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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790761572
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790761572
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 17, 2002
Running Time: 114 minutes
Sales Rank: 21615
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: August 08, 1980
Editorial Review:
Description:
In a castle on a remote island in the Pacific, insane army soldiers are sent for treatment. Psychiatrist Col. Kane's (Keach) discovers his own need for therapy through the treatment of his patients.
Amazon.com:
The lunatics are running the asylum... but are they really lunatics? Is Colonel Kane (Stacy Keach) really a noted psychiatrist, assigned to supervise patients in an experimental government clinic, or is he really 'Killer' Kane, a decorated U.S. Marine who committed atrocities in Vietnam before going insane? And why did Captain Cutshaw (Scott Wilson) go berserk just seconds before a scheduled rocket launch? These are just some of the puzzles that will eventually be solved in The Ninth Configuration, a giddy and often brilliant drama created by William Peter Blatty, who wrote The Exorcist before directing this adaptation of his own novel, Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane. A satirical study of war's traumatic aftermath, the film uses battle psychosis as the springboard for a delirious and scathingly intelligent human tragedy, laced with some of the wittiest dialogue you're ever likely to hear.
The movie boasts a veritable menagerie of crazy characters, all brought vividly to life by a stellar supporting cast. One patient is preparing a production of Shakespeare with an all-dog cast. Another is convinced he's Superman, and the resident doctor can't seem to find his trousers. But there's a method to this madness, and it takes a barroom brawl--one of the most memorable in movie history--to provide the harsh slap of reality to Blatty's elaborate group therapy scheme. When the true purpose of The Ninth Configuration is revealed, the film (and particularly the fine performances of Keach and Wilson) reveals a depth of compassionate sanity that may take you completely by surprise. --Jeff Shannon
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A wonderful, beautiful, comical, and unseen gem of cinema
William Peter Blatty made an incredible and unique piece of cinema with this film. This was Blatty's first picture as a director and it's much more personal and accomplished than other directors' first works. Usually first works are good and show great promise, but seeing this you'd think that Blatty must've been directing atleast twenty years before. The story is incredibly personal and thought provoking. I was jaw dropped through quite a bit of the movie, especially at the scene in the bar with ... Read More
Rating: - "I don't think that evil grows out of madness, I think that madness grows out of evil."
Although spoilers exist all throughout the internet pertaining to The Ninth Configuration, they are to be ignored at all costs. Those who read them are cheating themselves, and those who write them are gravely insulting this fine movie. People who watch this film for the first time without any expectations, preconceived notions, or any other ideas as to how the movie ends are to be envied. One reviewer was very smart to add in his/her review that you don't ask a great filmmaker if they seen this ... Read More
Rating: - Amust see
This movie is very well written. It had me in a trance from begining to end. I highly suggest this movie to anyone who likes movies that require deep thought.
Rating: - Gentlemen... I present the group!
I first saw this film on vhs about 15 years ago on a whim. Then as now I enjoy it. In widescreen it's even better. Say what you want about William Peter Blatty. As a writer and director the guy has made some astonishing American poetry. This film being his personal masterpiece. A dark comedy about insanity based in an old castle at the end of the Vietnam war. I won't go into the plot..you can read other reviews or see it for yourself. This film is enlightening in an abstract way..dark humor..with a ... Read More
Rating:  - In the trash
The vocals are not synchronized with the video. The visuals are a terrible blur. This old (1980) film needs to be deleted from supplier inventory....mine is in the trash can as toxic waste.........
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