The Ninth Gate (Blu-ray) R
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 11, 2009
- Originally Released: 1999
- Label: Lions Gate
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Frank Langella & Johnny Depp | |
Performer: | Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner, Barbara Jefford, Jose Lopez Rodero & James Russo | |
Directed by | Roman Polanski | |
Edited by | Hervé de Luze | |
Screenwriting by | John Brownjohn, Roman Polanski & Enrique Urbizu | |
Composition by | Wojciech Kilar | |
Produced by | Roman Polanski | |
Director of Photography: | Darius Khondji |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 6/10 --
Compulsively watchable.
Film.com
Rating: 2/5 --
About as scary as a sock-puppet re-enactment of The Blair Witch Project, and not nearly as funny.
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New York Times
...A lot of lowbrow fun....[Depp performs] with real panache... -- 3 out of 5 stars - A Satisfying Rental
Premiere
Despite its irregularities as an adaptation and as a horror film, 'The Ninth Gate' is a very considerable proposal. [Full Review in Spanish]
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Espinof
You end up feeling duped for taking a two-hour-plus ride that dumps you in the middle of nowhere.
Film.com
Rating: B+ --
There are plenty of silly bumps and loopy twists that don't sufficiently fulfill a dynamic dramatic arc for the film's slightly long running time, but no jolting scares.
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ColeSmithey.com
Polanski revisits Satan with less than devilish fun.
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indieWire
Product Description:
Based on a novel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte (THE CLUB DUMAS) and coscripted by director Roman Polanski, THE NINTH GATE was Polanski's first feature after a long break following the release of 1995's DEATH AND THE MAIDEN--in between, there was an aborted project that faltered when designated star John Travolta opted out. Dean Corso (Johnny Depp) is a cynical rare books dealer hired by Boris Balkan (Frank Langella), a scholar specializing in books on Satanism, to recover the only two remaining copies (in addition to the one owned by Balkan) of THE NINE GATES OF THE KINGDOM OF SHADOWS, a 17th-century text with cryptic illustrations supposedly contributed by Lucifer himself. Corso's investigation takes him to Europe, where he is pursued by a strange girl (Emmanuelle Seigner) who seemes to assume the role of his guardian angel: Bizarre deaths inspired by the book's morbid illustrations befall all those who come into contact with the book--except himself. This occult mystery should satisfy fans of subtly creepy, stylish tales of the supernatural along the lines of Polanski's own ROSEMARY'S BABY.
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- Sales Rank: 48,040
- UPC: 012236104353
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