Mercury Rising is a 1998 American action thriller film starring Bruce Willis and Alec Baldwin. Directed by Harold Becker, the movie 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, who is targeted by government assassins after he cracks a top secret government code. The film is the first of two collaborations between Willis and Baldwin, the second film being Motherless Brooklyn. The film was released on April 3, 1998. It received mostly negative reviews and grossed $93 million at the box office.
| Director | Harold Becker |
| Produced by | Brian Grazer, Karen Kehela |
| Screenplay by | Lawrence Konner, Mark Rosenthal |
| Starring | Bruce Willis, Alec Baldwin, Miko Hughes, Chi McBride, Kim Dickens |
| Music | John Barry, Carter Burwell |
| Cinematography | Michael Seresin |
| Edited by | Peter Honess |
| Production, company | Imagine Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Released | April 03, 1998 (United States) |
| Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $60 million |
| Box office | $93.1 million |
| Netflix ID | 17687517 |
About Mercury Rising
A renegade FBI agent is tasked with protecting a young autistic boy who has cracked the government's new unbreakable security codes. The boy has the ability to read and decipher the complex MERCURY encryption codes. The film was directed by Harold Becker.
Achievement of Mercury Rising
The film is an adaptation of Ryne Douglas Pearson 1996 novel Simple Simon. Actor Bruce Willis received a nomination for the Golden Raspberry for Worst Actor for his performance.
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Latest information about Mercury Rising updated on July 28 2021.
