Overview:
Immediately after their miscarriage, the US diplomat Robert Thorn adopts the newborn Damien without the knowledge of his wife. Yet what he doesn’t know is that their new son is the son of the devil.Status: | Released (1976-06-25) |
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Awards: | Won 1 Oscar. 6 wins & 9 nominations total |
BoxOffice: | $60,922,980 |
Screen: | David Seltzer, Harvey Bernhard |
Productions: | Mace Neufeld Productions, 20th Century Fox, Harvey Bernhard Productions |
Production Countries: | United States of America, United Kingdom |
Spoken Languages: | English, Italiano, Latin |
Casts
- 8487: Gregory Peck - Robert Thorn
- 855: Lee Remick - Katherine Thorn
- 2076: David Warner - Keith Jennings
- 8226: Billie Whitelaw - Mrs. Baylock
- 11839: Harvey Stephens - Damien Thorn
- 11840: Patrick Troughton - Father Brennan
- 9912: Martin Benson - Father Spiletto
Crews
- 2523: Stuart Baird - Editor - Editing
- 7199: Harvey Bernhard - Producer - Production
- 10337: Charles Orme - Producer - Production
- 4611: Mace Neufeld - Executive Producer - Production
- 1760: Jerry Goldsmith - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 7187: Richard Donner - Director - Directing
- 11834: David Seltzer - Screenplay - Writing
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Reviews
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For whatever reason never saw The Omen before and while it has its moments, the last 10-15 minutes were particularly great, the middle part plodded along at a slow pace with little happening that was interesting outside a scene or two. All in all, it was okay but maybe a tad overrate ....
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I just recently re-watched this and the remake...there's really no fair comparison. Gregory Peck wins over Liev Schreiber, but then Peck is the better actor. Lee Remick is far more believable than Julia Stiles who doesn't seem to convey the same earnest fear and suspicion. D ....
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OK, so at times this is a bit far-fetched, even for a horror movie, but I reckon it is still my favourite from the genre made in the 1970s. From a rather murky start in a Roman hospital, we see Gregory Peck and wife Lee Remmick head to London where he is to be US Ambassador - along w ....
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