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Pi (1998) 7.5
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7.5/10 from 98,077 users
Metascore: 72/100
Reviews: 560 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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Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
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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(Banco De Gaia) ©1997 The Ultimate Recording Co. Ltd.
Performed by Banco De Gaia
Courtesy of Mammoth Records/Planet Dog Records/The Ultimate Co. Ltd.
Written by Toby Marks (ASCAP)
Published by Notting Hill Music/Wanton Music
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Did You Know?
Trivia
The number written in the opening sequence of the film is not Pi beyond the first 8 decimals. See more »Goofs
The number on the screen just before Max faints and is revived by his neighbours shows 218 digits, not 216. 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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Crazy Credits
End credits shown over bugs crawling on Max's papers. See more »Soundtracks
"Drippy"(Banco De Gaia) ©1997 The Ultimate Recording Co. Ltd.
Performed by Banco De Gaia
Courtesy of Mammoth Records/Planet Dog Records/The Ultimate Co. Ltd.
Written by Toby Marks (ASCAP)
Published by Notting Hill Music/Wanton Music
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Now here'a film that is "not for all tastes," as the cliché goes.
"Strange" doesn't quite cover it but it is not that bizarre that you can't figure out what's happening. Director-writer Darren Arokofsky made a name for himself with his second movie, Requiem For A Dream, and this was the young filmmakers' first effort. It was made a tight budget since he was an unknown, but that's part of the attraction. This is grainy black-and-white, and so is the gritty story and most of the characters. The unique look fits the story.
It's not a story that is going to please a lot of people - an almost-demented math wizard trying to figure out stock market codes and two groups hounding him trying to cash in on his brainpower. One is trying to use him to make big money in the market and the other is trying to decipher ancient Jewish texts and thinks our mathematician can help. Meanwhile, he wants no part of any of these people.
Our hero, the numbers freak, thinks the entire world revolves around numbers. Everything in the universe, he thinks, can be figured out through number codes. Not only is he wacked and paranoid but so is about everyone in here. They all have strange ideas. Innovative camera-work makes the story even stranger. In fact, it's that photography that makes this DVD a part of my collection
If you're looking for something different here and there, I would give this curiosity piece a quick look. (It's not a long movie.) Overall, I thought this "added up" to an intriguing film, but if you give it a try and hate it, don't blame me.