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The Ninth Configuration

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The Ninth Configuration (1979)

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Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 6  Rotten:3 Average Rating: 6.3/10

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Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Synopsis: A secret government center for high-ranking officials who have had mental breakdowns is the location of this unsettling drama about a brilliant, unorthodox psychiatrist who turns out to be crazier than his patients. William Peter Blatty won the Golden Globe in 1980 for Best Motion Picture... A secret government center for high-ranking officials who have had mental breakdowns is the location of this unsettling drama about a brilliant, unorthodox psychiatrist who turns out to be crazier than his patients. William Peter Blatty won the Golden Globe in 1980 for Best Motion Picture Screenplay. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders

Director: William Peter Blatty
Screenwriter: William Peter Blatty

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 3, 2002

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. William Peter Blatty - Director, Mark Kermode - Filmmaker
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Alternate Endings (2)
  • Featurette

Text/Galleries:

  • Film Highlights

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2/5

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07/28/05
Emanuel Levy
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4/5

unusual dark comedy, with stacy keach at his best.

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01/24/05
Michael E. Grost
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01/15/05
Janet Maslin
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At its worst, it is supposed to be profound; at its best it's amusing

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06/30/03
Shane Burridge
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5/5

Should be the centerpiece of a Stacy Keach shrine somewhere . . . should one ever be erected.

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03/18/03
Brian Mckay
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5/5

Brilliant, funny, moving examination of faith from Blatty.

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12/29/02
Ken Hanke
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3/5

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11/12/02
Robert Roten
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1/4

An allegory that's so impossibly overstuffed that it can't help but explode

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07/15/02
Jeremy Heilman
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03/03/02
Mark Kermode
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Christopher Null
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01/01/00
Dave Kehr
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