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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780767881951
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0767881958
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: June 04, 2002
Running Time: 119 minutes
Sales Rank: 25156
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: January 25, 2002
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Product Description:
A reporter is drawn to a small west virginia town to investigate a series of strange events including psychic visions and the appearance of bizarre entities. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 11/15/2005 Starring: Richard Gere Will Patton Run time: 119 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Mark Pellington
Amazon.com:
Described by director Mark Pellington as 'a psychological mystery with naturally surreal overtones,' The Mothman Prophecies begins like an ambitious episode of The X-Files. Richard Gere brings adequate torment, portent, and ambiguity to his role as a Washington Post reporter and grieving widower plagued by a mysterious, unseen urban legend known as the Mothman. Pellington develops subtle doom and gloom that's as effective as the paranoid streak he brought to Arlington Road. As the Mothman terrifies a West Virginia town, he remains an enigma, glimpsed almost subliminally. This--along with a magnificently creepy soundtrack--amplifies the movie's surreal overtones while keeping everything else (unsettling phone calls, prophesied disasters, suggestions of the afterlife) completely unexplained. With Laura Linney and Debra Messing in underdeveloped roles, The Mothman Prophecies feels a bit underdeveloped itself (and ends in desperate need of Mulder and Scully). But if you like your weirdness open-ended, this moody thriller's worth a look. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating:  - Yawn
Having always had an interest in psi phenomena, & having read many of Keel's books & essays in magazines, I wanted to see it to see if Hollywood could actually make a decent film of a genuinely interesting phenomenon- whether a true encounter with the unknown, or as myth-in-the-making. The film starts off in late 1999 with Washington Post political reporter John Klein (Gere- 1 of America's hammiest actors) & his wife Mary (Debra Messing from tv's `Will & Grace') looking to buy a house in the DC area. Driving home they are in an accident when Mary swerves off the road after having a vision of some red-eyed creature coming toward their car. She hits her head, is hospitalized, & found to have some tumor that could warp her perceptions. A few weeks later she dies. Gere weeps, but discovers his wife filled a notebook with the creature she saw- some dark angelic being. Gere is solemnity itself. 2 years pass & he's on his way south from DC to go to Richmond, Virginia to interview a possible Presidential candidate: the state's governor. Driving at night he somehow ends up 400 miles west of his destination- in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. His car breaks down & he knocks on the door of a house. Gordon & Denise Smallwood (Will Patton & Lucinda Jenney) answer. Gordon pulls a gun on John & holds him prisoner in his bathtub until town cop Connie Parker (Laura Linney) arrives. She convinces the Smallwoods to let John go. They claim he has harassed them the past few nights. ... Read More
Rating:  - Very Strange INDEED
This movie is based on an incident which actually occurred, but the film as presented isn't entirely accurate. What initially drew my interest is my fascination with cryptozoology and unusual, paranormal-type occurrences which appear to be completely unbelievable; however, something out of the ordinary IS going on. Richard Gere and Laura Linney play the lead roles superbly; the rest of the cast certainly make the film BELIEVABLE. The film moves along at a comfortable pace: Despite the bizarre nature of the story, one will not be left behind in confusion as the movie unfolds. (It might be best to say: "Let the movie come to you.") As many have written before in each person's review of MOTHMAN, it is indeed unlike any film one may have seen. What's more, it has been reported that a "mothman" like entity appeared in the Minneapolis area prior to the tragic bridge collapse within the last two years. This film IS worth the time to watch--perhaps two or three viewings might be necessary to grasp a highly mysterious tale.
Rating:  - A satisfying film
I wouldn't categorize this as a horror/thriller or anything of the sort. It's a different type of movie and it's hard to really place it anywhere. It has a dramatic plot with an eerie supernatural element. Its more of a mystery. A pretty decent one at that. Supposedly based off some factual event, the film does a good job of keeping us in suspense and really keeps us guessing. If there really is something called the Mothman, then I really would not want anything to do with that.
The acting is quite fine, the score effective. It is nothing super extrodianary, but it does feel different than many other films in this genre, which is again, hard to really place. Never boring, it will keep your attention, but after it's all said and done, it is probably mostly forgettable.
Rating:  - Don't bother with the movie; read the book!
This movie seems like a purposeful mangling of the Mothman story. The book is fascinating and would have made an excellent movie. It's too bad they didn't put the story in the movie, it could have been great. They should have set it in the time period when it really happened and not made it such a vague concept. It also had nothing to do with the investigator's wife; I don't even remember him mentioning a wife in the book. I was so disappointed in this movie. The book is great though!
Rating: - THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES - An unusually fine horror film
THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES was an outstanding five star horror film starring Richard Gere, Laura Linney, and Debra Messing. This film was directed by Mark Pellington, edited by Brian Berdan and filmed under the direction of Fred Murphy. I mention these names because of the wonderful visual effects, great camera work and especially fine film editing which assisted the cast to relate the story. Last, but not least, the musical score is as original as it is strange and beautiful.
This film had outstanding acting, an absolutely great script and a well thought out plot. It was meticulously filmed, staged and edited which did not overwhelm the performance. Although it was not critically acclaimed, it was well received by fans and is one of the most visually expressive films I have ever watched.
While scarcely a documentary it is based on the collapse of the Point Pleasant Bridge. The plot involves a Washington Post reporter (Richard Gere playing John Klein) who is deeply in love with his new bride, her tragic and mystifying death and his exposure to dark forces that result when he is driven to leave town in despair.
One night while in a fit of depression he is drawn to Point Pleasant Virginia where several odd sightings of strange lights in the sky, and an inexplicable butterfly or moth like shape (Mothman) have been reported by a small but steadily growing number of people. More troubling is the fact that these folks are good townspeople, solid citizens and even local ... Read More
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