| | | Faith in chaos.
Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby Surround Sound, Commentary
A brilliant mathematician teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an elusive numerical code in this critically acclaimed sci-fi thriller! Maximilian Cohen (Sean Gullette) is on the verge of the most important discovery of his life. For the past ten years, he has been attempting to decode the numerical pattern beneath the ultimate system of ordered chaos--the stock market. As Max verges on a solution, chaos is swallowing the world around him. Pursued by an aggressive Wall Street firm set on financial domination and a Kaballah sect intent on unlocking the secrets behind their ancient holy texts, Max races to crack the code, hoping to defy the madness that looms before him. Instead, he uncovers a secret for which everyone is willing to kill.
"...in this movie there is passion (for knowledge), love (of God), greed and plenty of conflict. I had a ball." Barbara Shulgasser, San Francisco Examiner
Editor's Note
Low-budget film that won Darren Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is exploring the possible existence of discernible patterns in the stock market. With the aid of Euclid, his home grown supercomputer, Max stumbles upon a bug that crashes his system and spits out a seemingly meaningless number. A knowledgeable friend gives him insight using the ancient game of Go and warns of the spiritual ramifications of powerful numbers. A Hasidic cabalistic sect and representatives from an extremely powerful Wall Street firm then attempt to extract the number from him, by whatever means necessary, for their own ill-gotten gains.
| Features | Cast And Crew Information | | Scene Access | | Theatrical Trailers | | Production Notes | | Music Video | | Digitally Mastered | | Interactive Menus | | Actor's Commentary Track | | Behind-The-Scenes Montage | | Lost Scenes | | Widescreen Version | | English 2.0 Dolby Surround | | Director's Commentary Track |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Artisan |
| Release Date: 2/18/2003 |
| Running Time: 85 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1997 | | Catalog ID: 60494 | | UPC: 00012236049401 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.66:1 |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Independent Spirit (1999) |  | Darren Aronofsky, Winner, Best First Screenplay | |
Sundance Film Festival (1999) | | Darren Aronofsky, Winner, Director's Award-Dramatic Film | |
Independent Spirit (1999) | | | Matthew Libatique, Nominee, Best Cinematographer | | | Darren Aronofsky, et al., Nominee, Best First Feature |
| Memorable Quotes| "11:15 Restate my assumptions:|1. Mathematics is the language of nature.|2. Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers.|3. If you graph these numbers, patterns emerge.|Therefore: There are patterns everywhere in nature."| -- Max Cohen | | "The Torah is just a long string of numbers. Some say that it's a code sent to us from God." | -- Lenny Meyer |
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| | Professional Reviews | Rolling Stone
"...[A] mesmerizing mind-bender.....Aronofsky is a visionary with a raw talent..." 07/09/1998 p.145USA Today
"...Truly an original..." 08/21/1998 p.3E Film Comment
"...Ingeniously cerebral, playfully twisted....A tour-de-force of grainy, high-contrast black-and-white photography and inventive editing and sound design..." 03/01/1998 p.7 Premiere
"...[Aronofsky] manages to showcase plenty of style..." 08/01/1998 p.24 Box Office
"...A hallucinatory rumination on the riddle of existence....PI is a delight for the eye and the mind..." -- 5 out of 5 stars 04/01/1998 p.180 Los Angeles Times
"...It is a brilliant intellectual adventure that fans of bold independent filmmaking will want to experience..." 07/24/1998 p.C6 Total Film
"A deeply unnerving and compulsively watchable indie thriller shot entirely in black and white..." 06/01/2000 p.90 James Berardinelli's ReelViews 8 of 10
[Pi] transports us to a world that is like yet unlike our own, and, in its mysterious familiarity, is eerie, intense, and compelling. Reality is a fragile commodity, but, because the script is well-written and the central character is strongly developed, it's not hard to suspend disbelief... For anyone who wants a movie to feed their intelligence and imagination more than their eyes and ears, Pi is a solid choice.
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| Customer Reviews | ![]() | | Cinematography |  4 | | Plot | 4 | | Acting | 4 | | Overall Satisfaction | 4 |
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0 of 5 customers found this review helpful.
2 of 5 Super bad movie Saturday, March 09, 2002
jclark00001 from Michigan
This was, without a doubt, the worst movie I've ever seen. I think it's supposed to be really deep and all that, but honestly it was basically just a bunch of technical information jumbled together to try to confuse people into an illusion of depth. The techno music was pretty annoying too. Get "Clockwork Orange" or "Clerks" instead of this if you're in the mood for this type of movie. Was this review helpful?  
1 of 1 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 PI is a movie everyone should see!!! Sunday, January 02, 2000
Jason Dictos from Fresno, CA
It goes deeper then most movies out there. With its kicking analog sound track, to its real world relationship, PI stands out as one of a kind. Was this review helpful?
2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 My mother told me not to look into the sun... Wednesday, December 15, 1999
William Demeritt from Orlando, FL
Very rarely does a movie so perfectly created on truth fuse together the emotions and pain of a tortured mind to film. The soundtrack gives the movie a fresh, 'techno' pace, and almost lets you feel as a tortured mind feels. The information in the film is well crafted, and you don't have to be a Ph.D. in Mathematics to get the equation: Pi = Brilliance. Was this review helpful?
2 of 2 customers found this review helpful.
5 of 5 Do the Math, Go see PI Tuesday, September 28, 1999
paulviet from Buffalo
Rarely do you get a movie that forgets about 3/5 beauty profile shots or cameos by former child actors. What you get with this movie is a chilling, visually disturbing movie of man, math, and the pursuit of power. It plays together religion, science, greed, power, and pride in such a way to show that they are all related and balanced in some sort of perfect harmony.
NOTE: I was a math major so I've seen all those terms in the movie, but it doesn't take a rocket scientist to just sit down and enjoy the movie. Was this review helpful?
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