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The Omen (Widescreen Edition) |
starring: Predrag Bjelac, Carlo Sabatini, Bohumil Svarc, Liev Schreiber, Giovanni Lombardo Radice
directed by: John Moore
directed by: John Moore
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543374213
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
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Label: 20th Century Fox
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: FOXD2237428D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 17, 2006
Running Time: 110 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: June 06, 2006
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
U.S. Diplomat robert thorn substitutes an orphan for his own stillborn baby in order to spare his unknowing wife. But after a series of grotesque murders & dire warnings the thorns come to the horrifying realization that their child is the son of satan! Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 09/11/2007 Starring: Liev Schreiber Julia Stiles Run time: 110 minutes Rating: R
Amazon.com:
If you can overlook its glaring redundancy, The Omen is a faithful and well-crafted remake that does adequate justice to Richard Donner's popular 1976 original. It's a completely unnecessary film, given that David Seltzer's original screenplay wasn't even rewritten (as would normally happen with a Hollywood remake), but when viewed with fresh eyes, or by anyone who's unfamiliar with the original, it retains most of the serious, intelligently plotted chills that made Donner's horror thriller a box-office sensation. It skews to a younger audience (of course), with Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles in the roles originated by Gregory Peck and Lee Remick. As newly-promoted U.S. Ambassador to England Robert Thorn and his troubled wife Katherine, they grow increasingly suspicious that their young son Damien (Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick) may be the devil incarnate. An anxious Roman priest (Pete Postelthwaite) and a freelance photographer (David Thewlis, in the role memorably originated by David Warner) are equally terrified of this Satanic scenario, and Damien's new and eerily protective nanny (played to perfection by Mia Farrow) adds further evidence of Damien's malevolence, as Vatican prophesies of Armageddon are rapidly fulfilled. Director John Moore (who also remade The Flight of the Phoenix) offers a few minor improvements in suspense and gruesomeness (including a more graphically inventive death for a prominent character), but he's also hampered by the weaker presence of Davey-Fitzpatrick, who's not nearly as creepy as the original film's Damien. Otherwise, this copy of The Omen justifies its existence as a worthwhile diversion for stormy-night viewing.--Jeff Shannon
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- Not As Good As The OriginalI admit that I came to this remake with a bit of bias. The 1976 classic is one of my all-time favorite films. It was more of a psychological thriller than a horror film. This remake has some impressive photography and I did like the added scenes taking place at the Vatican. However, I felt that the original Damien was more effective as an innocent child who didn't fully understand the evil he possessed. In the scene in which Gregory Peck was about to kill him on the altar, one could understand how ... Read More
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- Abysmal RemakeIn standard Hollywood fashion, this remake of the Gregory Peck classic thinks it's making things better by making things more extreme. So here, hellish dogs in a cemetery don't just threaten and terrify, they physically lock on to Liev Schrieber. That's the pattern throughout -- ratchet things up, hope for the best, or the worst in this case. The air of foreboding and menace in the original is traded here for thin thrills, more gore.
The movie suffers further from a poor cast poorly directed. ... Read More
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- COULD'VE BEEN VERY GOOD WITH THE RIGHT CAST!I haven't seen such a ruination of a classic as this one because of bad casting - an absolutely abominable choice of high-end actors to play the story. Sorry but Julia Stiles is too butch and too cool to play a part that was played by Lee Remick who gave the character of Kathy class and likeability. Leiv Schreiber, who I love, was also not for this movie. He's too cool. Maybe better choices would have been George Clooney and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
Mia Farrow as Mrs. Balock just didn't work. ... Read More
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- Adequate, PointlessHollywood will not rest until every notable horror film produced in America during the '70s or Japan over the course of the past decade has been remade. Even then, the terrible temptation of the sequel will not be resisted. A remake of the great Satanic classic "The Omen" was by no means necessary, so here it is!
This remake distinguishes itself from most of the others pumped out by major studios by not being in any way terrible. There is nothing trashy and very little that is particularly stupid ... Read More
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- 6+6+6= VERY GOOD REMAKE.Yes I liked this one more than the original!!!!!!!!! The updated special effects, music and acting were freshened to make this Omen quite enjoyable. I always felt the original was less a Horror movie and much more a drama with some creepy moments. This one felt more like a good horror movie thru and thru. Lets hope they do the Omen sequels too.
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