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The Devil's Advocate (1997 movie)

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The Devil's Advocate
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Directed byTaylor Hackford
Screenplay by
  • Jonathan Lemkin
  • Tony Gilroy
Based onThe Devil's Advocate
by Andrew Neiderman
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAndrzej Bartkowiak
Edited byMark Warner
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Regency Enterprises
Kopelson Entertainment
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • October 17, 1997 (1997-10-17)
Running time
144 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$57 million[2][3]
Box office$153 million[2][3]

The Devil's Advocate (marketed as Devil's Advocate) is a 1997 American supernatural horror thriller movie directed by Taylor Hackford, written by Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy. It starred Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, and Charlize Theron. It is based on Andrew Neiderman's novel of the same name.

It is about a successful young Floridian lawyer (Reeves) invited to New York City to work for a major firm. As his wife (Theron) becomes haunted by visuals, the lawyer slowly begins to realize the owner of the firm (Pacino) is the Devil.

The movie has a 67% on Rotten Tomatoes.[4]

References

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  1. "Devil's Advocate (18)". British Board of Film Classification. October 31, 1997. Archived from the original on November 13, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2013. Approved Running time 143m 48s
  2. 1 2 "The Devil's Advocate (1997)". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Devil's Advocate (1997)". The Numbers. Nash Information Services, LLC. Archived from the original on June 15, 2020. Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  4. "The Devil's Advocate (1997)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved June 25, 2019.

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