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Release Date
Mar 6, 1987 (USA)
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 23, 1998
• R2: 27 Dec 2000
Budget USD 17,000,000
MPAA Rating
R
Running Time
1 hour, 53 minutes
Country USA, Canada, UK
Studio TriStar, Union Films, Winkast
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Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Murder, Detectives, Occult, Demon, Psychodrama, Devil, Animals, Law, Police, Witches, Wizards & Magic, Cannibals, Drugs, Gore, Religion, Demonic Possession, Suspense, Psychos, Cult Classic, Supernatural
Tagline: It will scare you to your very soul.
Plot: In Alan Parker's ANGEL HEART, based on the novel FALLING ANGEL by William Hjortsberg, a New York City gumshoe is hired to find an aging blues singer. Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) follows clues from the ominous ghettos of Harlem to the witchy backwoods of Louisiana, where he takes up with Epiphany Proudfoot (Lisa Bonet), the beautiful young daughter of a voodoo priestess, whom he believes will be able to shed light on the growing mystery surrounding the missing musician. As Angel closes in on the truth of the case, his contacts start turning up dead. He begins to suspect he might be next.Parker (MISSISSIPPI BURNING) threads a commentary on the limitations of modern Western society into his sensual, suspenseful thriller. As the story unfolds, Angel relies less and less on his failing, overwhelmed rational mind (and handgun) and more on Epiphany's ancient mojo. Rourke captures the unraveling protagonist perfectly, and Bonet adds an erotic and mysterious edge with her performance. Robert De Niro is both funny and malevolent as Angel’s mysterious client, Louis Cyphre. Shimmering with a beguiling mist of the macabre, ANGEL HEART provides an unexpectedly haunting dose of gothic
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 A hell of a movie with cinematogrophy from the Gods, this is simply a must see movie. It's a real thriller in every sense of the word, not for the squeamish or easily spooked, It comes as highly recommended as movies get.--Ted Geoghegan (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
Stylishly made and interesting with plenty of nifty visual delights and above average acting, this is a finely made little film that holds your attention well and is so strongly written that we're able to forgive the poor finale.  -- (TheVideoGraveYard.com)
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Alan Parker
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