Official Movie Website Theatrical Release 06/06/06 Home Video 10/17/06 MPAA Rating Rated R for disturbing violent content, graphic images and some language Running Time 1 hour 49 minutes Genre Horror Director John Moore Writer Dan McDermott Cast Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Josh Hutcherson, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Pete Postlethwaite Studio 20th Century Fox |
THE OMEN
SYNOPSIS
Many believe the prophecy from the Book of
Revelation provides a map to a terrifying future?or
it presents fragments of history that have come to
life in our time. The signs, they claim, are all around
us: terrorist attacks, extreme weather? the list
goes on.
The passage specifically points to the arrival of the
Anti-Christ, who is branded with the numerical
sequence ?666?: the mark of the Beast. The
Anti-Christ will receive his power directly from
Satan to establish a counterfeit kingdom on earth,
signaling the beginning of Armageddon?
Robert Thorn is unaware of such dark prophecies.
Thorn, a senior American diplomat, has other things
on his mind. His wife, Katherine, has endured a
difficult delivery and she?s as yet unaware their
newborn child has died. Devastated by the loss,
Thorn?s concern turns to Katherine, who had
suffered two previous miscarriages. The news will
surely devastate her.
The hospital priest, Father Spiletto, presents Thorn
with another child born that night, whose mother
died in childbirth. The priest compels Thorn to take
the infant boy as his own; Katherine will never know
the truth, and their son, which they name Damien,
will be raised as their flesh and blood. Katherine
embraces the child as her own, blossoming in
motherhood; Thorn, it would seem, has made the
right choice.
Many believe the prophecy from the Book of
Revelation provides a map to a terrifying future?or
it presents fragments of history that have come to
life in our time. The signs, they claim, are all around
us: terrorist attacks, extreme weather? the list
goes on.
The passage specifically points to the arrival of the
Anti-Christ, who is branded with the numerical
sequence ?666?: the mark of the Beast. The
Anti-Christ will receive his power directly from
Satan to establish a counterfeit kingdom on earth,
signaling the beginning of Armageddon?
Robert Thorn is unaware of such dark prophecies.
Thorn, a senior American diplomat, has other things
on his mind. His wife, Katherine, has endured a
difficult delivery and she?s as yet unaware their
newborn child has died. Devastated by the loss,
Thorn?s concern turns to Katherine, who had
suffered two previous miscarriages. The news will
surely devastate her.
The hospital priest, Father Spiletto, presents Thorn
with another child born that night, whose mother
died in childbirth. The priest compels Thorn to take
the infant boy as his own; Katherine will never know
the truth, and their son, which they name Damien,
will be raised as their flesh and blood. Katherine
embraces the child as her own, blossoming in
motherhood; Thorn, it would seem, has made the
right choice.
Thorn?s career ascends ? he becomes the U.S. ambassador to Great Britain ? and the family settles into
an estate outside London. But certain events, all seeming to revolve around the now five-year-old Damien,
are deeply disturbing: Damien?s nanny hangs herself at the youngster?s birthday party; a strange priest
brings dire warnings to Thorn; a children?s trip to the zoo results in a panicked frenzy; Damien becomes
hysterical during a drive to church; and blurred movements in a series of photographs portend shocking
deaths.
The troubling incidents multiply, pointing to something wrong ? terribly wrong ? with Damien. Enter Mrs.
Baylock, Damien?s new nanny, who seems to have a preordained devotion to the child. Then tragedy
strikes closer to home. But only later does Thorn comprehend the truth: Damien is no ordinary child; he is
the long-prophesized Anti-Christ. Now, Thorn must make the ultimate sacrifice to prevent the
unspeakable terror that awaits the world.
The prophecy is clear, the signs unmistakable: Armageddon is upon us.
On 6 / 6 / 06, the omen is revealed...and our darkest fears are realized. -- © 20th Century Fox
an estate outside London. But certain events, all seeming to revolve around the now five-year-old Damien,
are deeply disturbing: Damien?s nanny hangs herself at the youngster?s birthday party; a strange priest
brings dire warnings to Thorn; a children?s trip to the zoo results in a panicked frenzy; Damien becomes
hysterical during a drive to church; and blurred movements in a series of photographs portend shocking
deaths.
The troubling incidents multiply, pointing to something wrong ? terribly wrong ? with Damien. Enter Mrs.
Baylock, Damien?s new nanny, who seems to have a preordained devotion to the child. Then tragedy
strikes closer to home. But only later does Thorn comprehend the truth: Damien is no ordinary child; he is
the long-prophesized Anti-Christ. Now, Thorn must make the ultimate sacrifice to prevent the
unspeakable terror that awaits the world.
The prophecy is clear, the signs unmistakable: Armageddon is upon us.
On 6 / 6 / 06, the omen is revealed...and our darkest fears are realized. -- © 20th Century Fox
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