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From the director of Arlington Road comes a spine-tingling, super-natural thriller based on actual events that will rattle your nerves and shake your beliefs. Distraught by the sudden, tragic death of his wife (Debra Messing), John Klein (Richard Gere), a journalist for The Washington Post, finds himself mysteriously drawn to a small West Virginia town when his car inexplicably strands him. Rescued by the sympathetic but skeptical local police sergeant (Laura Linney), he soon learns that many of the town's residents have been beset by bizarre events, including sightings of an eerie "moth-like" entity, similar to the one seen by his late wife. Investigating further and having his own terrifying encounters with the creature, he becomes obsessed with the idea that this supernatural being can predict impending calamities and is trying to warn the town of one. Is this a psychic delusion brought on by his grief or can he convince the police sergeant that there's a tragedy that must be averted? His life, and potentially others' lives, depend on his making the right choices before time runs out.
"...one truly, madly, deeply satisfying creep-out... " Michael O'Sullivan, The Washington Post
"A superior spirit-world chiller!" Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Editor's Note
Driving South to Richmond, Washington Post reporter John Klein (Richard Gere) finds himself unexpectedly way off course--in the small town of Point Pleasant, West Virginia--knocking on the door of Gordon and Denise Smallwood (Tom Patton and Lucinda Jenney). Gordon is irate. This is the third night in a row that Klein has knocked on his door at 2 a.m. When Sgt. Connie Parker (Laura Linney) arrives to investigate, Klein discovers this is just one of many strange events occurring in the town. With Parker's help, Klein investigates. Soon, he becomes convinced that some catastrophe is about to occur.In THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES, scriptwriter Richard Hatem and director Mark Pellington play upon the strange events that reportedly occurred in Point Pleasant in the mid-1960s. As in ARLINGTON ROAD, Pellington makes great use of a restless, prowling camera and ominous sound effects provided by sound editor Kelly Cabral, sound mixer Pud Cusack (she also worked on ARLINGTON ROAD), and sound designer Claude Letessier. Pellington gets fine performances from Gere, Linney, Patton, Alan Bates as a paranormal investigator, and Debra Messing--striking in the too-small role of Klein's wife--before he produces a spectacular final sequence.
| Features | 5 Deleted Scenes | | "Search For The Mothman" Documentary | | "Day by Day: A Director's Journey - The Road In" Featurette | | "Day by Day: A Director's Journey - The Road Home" Featurette | | Subtitles: English, Spanish, French | | Director's Commentary | | Filmographies | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Audio: English, French 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround | | "Half Light" Music Video Directed By Mark Pellington | | Theatrical Trailers | | Production Notes |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 11/15/2005 |
| Running Time: 119 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2002 | | Catalog ID: 09326 | | UPC: 00043396093263 | | Number of Discs: 2 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 2.35:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | Box Office
"...THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES is sure to cause much leaping from seats, just as any good thriller should..." 03/01/2002 p.59Sight and Sound
"...Pellington's portrait of the bewildered Klein is well drawn....Pellington has a feel for those on the periphery of US society..." 03/01/2002 p.51-2 Total Film
"...It remains an odd and unsetting achievement. Its strangeness alone is going to spark more than a few nightmares..." 04/01/2002 p.98 Entertainment Weekly
"...Pellington's camera expertly creates a bone-chilling atmosphere of doom..." 06/07/2002 p.54 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
The Mothman Prophecies is loosely based on a 1975 book by John A. Keel, which related events that transpired in and around Point Pleasant, West Virginia in late 1966 and 1967. For the film, the time frame has been transposed to the present day and a fictional protagonist has been introduced. But many aspects of the movie, including the climax, have their basis in the historical record. Ultimately, however, the skill evident in crafting The Mothman Prophecies reduces the "based on real events" caption to a curiosity. The truth or fiction of the underlying story is inconsequential. This compelling motion picture offers enough mystery and suspense to keep the average viewer involved to the end. - James Berardinelli
Chicago Sun-Times 6 of 10
The director is Mark Pellington (Arlington Road), whose command of camera, pacing and the overall effect is so good, it deserves a better screenplay. The Mothman is singularly ineffective as a threat because it is only vaguely glimpsed, has no nature we can understand, doesn't operate under rules that the story can focus on, and seems to be involved in space-time shifts far beyond its presumed focus. There is also the problem that insects make unsatisfactory villains unless they are very big. - Roger Ebert
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