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*Dogma* is a 1999 American fantasy, comedy, and adventure film directed and written by Kevin Smith. The cast includes Ben Affleck, George Carlin, Matt Damon, and Linda Fiorentino. Scott Mosier served as producer and film editor, while Howard Shore composed the score. View Askew Productions produced the film, which was distributed by Starz Entertainment and Netflix. The narrative is set in New Jersey and Wisconsin, with filming taking place in New Jersey and Pittsburgh.
The film has a runtime of 130 minutes and was released on October 4, 1999. It carries an R rating and features the tagline "Get 'touched' by an angel." The production had a budget of 10,000,000 and generated a box office revenue of 33,535,478. Audience reception includes an IMDb rating of 7.3 based on 241,132 votes, a Metascore of 62, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 72%. The film received eight nominations in total.
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6.9An abortion clinic worker with a special heritage is called upon to save the existence of humanity from being negated by two renegade angels trying to exploit a loophole and reenter Heaven.
Cast
- Ben Affleck as Bartleby
- Matt Damon as Loki
- Linda Fiorentino as Bethany
- Salma Hayek Pinault as Serendipity
- Jason Lee as Azrael
- Jason Mewes as Jay
Themes
- angel
- wisconsin
- dark comedy
- satire
- church service
- religion
- church
- aftercreditsstinger
- duringcreditsstinger
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
239,103 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
72%
Metacritic
62/100
- Year
- 1999
- Runtime
- 130 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Comedy, Drama
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 8 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Kevin Smith
- Written by
- Kevin Smith
- Produced by
- Scott Mosier
- Starring
- Ben Affleck Matt Damon Linda Fiorentino Salma Hayek Jason Lee Jason Mewes Alan Rickman Chris Rock
- Cinematography
- Robert Yeoman
- Edited by
- Kevin Smith Scott Mosier
- Music by
- Howard Shore
- Production company
- View Askew Productions
- Distributed by
- Lions Gate Films
- Release dates
- May 21, 1999 ( 1999-05-21 ) ( Cannes ) November 12, 1999 ( 1999-11-12 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 128 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $10 million
- Box office
- $45 million
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Encyclopedic overview
Dogma is a 1999 American fantasy comedy film written, co-edited, and directed by Kevin Smith. The film stars Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Alan Rickman, and Chris Rock. It is the fourth film in the View Askewniverse.
The story revolves around two fallen angels who plan to employ an alleged loophole in Catholic dogma to return to Heaven after being cast out by God, but as existence is founded on the principle that God is infallible, their success would prove God wrong, thus undoing all creation. The last descendant of Jesus Christ and two prophets are sent by the angel Metatron to stop them.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Dogma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.