Más allá de la locura

Título original: The Ninth Configuration

1980
R
1h 58min

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Stacy Keach in Más allá de la locura (1980)

Dark Comedy Comedy Drama Horror Mystery Thriller

Un ex infante de marina llega a un manicomio ubicado en un castillo remoto para administrarlo. Allí intenta rehabilitar a los pacientes dejándolos representar sus fantasías y deseos más loco... Leer todoUn ex infante de marina llega a un manicomio ubicado en un castillo remoto para administrarlo. Allí intenta rehabilitar a los pacientes dejándolos representar sus fantasías y deseos más locos.Un ex infante de marina llega a un manicomio ubicado en un castillo remoto para administrarlo. Allí intenta rehabilitar a los pacientes dejándolos representar sus fantasías y deseos más locos.

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Premios
- 3 premios ganados y 4 nominaciones en total

Trivia
Joe Spinell's character of "Spinell", a patient at the castle-hospital, was not in the novel nor the original script. Spinell had begged writer and director William Peter Blatty, a close friend of his, to cast him in a small role as the sidekick to Jason Miller's character of Lieutenant Reno. Since there was no part for Spinell in the movie, his character was given the same last name. Nearly all of Spinell's dialogue was ad-libbed.

Errores
When Capt. Cutshaw places the mud pie on Col. Kane's desk it is whole and intact. In the next shot the mud pie is very noticeably crumbled.

Citas
Col. Vincent Kane: In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the ninth configuration. But given the size of the planet Earth, do you know how long it would have taken for just one of these protein molecules to appear entirely by chance? Roughly ten to the two hundred and forty-third power billions of years. And I find that far, far more fantastic than simply believing in God.

Versiones alternativas
There are five different versions of this film, with various running times from 99 up to 140 minutes. Director William Peter Blatty disowned all versions except one: his approved cut runs 118 minutes and is the version that was originally released theatrically in the USA. This version is available on DVD.

Conexiones
Featured in Night of the Creeps: Tom Atkins, Man of Action (2009)

Bandas sonoras
There's a Rainbow 'Round My Shoulder
Written by Al Jolson (uncredited), Billy Rose (uncredited) and Dave Dreyer (uncredited)
Performed by Al Jolson
Courtesy of MCA Records

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8/10

A hidden gem

I'm always looking for a hidden gem, something I haven't seen before that hasn't been hyped to death on the internet. This film by William Peter Blatty (writer of The Exorcist) might be such a gem. I certainly never heard of it before. I was intrigued by the title and the cover (an astronaut on the moon with Jesus on a crucifix...what on earth could this be about?). This is the plot synopis from IMDb: 'A new commanding officer arrives at a remote castle serving as an insane asylum for crazy and AWOL U.S. Army soldiers where he attempts to rehabilitate them by allowing them to live out their crazy fantasies while combating his own long-suppressed insanity.' Sounds good to me. First of, the dialogue of these insane people is written brilliantly. The actors really go all the way in portraying these nut jobs. It's really funny to watch. But the film is a mix of a lot of different styles. It might start out as a comedy, it also contains horror like elements, drama, surrealistic and tragic parts. It's best not to know to much about this movie beforehand. So just check it out. You might not love it, maybe even hate it but it certainly will be like no other film you've seen before and in these times of cookie cutter productions that is a welcome relief.