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Pi (1998) 7.5
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7.5/10 from 99,434 users
Metascore: 72/100
Reviews: 561 user | 115 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature. Director:Darren Aronofsky |
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Cast
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
Max is a genius mathematician who's built a supercomputer at home that provides something that can be understood as a key for understanding all existence. Representatives both from a Hasidic cabalistic sect and high-powered Wall Street firm hear of that secret and attempt to seduce him. Written by Anonymous
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3.1415926535897932384626433832795 See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for language and some disturbing images | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
10 July 1998 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
3.14159265358 See more »Box Office
Budget:
$60,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£56,008 (UK) (8 January 1999)Gross:
£133,538 (UK) (15 January 1999)Company Credits
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Sound Mix:
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1.66 : 1
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Maximillian Cohen: 9:13, Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six I did. The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal. I was terrified, alone in that darkness. Slowly, daylight crept in through the bandages, and I could see. But something else had changed inside of me. That day I had my first headache.
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Performed by Stanley B. Herman (as Stanley Herman)
Written by Al Dubin & Harry Warren
Published by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
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When Max is examining the sticky ant remains with his fingers, the substance switches from being on his middle finger to being on his index finger in the close-up. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Maximillian Cohen: 9:13, Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six I did. The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal. I was terrified, alone in that darkness. Slowly, daylight crept in through the bandages, and I could see. But something else had changed inside of me. That day I had my first headache.
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Leonardo DaVinci listed under "Special Thanks" See more »Soundtracks
"I Only Have Eyes For You"Performed by Stanley B. Herman (as Stanley Herman)
Written by Al Dubin & Harry Warren
Published by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
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'Pi' is independent filmmaking at its best. Without the constraints of the studio/corporate system, Aronofsky and Gullette created a film that is bizarre, intelligent, and unlike anything that came out of Hollywood in the 1990's. Who would have thought to blend Wall Street, the Kabbalah, computer science, Go, number theory, and the most fascinating number in the universe in a solute of obsessive-compulsive, paranoid genius and then strain through gritty B&W cinematography and hyperkinetic editing? The mixture is definitely not for everybody, but I certainly loved it.
Plus the soundtrack (featuring Orbital, Clint Mansell, Aphex Twin. Gus Gus, Spacetime Continuum, and other techno talents) just flat-out rocks.