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Cast
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| Aidan Quinn | ... | Seth Warner | |
| Courteney Cox | ... | Rachel Luce | |
| Anthony LaPaglia | ... | Harry Luce | |
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Shirl Bernheim | ... | Sylvia Andrew |
| Peter Jacobson | ... | Banker | |
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Patrick Garner | ... | Banker |
| Marcia DeBonis | ... | Receptionist | |
| Pamela Gray | ... | Melissa Murphy | |
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Lisa Louise Langford | ... | Paramedic |
| Chris McGinn | ... | Nurse | |
| Louis Zorich | ... | Rudy Warner | |
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Scott Sowers | ... | Detective Malhoney |
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Pat McNamara | ... | Police Chief Warren |
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Jack Gilpin | ... | Gordon Bloom |
| Amy Sedaris | ... | Scholar | |
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Seth Warner has reached the end of his rope. Ever since his wife died two years earlier, his world has been in turmoil. He is despondent, his career has fallen apart, even his house has been destroyed. There seems to be nothing left for him to live for. Confused and angry after two years of suffering, he finally directs his wrath at God from the rooftop of his apartment building in New York City. In the midst of a wild thunderstorm he demands to know why he has been betrayed by the god he has believed in and honored his whole life. God's answer is to strike down Seth's dog in a bolt of lightning. Pushed beyond his limits, Seth decides to respond to his years of torment by breaking each of the biblical Ten Commandments. While staying with his sister-in-law, Rachel, much to the chagrin of her shifty reporter husband, Harry, he systematically sets out to break each commandment one by one. A natural at breaking commandments, Harry is drawn to Seth's mission in the hopes of using it to ... Written by Anonymous
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$5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$312,438, 4 May 1997, Limited ReleaseGross USA:
$488,419, 11 May 1997Company Credits
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Written by Tito Larriva and Steven Hufsteter
Performed by Tito Larriva (as Tito) and Tarantula
Produced by Tito Larriva, Robert Rodriguez and Mark Goldenberg
Mixed by Joel Soyfter
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When Rachel talks with Seth about her being betrayed by Harry, her haircut changes - in one she has some hair on her forehead, in the next take she doesn't, and then she does again. See more »Quotes
Seth: I am not crazy! I know the difference between bad luck and the Divine Hand. Harry, if your shoelace breaks once, fine. Twice, tough. Three times? Hell, change the brand. But if your shoelace breaks every day for two years it's time to check your Bible!See more »
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Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Breakdown/Warriors of Virtue/Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery/Truth or Consequences/Commandments (1997) See more »Soundtracks
After DarkWritten by Tito Larriva and Steven Hufsteter
Performed by Tito Larriva (as Tito) and Tarantula
Produced by Tito Larriva, Robert Rodriguez and Mark Goldenberg
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Fine film about a man who lost his wife, and as a result begins to question the motives of God. He has all these emotional problems while his arrogant brother-in-law is doing fine while totally ignoring any religious commitments; which the brother-in-law makes his relative very aware of. However, in the end things do not remain the same for arrogant in-law. Nor for the man who lost his wife. This film may bother some Christians at first, but in the end I think this film will be accepted as giving a positive message about theology. The ending was surprising and gratifying.