Angel Heart [Special Edition] DVD

Angel Heart
The time is the 1950s: seedy Brooklyn private eye Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is hired by shady Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to locate a pop singer who reneged on a debt. Harry ventures into Harlem, the first step of a Heart of Darkness-inspired odyssey. Each time Harry makes contact with someone who might know the singer's whereabouts, he or she is killed in a horrible, ritualistic fashion; a Satanic cult seems to be at the bottom of all the carnage. Harry solves the mystery, all right. He just didn't know that he had the answer all along -- even before Louis entered his office. Also available in the "unrated" video version, Angel Heart is best known as the film that nearly got an X-rating due to a no-holds-barred sex scene involving Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast Mickey Rourke as Harry Angel Robert De Niro as Louis Cyphre Lisa Bonet as Epiphany Proudfoot Charlotte Rampling as Margaret Krusemark Stocker Fontelieu as Ethan Krusemark Brownie McGhee as Toots Sweet Michael Higgins as Dr. Fowler Elizabeth Whitcraft as Connie Eliott Keener as Sterne Charles Gordone as Spider Simpson Dann Florek as Winesap Kathleen Wilhoite as Nurse Judith Drake as Izzy's WIfe Gerald L. Orange as Pastor John Peggy Severe as Mammy Carter

Crew Armin Ganz - Art Director Kristi Zea - Art Director Billy Hopkins - Casting Risa Bramon - Casting Louis Falco - Choreography Aude Bronson-Howard - Costume Designer Ric Kidney - First Assistant Director Alan Parker - Director Gerry Hambling - Editor Mario Kassar - Executive Producer Andrew G. Vajna - Executive Producer Trevor Jones - Composer (Music Score) Eddie Green - Songwriter Anthony Evans - Songwriter Sunny Clapp - Songwriter Brownie McGhee - Songwriter David Forrest - Makeup Carla White - Makeup Robert Laden - Makeup Michael Roberts - Camera Operator Brian Morris - Production Designer Michael Seresin - Cinematographer Alan Marshall - Producer Elliott Kastner - Producer Robert Dattila - Producer Robert Franco - Set Designer Leslie Pope - Set Designer J.C. Brotherhood - Special Effects Steve Maslow - Sound/Sound Designer Danny Michael - Sound/Sound Designer Jeff Ward - Stunts Shirley Walker - Stunts Harry Madsen - Stunts Roy Thomas - Stunts Webster Whinery - Stunts William Hjortsberg - Screenwriter Alan Parker - Screenwriter Gus Arnheim - Featured Music Arthur Freed - Featured Music Abe Lyman & Band - Featured Music Spencer Williams - Featured Music William Hjortsberg - Book Author

Angel Heart
Always teetering on the edge of perversity, Angel Heart polarized audiences and critics; the squeamish considered it dehumanizing drivel, the unflappable applauded its daring. The truth is somewhere in between. Alan Parker's graphic forays into amorality do often seem to exist primarily for their shock value, including -- but by no means limited to -- the famous sex scene between Lisa Bonet and Mickey Rourke. But the clever script more than redeems its seedier elements by the close, making Angel Heart more like an extension of Parker's fascination with mental torture (following Midnight Express and Pink Floyd: The Wall) than the kind of sleazy late-night oir that would soon become synonymous with Rourke. At the brief height of his career, Rourke radiates the mounting hysteria of a man caught in purgatory, surrounded and eventually engulfed by sadistic evil. By the time he pieces together the mystery, the audience has walked in his shoes enough to absorb his emotional outpouring. Although the "look what I can do" quality of Parker's envelope-pushing will never agree with everyone, Angel Heart does offer rewards to those viewers willing to penetrate its grisly surface. ~ Derek Armstrong, All Movie Guide
 

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General Specifications: Language Options: English Subtitle Options: Spanish, English Sound Processing: DD5.1: Dolby Digital w/ sub-woofer channel DD2: Dolby Digital Stereo Additional Features: cc Newly remastered widescreen feature 5.1 and 2.0 Dolby Digital Sound New interview and DVD introduction by director Alan Parker New interview and selected scene commentary by Mickey Rourke Vodoun Truths: A collection of new documentaries discussing the facts, history, and beliefs of Voodoo. Includes "New Orleans Voodoo Connection" (history of Voodoo in New Orleans); "Voodoo...the Truth" (a look at Voodoo in the media); "Dance as Worship" (the meaning of dance and music in Voodoo); "Voodoo Macumba Dance Ensemble" (authentic extended dance sequences); "Ashé!" (an informational look at the African Spirit Forces [Orisha] and some Voodoo Loa). Original production behind-the-scenes footage Original director commentary Original production featurettes Spanish and English subtitles DVD Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1: Theatre Wide-Screen MPAA Rating: R DVD Discs Included: 1 DVD Sides: 1 DVD DVD Region Code: 1 Content Length: 112 min   DVD Chapters: Side #1 -- 1. Main Title [2:07] 2. Phone Inquiries [4:12] 3. Client Interview [4:55] 4. Memorial Clinic [2:59] 5. Dr. Fowler's Secret [6:44] 6. Spiritual Cleansing [4:17] 7. Symbol of Truth [3:39] 8. Death March [3:30] 9. The Witch of Wellesley [2:56] 10. A Lead on Coney Island [5:16] 11. Madame Krusemark [7:37] 12. A Beautiful Epiphany [7:01] 13. Sweet Jam Session [3:41] 14. High Priestess Ritual [6:25] 15. "Anything Can Happen Day" [6:49] 16. A Dogged Visit [5:36] 17. Mr. Cyphre Comes to Town [5:02] 18. "Mounted by the Gods" [7:05] 19. Mourning Events [5:19] 20. The Innocent Soldier [5:50] 21. "I Know Who I Am" [6:24] 22. The Way to Hell [1:51] 23. End Credits [3:24]