Audrey Rose
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• Closed-captioned
• Color
• DVD-Video
• Letterboxed
• Subtitled
• Widescreen
• NTSC
In Theaters : 06 April, 1977
DVD Release : 28 August, 2001 |
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Well acted but propagandist movie
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Audrey Rose owes its very existence to The Exorcist.This is not to imply we are talking ripoff here because it is in no way a copy or crib of that movie.There are very clear similarities however -an 11 year old girl with major behavioural changes ,a deeply worried mother and a stranger who seemingly has all the answers .However ,in the words of a character in the movie ,Elliott hoover (Anthony Hopkins)"We are not talking about possession .We are talking about reincarnation"It also follows the Friedkin in being as much about parental fear -"what has gotten into my child"as it is about supernatural elements
The Templetons are a prosperous New York family consisting of dad Bill (John Beck),mom Janice (Martha Mason)and 11 year old Ivy (Susan Swift).They notice they are being observed by a stranger ,Hoover and Janice reports him to the police, fearing he may be a predatory peadophile.They have to let him go as he has done nothing wrong .Later he contacts the family and tells them of the death in a car accident of his wife and small daughter Audrey Rose .He has been told by a psychic that his daughter has been reincarnated as Ivy .His request of the family is that he be allowed to see Ivy from time to time .
Events seem to lend creedence to his story-Ivy has vivid nightmares and fits .She evn burns her hand on cold glass in a re-enactment of Audrey Rose's terror as she strives to escape the burning death car.Then things turn darker when he reveals that she and Audrey Rose share a common soul and Audrey Rose wishes her to die so she can prepare for a new birth.
Matters culminate in a trial for kidnapping as Hoover's defence attorney basis his case on the truth of reincarnation and a parade of witnesses for and against reincarnation take their place on the stand .The end will be uplifting or depressing ,depending on what stance you take on the issue of reincarnation
The movie is very well acted by all concerned and is a highly charged and emotional movie that will get debate started on the issues it raises .My big problem is with the script by Frank de Felitta -author of the source novel -which is overt propaganda for reinacrnation beliefs .This unbalanaces the movie and lessens its impact
Robert Wise directs superbly and the movie is never less than engrossing .I just wish it were more even handed in its debate |
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