Official Press Release:
World Premiere Wednesday, January 26, 2011
WHAT: The World Premiere of New Line Cinema’s “The Rite.”
WHEN: Wednesday, January 26
Crew Arrivals: 5:00 p.m.
Arrivals: 6:00 p.m.
Screening: 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
WHO: From the film: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga, and director Mikael Håfström will be joined by celebrities to be announced soon.
“The Rite” is a supernatural thriller that uncovers the Devil’s reach to even one of the holiest places on Earth. Inspired by true events, the film follows seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donoghue), who is sent to study exorcism at the Vatican in spite of his own doubts about the controversial practice and even his own faith. Wearing his deep skepticism like armor, Michael challenges his superiors to look to psychiatry, rather than demons, in treating the possessed. Only when he’s sent to apprentice with the unorthodox Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins) — a legendary priest who has performed thousands of exorcisms — does Michael’s armor begin to fall. As he is drawn into a troubling case that seems to transcend even Father Lucas’s skill, he begins to glimpse a phenomenon science can’t explain or control … and an evil so violent and terrifying that it forces him to question everything he believes.
THE RITE opens nationwide in theaters on Friday, January 28, 2011
“The Rite,” is a Contrafilm production, a Mikael Håfström film, and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. The film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for disturbing thematic material, violence, frightening images, and language including sexual references.
http://www.what-do-you-believe.com/For For downloadable general information and photos, please visit: http://press.warnerbros.com/
and for electronic material please visit: http://www.epk.tv/
Contacts
Warner Bros. Pictures Broadcast: Allegra Haddigan, 818-954-6292 Print: Ari Swan, 818-954-3781 Photo: Michael Taylor, 818-954-6585 Online: Anne Chun, 818-954-4601 International: Diana Larios, 818-954-4537
TRAILER:
Link: http://whatdoyoubelieve.warnerbros.com/
ABOVE THE LINE:
Stars: Colin O'Donoghue, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1524440/
Anthony Hopkins, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_hopkins
Ciaran Hinds, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciaran_Hinds
Director: Mikael Hafstrom, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Hafstrom
Writers: Michael Petroni, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Petroni, Matt Baglio,
http://www.mattbaglio.com/
Filmed in Budapest, Hungary, Rome, Lazio, Italy
STORYLINE:
BUZZ:
The Rite Movie Review. "The Rite is following in the footsteps of all the other exorcism movies. Involvement of nuns, priests and demonic people, this seems to be a pretty typical thriller exorcist. This thriller is directed by Mikael Hafstrom and is starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones. The release date on this film, January 28, 2011. The Rite is not just another supernatural thriller with a stellar cast and a specialist director (Mikael Håfström, 1408.) It does so much more than, meandering through the mazes demonic scary. Even if it’s just a well crafted and evocative metaphor on our embattled times, we can expect a rare spiritual experience.
The Rite is supposedly based off of a true event. The story follows a seminary student who is attending school at the Vatican Exorcism. He meets a very unorthodox priest who opens up the dark side of their religion to the young man. The basic motto of this film is the devil can-reach-the holiest places on the planet. I hope that this movie isn’t too close to the mold of exorcist movies because if that is the case this movie could be very boring.
The Rite has a lot of spirits to take on the movie landscape that are possessed with more or less convincing stories. To me, rather a striking take on this subject was Francis Lawrence’s Constantine (2005) with Keanu Reeves as the cancer-ridden hell blazer.
Others, like The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), were disappointingly mediocre, if not outright bad. Like the Serpent, The Rite is based on a book and supposedly inspired by true events. Sceptical seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donoghue) attends the school at the Vatican where he meets an unorthodox priest, Father Luke (Anthony Hopkins). Encountering a number of demons and exorcisms, Michael learns about the darker side of his faith and that's the phenomenon of possession, or course, is not just a residue of the archaic ages but very contemporary and ubiquitous, even at the Vatican." http://showmovies.org/the-rite-movie-review.html
INFORAMA COMMENT:
Demonic possession stories predate Christianity. They were found in a number of other considerably older religions. So the film has to tackle the question of the possession of a human by a supernatural being. Should the film rely on special effects or just the usually strong performance of Anthony Hopkins, it will fail miserably. There must be a hook to catch the wary viewer armed with current knowledge of both lore and psychiatry. This is a formidable task in light of today's increasingly areligious society.
