The Devil's Advocate(Movie, 1997)

Name: The Devil's Advocate
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror
Released: 1997
Duration: T02:24:00
Rating: 3.7

| 2h 24min | Genres: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Horror

Rating: 3.7/5 (with 2,579 votes)

The Devil's Advocate (marketed as Devil's Advocate) is a 1997 American supernatural horror film directed by Taylor Hackford, written by Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy, and starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, and Charlize Theron. Based on Andrew Neiderman's 1990 novel of the same name, it is about a gifted young Florida lawyer invited to work for a major New York City law firm. As his wife becomes haunted by frightening visions, the lawyer slowly realizes the firm's owner, John Milton, is in fact the Devil. The name John Milton is one of several allusions to Paradise Lost, as well as Dante Alighieri's Inferno, and the legend of Faust. An adaptation of Neiderman's novel went into a development hell during the 1990s, with Hackford gaining control of the production. Filming took place around New York City and Florida. The Devil's Advocate received mixed reviews, with critics crediting it for entertainment value and Pacino's perform... ()

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About The Devil's Advocate

Aspiring Florida defense lawyer Kevin Lomax accepts a job at a New York law firm. With the stakes getting higher every case, Kevin quickly learns that his boss has something far more evil planned.

Trailer for The Devil's Advocate + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:12)

Trailer 1 (Trailer) | IM AUFTRAG DES TEUFELS (1997) - HD Trailer Deutsch (Trailer, DE) | Deutscher Trailer (Trailer, DE) | Trailer Deutsch (Trailer, DE)

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Production countries: Germany, United States of America (USA)

Shot in: New York City (NYC), Florida

Plays in: New York City (NYC)

Based on the work of: Andrew Neiderman

Made by: Warner Bros. Pictures, Regency Enterprises, New Regency Pictures, Taurus Film, Kopelson Entertainment, Monarchy Enterprises B.V.

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: Chinese (Cantonese) (CN), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT)

Translated into 36 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Norwegian Bokmål (NB), Dutch (NL), Norwegian Nynorsk (NN), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 10/17/1997

Cast: Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Jeffrey Jones, Judith Ivey, Connie Nielsen, Craig T. Nelson, Debra Monk, Heather Matarazzo, Leo Burmester, Chris Bauer, Delroy Lindo, James Saito, Monica Keena, Vincent Laresca, Roy Jones Jr., Paul Benedict, George O. Gore II, Don King, Al D'Amato, George Wyner, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Susan Kellerman, Tamara Tunie, Vyto Ruginis, Laura Harrington, Neal Jones, Don King, Nikita Ager, Kim Chan, Novella Nelson, Murphy Guyer, John Rothman, Marcia DeBonis, Bill Moor, Michael Lombard, Alan Manson, Caprice Benedetti, Socorro Santiago

Director: Taylor Hackford

Producer: Arnon Milchan, Arnold Kopelson

Screenwriter: Jonathan Lemkin, Tony Gilroy

Film Editor: Mark Warner

Director of Photography: Andrzej Bartkowiak

Composer: James Newton Howard

Costume designer: Sarah Edwards

Production Designer: Bruno Rubeo

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"El abogado del diablo"

"L'avocat du Diable"

"Kurjuse kaitsja"

"Đavolji odvjetnik"

"Hudicev advokat"

"Devil's Advocate"

Keywords: ethics, seduction, child abuse, manhattan, new york city, bible, crooked lawyer, southern usa, devils son, evil spirit, courtroom, pact with the devil, hallucination, temptation, obsession, lust, seven deadly sins

Budget: 57,000,000 USD

Revenue: 152,944,660 USD (= 268%)

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The Devil's Advocate(Movie, 1997)

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Trailer for The Devil's Advocate + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:12)

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