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Release Date
• USA: Jul 10, 1998
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 12, 1999
• R2: 19 Jul 2004
Budget $60,000
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MPAA Rating
Rated R for language and some disturbing images.
Running Time
1 hour, 24 minutes
Country USA
Studio Harvest Film Works, Live Entertainment, Plantain Films, Protozoa Films, Truth & Soul
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Other Titles
• 3,14159265358 (1998)
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Genre: Thriller, Sci-Fi, Cult Classic, Suspense, Surreal, Robots, Space, Drugs, Experimental, Religion, Mental Illness
Tagline: faith in chaos
Plot: 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
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If you're a fan of freaky brainboggling cinema you can't go wrong with this one. I wouldn't so much call it an art film because it is accesible to anyone; however there is much going on beneath the surface if you want to see it. I also have to admit thatby the end of the movie all the math becomes gibble gobble but it's the ideas and style that propel this movie forwards.--Sonny Fernandez (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
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It is a directing and acting tour de force, and a film to which "engrossing" would be a mild adjective.  --Jack Witzig (ColdSpot)
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