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Overview
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Director:
Writer:
David Seltzer (written by)
Release Date:
25 June 1976 (USA)
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Tagline:
OUR FINAL WARNING. more
Plot:
An American ambassador learns to his horror that his son is actually the literal Antichrist. full summary | full synopsis
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Priest
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Ambassador
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Hospital
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Stillborn Child
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Death
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 2 wins
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8 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(26 articles)
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classy and chilling horror
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gregory Peck | ... | Robert Thorn |
 | Lee Remick | ... | Katherine Thorn |
| David Warner | ... | Jennings |
| Billie Whitelaw | ... | Mrs. Baylock |
| Harvey Stephens | ... | Damien |
| Patrick Troughton | ... | Father Brennan |
| Martin Benson | ... | Father Spiletto |
| Robert Rietty | ... | Monk |
| Tommy Duggan | ... | Priest |
| John Stride | ... | The Psychiatrist |
| Anthony Nicholls | ... | Dr. Becker |
| Holly Palance | ... | Nanny |
| Roy Boyd | ... | Reporter |
| Freda Dowie | ... | Nun |
| Sheila Raynor | ... | Mrs. Horton |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Omen I (reissue title)
Omen I: The Antichrist (reissue title)
Omen I: The Birthmark (reissue title)
The Antichrist (USA) (working title)
The Birthmark (USA) (working title)
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Omen I: The Antichrist (reissue title)
Omen I: The Birthmark (reissue title)
The Antichrist (USA) (working title)
The Birthmark (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
111 min | Germany:107 min (cut version)
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Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
New Zealand:(Banned) (video release, 1989-1991) |
New Zealand:R16 (1992 re-rating) |
New Zealand:R18 (original rating) |
Iceland:16 |
UK:X (original rating) |
UK:15 (re-rating) (2006) |
UK:18 (video rating) (1987) |
Sweden:15 |
Spain:18 |
South Korea:15 |
Canada:R (video rating) |
Portugal:M/16 |
UK:18 (tv rating) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Brazil:16 |
Australia:MA (25th anniversary special edition) |
Australia:R (original rating) |
Canada:R |
Finland:K-18 |
France:-12 |
Norway:18 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
USA:R (certificate #24560) |
West Germany:16
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Factual errors: The process for revealing a photo goes like this: Revealer, Water, Fixer and Water. When the photographer is revealing the picture, he takes it out of the revealer and exposes it to light, without the picture being submerged in fixer. A picture that has not been in fixer will start blackening instantly by the light. He treated the photo as though the whole process had been completed.
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Quotes:
[first lines]
Father Spiletto: [voiceover] The child is dead. He breathed for a moment. Then he breathed no more. The child is dead. Dead. The child is dead.
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Father Spiletto: [voiceover] The child is dead. He breathed for a moment. Then he breathed no more. The child is dead. Dead. The child is dead.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in You Will Believe: The Cinematic Saga of Superman (2006) (V)
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Soundtrack:
The Piper Dreams
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FAQ
Why would Fr Brennan, who was in on the switch from the beginning, suddenly try to warn Robert Thorn?Who are Damien's real parents?
What is a jackal?
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The first and best in the series of films about devil-child Damien teamed a great cast (Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Patrick Troughton, Billie Whitelaw) with Harvey Stephens in a chilling performance as the child.
The deaths most of the cast meet are inventive and in some cases, memorable for many years after viewing the film - giving the opportunity for some unusual and striking visuals, while the whole film is soaked in that loud Goldsmith score to great effect.
The sequels, alas, were poor in comparison, but 'The Omen' stands alone of its type of seventies horror schlock.