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The Mothman Prophecies
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2002 film directed by Mark Pellington
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The Mothman Prophecies is a 2002 American horror, mystery, and drama film directed by Mark Pellington. The screenplay was written by John Keel, based on his work. The cast includes Richard Gere, Laura Linney, Will Patton, and Debra Messing. Gary Lucchesi and Tom Rosenberg produced the film for Lakeshore Entertainment.
Filmed in Pittsburgh, the story is set in Washington, D.C., Pittsburgh, and the Appalachian Mountains. The film has a runtime of 119 minutes and a budget of 32,000,000. It generated 55,305,279 in revenue. Distribution was handled by Screen Gems and Netflix, with video on demand formats.
Critical assessments include a Bechdel test evaluation. Review scores are listed as 52%, 5.5/10, and 52/100. Audience metrics show a vote average of 6.225 and an IMDb rating of 6.4. The film’s tagline is "What do you see?" Keywords associated with the movie include small town, dreams, based on novel or book, paranoia, and motel.
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6.2Reporter John Klein is plunged into a world of impossible terror when fate draws him to the sleepy West Virginia town of Point Pleasant, whose residents are being visited by a great winged shape that sows hideous nightmares and fevered visions.
Cast
- Richard Gere as John Klein
- Laura Linney as Connie Mills
- Will Patton as Gordon Smallwood
- Debra Messing as Mary Klein
- David Eigenberg as Ed Fleischman
- Alan Bates as Alexander Leek
Themes
- small town
- dreams
- based on novel or book
- paranoia
- motel
- hallucination
- bridge
- omen
- tumor
- west virginia
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Mark Pellington
- Screenplay by
- Richard Hatem
- Based on
- The Mothman Prophecies , by John Keel
- Produced by
- Gary W. Goldstein Gary Lucchesi Tom Rosenberg
- Starring
- Richard Gere Laura Linney Will Patton Debra Messing Lucinda Jenney Alan Bates
- Cinematography
- Fred Murphy
- Edited by
- Brian Berdan
- Music by
- Tomandandy
- Production companies
- Screen Gems , Lakeshore Entertainment
- Distributed by
- Sony Pictures Releasing
- Release date
- January 25, 2002 ( 2002-01-25 )
- Running time
- 119 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $32 million
- Box office
- $55.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Mark Pellington
- Screenwriter
- John Keel
- Cast member
- Mark Pellington
- Composer
- Tomandandy
- Producer
- Tom Rosenberg
- Production company
- Lakeshore Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Fred Murphy
- Narrative location
- Pittsburgh
- Filming location
- Pittsburgh
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 900272
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2002-04-25
- title
- The Mothman Prophecies
- after a work by
- John Keel
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Brian Berdan
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 52/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Mothman Prophecies is a 2002 American supernatural horror film directed by Mark Pellington, and starring Richard Gere and Laura Linney, with Will Patton, Debra Messing, Alan Bates, and Lucinda Jenney in supporting roles. Based on the 1975 book of the same name by parapsychologist and Fortean author John Keel, the screenplay was written by Richard Hatem.
The story follows John Klein (Gere), a reporter who researches the legend of the Mothman. Still shaken by the death of his wife two years earlier from a glioblastoma, Klein is sent to cover a news piece and inexplicably finds himself in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, where there have been sightings of an unusual creature and other unexplained phenomena. As he becomes increasingly drawn into mysterious forces at work, he hopes they can reconnect him to his wife, while the local sheriff (Linney) becomes concerned about his obsessions.
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