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Features: DVD
Editor's Note
Promising young lawyer Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) has never lost a case--even when his client is guilty. When Kevin is seduced away from his sleepy hometown in Florida to work for a flashy, charming lawyer (Al Pacino, in a role he seems born to play), his mother (Judith Ivey) has reservations. But as he works his way up the corporate ladder, Kevin manages to put them aside, along with his wife's (Charlize Theron) needs and the stirrings of his conscience over knowingly defending the guilty. However, his vanity won't let him start losing now. As Kevin's career skyrockets, his neglected wife Mary Ann begins to see evil, violent visions. Hoping a visit from his mother will help, instead Kevin finds himself confronted with a secret his mother has never told him. As Mary Ann seemingly descends into madness, Kevin begins to suspect his boss may be much more than he seems, and he finds himself faced with a choice between saving his own life and saving his soul. Thought-provoking, inventive, and entertaining, director Taylor Hackford's film is reminiscent of psychological horror films like ROSEMARY'S BABY. Andrzej Bartkowiak's lush, innovative cinematography complements the smart script and dead-on acting.
Plot Summary
A hotshot Florida defense attorney (Keanu Reeves) takes a too-good-to-be-true position with a Manhattan legal partnership headed by the unctuous, powerful, and inappropriately named John Milton (the gleefully evil Al Pacino), who proffers a fabulous Fifth Avenue flat, untold riches, and scuzzy, amoral clients who are guiltier than sin of murder and child molestation. But is the ladder to success literally the road to hell, with Satan himself in the executive washroom? DEVIL'S ADVOCATE is more morality play than supernatural shocker, with a rich supporting cast and tasty cameos from the evil likes of Don King and former senator Alphonse D'Amato.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Dual Layer | | Letterbox - 1.85 | | Letterbox - 2.35 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 5.1 - English | | Dolby Digital 5.1 - French | | Additional Release Material:
| Deleted Scenes | | Audio Commentary: Taylor Hackford - Director | | Trailers:
| 1. Theatrical Trailers (5) | | 2. TV Spots (2) | | Interactive Features:
| Scene Access | | Interactive Menus | | Text/Photo Galleries:
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 12/8/2009 |
| Running Time: 144 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 1000100048 | | UPC: 00883929075676 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "I have so many names."----John Milton (Al Pacino) to Kevin Lomax (Keanu Reeves) |
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| | Professional Reviews | Box Office
"...Executed with unconventional panache and anchored by dazzling performances from Al Pacino and Charlize Theron..." 12/01/1997 p.50Sight and Sound
"...The film is brightly lit and bizarrely jaunty....Pacino lets loose with his full range of mannerisms..." 01/01/1998 p.38 New York Times
"...Seductive....A lavish-looking, cleverly entertaining morality play with shades of ROSEMARY'S BABY..." 10/17/1997 p.E12 Entertainment Weekly
"...THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATE is probably Pacino's finest bad performance since SCARFACE....He emotes with lewd abandon..." 10/24/1997 p.40-1 |
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