The Seventh Sign

"It was foretold there will be seven signs. The seventh sign will be a woman. Her hope is all we have left."

1988 1h 37m EN

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Abby is a pregnant woman with a curious new boarder in the apartment over her garage. Turns out he's heaven-sent and is speeding along the Apocalypse by bloodying rivers, egging on plagues and following scripture word for word.

“It was foretold there will be seven signs. The seventh sign will be a woman. Her hope is all we have left.”

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Cast

Demi Moore
Abby Quinn
Michael Biehn
Russell Quinn
Jürgen Prochnow
David Bannon
Peter Friedman
Father Lucci
Manny Jacobs
Avi
Lee Garlington
Dr. Margaret Inness
Akosua Busia
Penny Washburn
Arnold Johnson
Janitor

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Carl Schultz
Writers: Clifford Green, Ellen Green
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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38 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Carl Schultz, shot by Juan Ruiz Anchía. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Jack Nitzsche. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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Editor Caroline Biggerstaff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 7

CAST

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Demi Moore and Michael Biehn and Jürgen Prochnow carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

ERA

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Marketing tagline: "It was foretold there will be seven signs. The seventh sign will be a woman. Her hope is all we have left.".

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7 / 7

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IMDB entry: tt0096073 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Carl Schultz directs. Juan Ruiz Anchía behind the camera. Jack Nitzsche scores. Caroline Biggerstaff cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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138 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Directed by Carl Schultz, shot by Juan Ruiz Anchía. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Jack Nitzsche. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Caroline Biggerstaff shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Demi Moore and Michael Biehn and Jürgen Prochnow carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "It was foretold there will be seven signs. The seventh sign will be a woman. Her hope is all we have left.".
7IMDB entry: tt0096073 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 8 themes, including "sacrifice", "prophecy", "christianity", "mystic".

The technical file

Cinematography: Juan Ruiz Anchía
Original score: Jack Nitzsche
Editing: Caroline Biggerstaff
Production design: Stephen Marsh
Costume design: Durinda Wood
Makeup / hair: Michael Mills
Stunt coordinator: Gary Hymes
Runtime: 97 min · 1h 37m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Box office: $18,875,011
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: The Seventh Sign (1988)

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CinemaSerf2023-12-22
★ 6/10
"Abby" (Demi Moore) is married to lawyer "Russell" (Michael Biehn) and they are soon to have a child. As childbirth looms, though, she starts having some horrible nightmares. Full of loneliness and despair, she decides the best solution is to rent a garage room at their home to the enigmatic "Bannon" (Jürgen Prochnow) and that seems to open the doors for an apocalyptic scenario that is irrevocably tied up with her childbearing skills (and possibly a case her husband is prosecuting about a boy who committed parricide). As the story unfolds and her dreams become more lucid, she begins to realise that she is caught up in a re-enactment of the book of "Revelation" and the number seven is beginning to resonate ominously. It's actually not a bad fantasy concept, but it's pretty poorly cast with Moore well off form; the wooden as a spoon Prochnow spends much of it standing around looking like an extra from an horror movie and Biehn, well he only ever really was good for eye-candy - so... The narrative takes far too long to get interesting and the conclusion is all rather rushed and underwhelming. Carl Schultz might have fared better had he settled for a less box-office leading lady and built a more evenly balanced cast that could allow this ultimate story of the fate of mankind to develop with less ham. Watchable, I suppose, but forgettable.

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