusnak; Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez
Based on	Simulacron-3; by Daniel F. Galouye; World on a Wire; by Rainer Werner Fassbinder;
Produced by	Roland Emmerich; Ute Emmerich; Marco Weber
Starring	Craig Bierko; Gretchen Mol; Vincent D'Onofrio; Dennis Haysbert; Armin Mueller-Stahl;
Cinematography	Wedigo von Schultzendorff
Edited by	Henry Richardson
Music by	Harald Kloser
Production; company	Centropolis Entertainment
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures (North America); Jugendfilm; 20th Century Fox (Germany);
Release dates	April 16, 1999 (Denmark); May 28, 1999 (United States); November 25, 1999 (Germany);
Running time	100 minutes
Countries	United States; Germany;
Language	English
Budget	$16 million
Box office	$18.5 million

The Thirteenth Floor is a 1999 science fiction film written and directed by Josef Rusnak, and produced by Roland Emmerich through his Centropolis Entertainment company. It is loosely based upon Simulacron-3 (1964), a novel by Daniel F. Galouye, and a remake of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s miniseries World on a Wire (1973). The film stars Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dennis Haysbert. In 2000, The Thirteenth Floor was nominated for the Saturn Award for Best Science Fiction Film, but lost to The Matrix.

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