Stars: Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders

Director: William Peter Blatty

Summary: Confined to a secluded gothic mansion are high ranking military officers who have all had mental breakdowns. A brilliant, yet strangely unorthodox psychiatrist, has been brought in to psycho-analyse the wildly eccentric group.

A secret government center for high-ranking officials who have had mental breakdowns is the location of this unsettling drama about a brilliant, unorthodox psychiatrist who turns out to be crazier than his patients. William Peter Blatty won the Golden Globe in 1980 for Best Motion Picture Screenplay.

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The lunatics are running the asylum in The Ninth Configuration--but are they really lunatics? Is Colonel Kane (Stacy Keach) really a noted psychiatrist assigned to supervise patients in an experimental government clinic or is he really "Killer" Kane, a decorated US Marine who committed atrocities in Vietnam before going insane? These are just some of the puzzles that will eventually be solved in this giddy and often brilliant drama created by William Peter Blatty, who wrote The Exorcistbefore going on to direct this adaptation of his own novel, Twinkle, Twinkle, Killer Kane. A satirical study of war's traumatic aftermath, the film uses battle psychosis as the springboard for a delirious and scathingly intelligent human tragedy, laced with some of the wittiest dialogue you're ever likely to hear. The film boasts a veritable menagerie of crazy characters, all brought vividly to life by a stellar supporting cast. One patient is preparing a production of Shakespeare with an all-dog cast. Another is convinced he's Superman and the resident doctor can't seem to find his trousers. But there's a method to this madness and it takes a barroom brawl--one of the most memorable in film history--to provide the harsh slap of reality to Blatty's elaborate group therapy scheme. When the true purpose of The Ninth Configurationis revealed, the film (and particularly the fine performances of Keach and Wilson) offers a depth of compassionate sanity that may well take you completely by surprise. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 0
Special Features:	Alternative Ending, Directors Commentary, Director And Cast Biographies, Featurette, Out Takes
Year:	1981
Release Date:	August 18, 2003
Runtime:	115 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	B D V D 002
Keywords:	General, Ninth, Configuration, Drama
Genre:	Drama