The Ninth Configuration [efilm]
2016
DVDs
A new commanding officer arrives at a remote castle serving as an insane asylum for crazy and AWOL U.S. Army soldiers where he attempts to rehabilitate them by allowing them to live out their crazy fantasies while combating his own long-suppressed insanity.. It is based on Blatty's novel The Ninth Configuration (1978), which was itself a reworking of an earlier version of the novel, first published in 1966 as Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane!. The initial 1966 publication of the novel featured an exclamation mark at the end of the title, while all subsequent publications saw it removed.. The first half of the film has the predominant tone and style of a comic farce. In the second half, the film becomes darker as it delves deeper into its central issues of human suffering, sacrifice and faith. The film also frequently blurs the line between the sane and the insane..
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Author:
Shout Factory (Firm), distributorKanopy (Firm), distributor
Work:
Imprint:
Shout Factory, 1980.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2016.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (118 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
In Process Record.Title from title frames.FilmOriginally produced by Shout Factory in 1980.In English
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
500476
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