Rating: PG13
Genre:
Science Fiction
Theatrical Release: 01/25/2002(USA)
Release Date: 06/04/2002
SubTitles: English/French/Espanol
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 118 Minutes
Flags: Violence, Adult Situations, Profanity
Distributor/Studio: Columbia TriStar
Based on a book by paranormal investigator
John Keel, this spooky,
X-Files-type
supernatural thriller is purportedly based loosely on true events that occurred in the small town of Point Pleasant, WV, in 1966-1967.
Richard Gere stars as journalist
John Klein, an up-and-coming reporter devastated by the death of his beloved wife
Mary (
Debra Messing) following a car accident.
Mary saw a mysterious vision immediately before the crash, a haunting image of a moth-like creature. Two years later,
Klein is driving to an interview with the governor of Virginia when he suddenly finds himself hundreds of miles out of his way in a small town on the West Virginia-Ohio border. He discovers that strange events are occurring there, including sightings of the "mothman," as well as UFOs and bizarre alien-like telephone calls.
Klein stays to investigate, despite the protests of skeptical cop
Connie Parker (
Laura Linney) and the initial hostility of spooked local
Gordon (
Will Patton). He soon discovers that sightings of the mothman are historical portents of doom and disaster, omens that may foretell a terrible cataclysm about to strike Point Pleasant.
The Mothman Prophecies reunites
Gere and
Linney, who previously starred together in
Primal Fear (1996).
~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
;)
