The epic battle for the future of mankind is fought between an angel of light and an angel of death.The epic battle for the future of mankind is fought between an angel of light and an angel of death.The epic battle for the future of mankind is fought between an angel of light and an angel of death.
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- TriviaGideon wakes up in Gwen's car, having spent the night on the road to Oxford. The first thing he sees is the logo painted on the back of a red van, reading: «J.Ch. Simopoulos & Co. / Rolls - Stamps - Punches - Dies / Oxford». Gideon sums up for the viewer, "The life of a man!"
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Library Scholar: [to Gideon Harlax] Young man! If you must fantasize, do so elsewhere!
- Alternate versionsAccording to the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC), no cuts were made to the DVD version (179:37) as it was presented for rating. However, it also informs that the DVD Distributor in 2007 cut 1m 47s from the broadcast precut version (181:24). This shorter version is due to copyright issues involving Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940) and Rear Window (1954), references and stills that were part of the finale.
- ConnectionsReferences Vampyr (1932)
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A battle between good and evil for the fate of the earth
I liked this film. It's got it all, inter-dimensional(or planetary?..you decide)travel, unrequited homosexual love, heterosexual love, journeys of self awakening, the apocalypse, great music played by weird organists with a devilish pact, oh and of course Sting as the good angel(spirit) Helith. The basic gist of the story is Helith and the evil Asrael go head to heads after Asrael wakes the Earth spirit Magog from her slumber.Magog represents the destruction of the earth. Helith and Asrael are then charged with influencing man to save or destroy the planet. Gideon Harlax, a writer of the paranormal, stumbles upon a bizarre series of coincidental deaths on a ferry from Denmark and the weirdness begins from here including being transported to another planet, dimension or future Earth..(it's never explained). Dr Albrecht Von Drachenfels is in unwillingly in league with Asrael and the fate of the Earth and mankind rests with a piece of music he must play to herald the apocalypse........yee har!! I Loved the atmosphere of dread that the film portrayed in a nod to the Danish Film industry and at times you feel really uncomfortable and bewildered which is of course how you're supposed to feel as it reflects the confusion and uncertainty that the main character is feeling. It doesn't lead you by the hand like Hollywood films do, so expect to have to think a little( oh the horror!!). Overall enjoyable for sci-fi fans who like apocalyptic themes.Give it a go for the sake of mankind!
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- Abersoch, Pwllheli, Gwynedd, Wales, UK(The deserted beach coast known as Hell's Mouth.)
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