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The Ninth Configuration

Cast

Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Ed Flanders, Neville Brand View All


Crew

William Peter Blatty (Screenplay), William Peter Blatty (Director) View All

Release: Feb. 29th, 1980
Runtime: 1 hour, 58 minutes
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
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akatemple
The film has many confrontations between Kane and Cutshaw.
Takoma11
Kane becomes very interested in a man named Cutshaw (Scott Wilson), a military astronaut who bailed out of a shuttle launch after having a breakdown in the moments leading up to the launch.
Thief
The film does feel like it goes a bit overboard in the last act, and it requires a bit of a suspension of disbelief, but Blatty more than makes up with the way he handles his main themes while pairing it with interesting visuals and a strong emotional core, anchored in Wilson's character, who is the....


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