In the Mouth of Madness (1995)

Director: John Carpenter  Starring: Sam Neill  
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Product Summary
Publisher: New Line
Format: DVD
UPC: 00794043490729
Buy.com Sku: 40132562
Item#: VNY7WQ
Category Keywords: Detectives  Psychodrama  Theatrical Release  Thriller 
Rating: 
 
 
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Director's Cut, Original, Biographies
 
A best-selling author's newest novel is literally drivingreaders insane. When the author inexplicably vanishes, aspecial investigator hired to track him down crosses the barrierbetween fact and fiction and enters a terrifying world fromwhich there is no escape. Special features: eng. Subitles and more
 


Editor's Note

IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS is John Carpenter's foray into the world of H.P. Lovecraft and surreal horror. An insurance investigator (Sam Neill) is sent to find a missing author, Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow). As he comes closer to finding the author, things start to change around him, and soon nothing is what it seems. Madness seems to be the normal state of things, while reason and sanity have no place in this new world created by the mind of Sutter Cane. Carpenter plays with changing perspective, making the audience aware thay they too are part of the story, and maybe, just maybe, this is not just make believe. The story is very ambitious in its attempt to put a whammy on the viewer's imagination, but the direction is steady and thoughtful enough to pull it off. Sam Neill is superb in the lead role of the only sane man left on Earth, incredulous to the destruction of reality as he knows it. It is his controlled performance that makes the bizarre events in the film threatening and scary. Jurgen Prochnow is deeply creepy as author and madman Sutter Cane, who's imagination is so vivid it is spilling out of his head into the real world. John Carpenter is known for his scary movies, and he does not fail to deliver with IN THE MOUTH OF MADNESS.


Plot Summary

When bestselling author Sutter Cane vanishes just before the revisions of his new book are due, John Trent is hired to find him. Taking his cue from Cane's unpublished text, Trent begins his search in Hobb's End--the setting of the gory story. However, Trent soon realizes that the seemingly peaceful New England town is undergoing a frightening transformation--and that Cane's fictional events are rapidly becoming real, in this surreal slice of horror by director John Carpenter.

 
Features
Region 1
Snap Case
Single Side - Dual Layer
Full Frame - 1.33
Letterbox - 2.35
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Dolby Digital Surround - English
Additional Release Material:
Featurette
Trailers: Theatrical Trailer
Audio Commentary:
1. John Carpenter - Director
2. Gary B. Kibbe - Cinematographer
Interactive Features:
Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Text/Photo Galleries:
Cast and Crew Biographies
Cast and Crew Filmographies






 
Technical Info

Release Information
Studio: New Line
Release Date: 9/26/2006
Running Time: 95 minutes
Original Release Date: 1995
Catalog ID: 4907
UPC: 00794043490729
Number of Discs: 1

Audio & Video
Original Language: English
Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English
Video: Color

 
Cast & Crew
John Glover
Julie Carmen
Sam Neill
Frances Bay
Jrgen Prochnow
Charlton Heston
Michael De Luca - Writer
John Carpenter - Director

 
Memorable Quotes
"I think, therefore you are."----Sutter Cane (Jurgen Prochnow)| |"I'm losing me! I'm losing me!"----Linda Styles (Julie Carmen)| |"Every species can smell its own extinction. The last ones left won't have a pretty time with it. In ten years, maybe less, the human race will just be a bedtime story for their children. A myth, nothing more."----John Trent (Sam Neill)


 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone
"...[Carpenter] has a ball mixing fun and fright..." 03/09/1995 p.72

Entertainment Weekly
"...Nightmarish....Carpenter's best movie in years." -- Rating: B 07/21/1995 p.74

Variety
"...It's a nifty idea, and director John Carpenter keeps the story moving....The film has a nice balance of popular and cult appeal..." 02/06/1995

New York Times
"...[A] sardonic, increasingly wild-eyed nightmare....Mr. Carpenter has devised himself a cinematic hall of mirrors..." 02/03/1995 p.C17

Los Angeles Times
"...Carpenter begins in a low key, building tension slowly but steadily, in a first-rate display of style and craftsmanship..." 02/03/1995 p.F6

 
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Customer Reviews
Cinematography 5
Plot 5
Acting 5
Overall Satisfaction 5
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5 of 5 John Carpenter's Greatest Wednesday, May 01, 2002
Joe from Quincy, MA  

This is by far the best John Carpenter movie ever made. If you like messed up movies than this one is for you. Full of twists and turns, this stylish horror/suspense keeps you on the edge of your feet. It is the best horror movie I have ever seen. It's strange and complicated tale twists reality and makes you think of what really could be. Defenitely don't watch this one alone.
 
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