Rent The Ninth Configuration (1980)
3.3 of 5 from 130 ratings
1h 55min
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- Synopsis:
Deep in a forest near the coast of Washington State lies a grotesque Gothic mansion used as a special psychiatric hospital for the military. Those who know of its existence and the nature of project Freud refer to it as 'Center Eighteen'. Confined to the centre are high-ranking military officers undergoing treatment for mental breakdowns, which are unaccountable by their services experiences. Determined to establish the true nature and origin of the men's mental illness, the Pentagon enlist Colonel Hudson Kane (Stacey Keach), a brilliant, yet strangely unorthodox psychiatrist. Typical of the patients is Captain Cutshaw (Scott Wilson), an astronaut who aborted a space probe. He is convinced that God is a fraud. His fellow inmates are similarly consumed with inner torments - they fear the evil within themselves and are afraid that, with a Godless universe, man leads a purposeless existence. Slowly through the love he possesses for his fellow man, Colonel Kane is able to break down the lunatic facade of the inmates and of Captain Cutshaw in particular. But as he leads the way back to a world of reality the dividing line between sanity and madness assumes an increasingly vague definition, so much so that Kane's colleagues pose with real urgency the question of who is therapist to whom. - Actors:
- Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders, Neville Brand, George DiCenzo, Moses Gunn, Robert Loggia, Joe Spinell, Alejandro Rey, Tom Atkins, Steve Sandor, Richard Lynch, Gordon Mark, William Lucking, Stephen Powers, David Healy, William Paul, Tom Shaw, Gordon K. Kee
- Directors:
- William Peter Blatty
- Producers:
- William Peter Blatty
- Writers:
- William Peter Blatty
- Studio:
- Blue Dolphin
- Genres:
- Comedy, Drama
- Collections:
- The Film Highlights of 1980
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 25/04/2016
- Run Time:
- 118 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.35:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio Commentary with William Peter Blatty and Mark Kermode
- 'The Writer/Producer/Director' - Interview with William Peter Blatty
- 'Confessions of Kane' - Interview with Actor Stacy Keach
- The Debrief Of Sgt. Christian' - Interview with Actor Stephen Powers
- 'Designing The Configuration' - Interviews with Production Designer
- William Malley and Art Director J. Dennis Washington
- 'Killer On My Mind' - Interview with Soundtrack Composer Barry De Vorzon
- 'The Party Behind The Curtain' - Interviews with Actors Tom Atkins, Jason Miller, Richard Lynch and William Peter Blatty
- Archive Featurette with Mark Kermode
- Deleted Scenes and Outtakes
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Reviews (1) of The Ninth Configuration
I know, it's meant to be great - The Ninth Configuration review by Paulie
Read so many 10/10 reviews of this and Kermode said it's great (although he's a Blatty fanboy of course). I think of myself as a cineaste but blimey after 40 minutes of this cobblers I could stand no more. Is it meant to be funny? A satire? OK I should have stuck with it but I was watching with my family and we were all entirely fed up with it.
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