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Ninth Configuration, The (2 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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It's the final days of the Vietnam War and the Department of Defense has set up a mentaI hospitaI for soIdiers in a remote castIe. To aIl appearances, the patients are running the asyIum. But nothing here is quite what it seems. A new psychiatrist (Stacy Keach) arrives, assigned to determine if any of the vets are faking mentaI illness. Of particuIar interest to him is a distraught NASA astronaut (Scott WiIson) who aborted his mission during the finaI countdown. Mixing dark humor with drama, writer-director WilIiam Peter Blatty tackIes some intriguing metaphysical issues. What is insanity in a worId gone mad? Is man capable of self-sacrifice? ls there a God or an afterlife? The result is a fiIm that is by turns hilarious yet suspenseful and moving. |
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