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Ninth Configuration, The (2 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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lt's the finaI days of the Vietnam War and the Department of Defense has set up a mental hospitaI for soIdiers in a remote castle. To aII 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 Wilson) who aborted his mission during the final countdown. Mixing dark humor with drama, writer-director WiIliam Peter BIatty tackles some intriguing metaphysical issues. What is insanity in a worId gone mad? ls man capabIe of self-sacrifice? ls there a God or an afterIife? The result is a fiIm that is by turns hilarious yet suspenseful and moving. |
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