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Angel Heart
Why this pick
Matches the seductive, increasingly sinister investigation of The Ninth Gate, pairing a morally compromised investigator with ritualistic dread and richly shadowed period style.
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MOVIE1999 2h 13m FRA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Dean Corso (Johnny Depp), a New York City rare book dealer, makes his living conning people into selling him valuable antique books for a low price, and then re-selling them to private collectors. Corso meets with wealthy book collector Boris Balkan (Frank Langella), who has recently acquired a copy of ''The Nine Gates of the Kingdom of Shadows'' by 17th-century author Aristide Torchia, one of only three extant copies. The author adapted the book from one written by the Devil himself, and was burned for heresy. "The Nine Gates" purportedly contains the means to summon the Devil and acquire invincibility and immortality. Balkan believes two of the three copies are forgeries. He hires Corso to check all three and acquire the legitimate one by any means necessary.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Johnny Depp
Dean Corso
Frank Langella
Boris Balkan
Emmanuelle Seigner
The Girl
Barbara Jefford
Baroness Kessler
James Russo
Bernie
Tony Amoni
Liana's Bodyguard
Jacques Dacqmine
Old Man
Catherine Benguigui
Concierge