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Too old for Hamlet and too young for Lear--what's an ambitious actor to do? Play the Devil, of course. Jack Nicholson did it in The Witches of Eastwick; Robert De Niro did it in Angel Heart (as Louis Cyphre--get it?). In The Devil's Advocate Al Pacino takes his turn as the great Satan, and clearly relishes his chance to raise hell. He's a New York lawyer, of course, by the name of John Milton, who recruits a hotshot young Florida attorney (Keanu Reeves) to his firm and seduces him with tempting offers of power, sex, and money. Think of the story as a twist on John Grisham's The Firm, with the corporate evil made even more explicit. Reeves is wooden, and therefore doesn't seem to have much of a soul to lose, but he's really just our excuse to meet the devil. Pacino's the main attraction, gleefully showing off his--and the Antichrist's--chops at perpetrating menace and mayhem. The film was directed by Taylor Hackford (Against All Odds, Dolores Claiborne), who provides alternate-track commentary for the movie itself, plus a dozen deleted scenes. Also note: due to a settlement with artist Frederick Hart over the movie's use of a sculpture resembling his Ex Nihilo in Washington's National Cathedral, future releases of the film will be altered. --Jim Emerson
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| upc: |
0085391617228 |
| title: |
Devil's Advocate |
| theatricalDate: |
17-10-1997 |
| stars: |
Keanu Reeves
Al Pacino
Charlize Theron
Jeffrey Jones
Judith Ivey
Connie Nielsen
Craig T. Nelson
Tamara Tunie
Ruben Santiago-Hudson
Debra Monk
Vyto Ruginis
Laura Harrington
Pamela Gray
Heather Matarazzo
George Wyner
Chris Bauer
Connie Embesi
Jonathan Cavallary
Murphy Guyer
Leo Burmester |
| purchase date: |
07-09-2006 |
| publisher: |
Warner Home Video |
| published: |
01-12-1998 |
| price: |
$14.97 |
| net Rating: |
4 |
| MPAA Rating: |
R |
| minutes: |
144 |
| last lookup time: |
179362992 |
| genre: |
Suspense
Mystery
Occult
Drama |
| fullTitle: |
Devil's Advocate |
| features: |
AC-3
Anamorphic
Closed-captioned
Color
Dolby
Widescreen
NTSC
2.35:1 |
| director: |
Taylor Hackford |
| currentValue: |
$2.50 |
| created: |
179362976 |
| country: |
us |
| aspect: |
DVD |
| asin: |
6305065551
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