An interesting sideline will be the script's depiction of the Vatican. There are a number of priest/ scholars who have multiple degrees in multiple disciplines. So why would an institution teach highly educated individuals a ritual that is over two thousand years old? The agnostic and atheist would find this film anathema since giving credulity to supernatural evil tacitly acknowledges supernatural good.
But, the trailer does look scaarrry!! I want to see it but I'm afraid to see it. I am going back and forth with this one. The trailer is enticing and makes me want to find out who wins this battle in the continuing struggle between good and evil. But, it also gives me the heebeegeebees. Possession films are more frightening than slasher films. It is often said that Anthony Hopkins seems to be at his best when he is playing these types of evil characters. I am interested in watching the idiosyncrasies that Hopkins injects into his character. With these types of movies I need to sit at the very back row so I can disengage if it gets too creepy. I can always shut my eyes if I need to. So will you see it? Bring your crosses, bring your bibles, bring your prayers and maybe you'll survive this movie.
World Premiere Wednesday, January 26, 2011
WHAT: The World Premiere of New Line Cinema’s “The Rite.”
WHEN: Wednesday, January 26
Crew Arrivals: 5:00 p.m.
Arrivals: 6:00 p.m.
Screening: 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Grauman’s Chinese Theatre
6925 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
WHO: From the film: Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga, and director Mikael Håfström will be joined by celebrities to be announced soon.
“The Rite” is a supernatural thriller that uncovers the Devil’s reach to even one of the holiest places on Earth. Inspired by true events, the film follows seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donoghue), who is sent to study exorcism at the Vatican in spite of his own doubts about the controversial practice and even his own faith. Wearing his deep skepticism like armor, Michael challenges his superiors to look to psychiatry, rather than demons, in treating the possessed. Only when he’s sent to apprentice with the unorthodox Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins) — a legendary priest who has performed thousands of exorcisms — does Michael’s armor begin to fall. As he is drawn into a troubling case that seems to transcend even Father Lucas’s skill, he begins to glimpse a phenomenon science can’t explain or control … and an evil so violent and terrifying that it forces him to question everything he believes.
THE RITE opens nationwide in theaters on Friday, January 28, 2011
“The Rite,” is a Contrafilm production, a Mikael Håfström film, and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. The film has been rated PG-13 by the MPAA for disturbing thematic material, violence, frightening images, and language including sexual references.
http://www.what-do-you-believe.com/For For downloadable general information and photos, please visit: http://press.warnerbros.com/
and for electronic material please visit: http://www.epk.tv/
Contacts
Warner Bros. Pictures Broadcast: Allegra Haddigan, 818-954-6292 Print: Ari Swan, 818-954-3781 Photo: Michael Taylor, 818-954-6585 Online: Anne Chun, 818-954-4601 International: Diana Larios, 818-954-4537
TRAILER:
Link: http://whatdoyoubelieve.warnerbros.com/
ABOVE THE LINE:
Stars: Colin O'Donoghue, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1524440/
Anthony Hopkins, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_hopkins
Ciaran Hinds, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciaran_Hinds
Director: Mikael Hafstrom, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikael_Hafstrom
Writers: Michael Petroni, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Petroni, Matt Baglio,
http://www.mattbaglio.com/
Filmed in Budapest, Hungary, Rome, Lazio, Italy
STORYLINE:
"Here’s the story behind The Rite: “A disillusioned American seminary student attends exorcism school at the Vatican and ultimately finds his faith through encounters with demonic forces.” Details are sketchy on the film’s IMDb page, but after a little research I can tell you that Colin O’Donoghue (The Tudors) plays the “disillusioned American,” Hopkins plays the head exorcism teacher at the Vatican school along with Ciaran Hinds (The Eclipse) and Toby Jones (Capote), while Alice Braga (Predators) plays a love interest…or something." http://screenrant.com/the-rite-trailer-kofi-83893/
BUZZ:
The Rite Movie Review. "The Rite is following in the footsteps of all the other exorcism movies. Involvement of nuns, priests and demonic people, this seems to be a pretty typical thriller exorcist. This thriller is directed by Mikael Hafstrom and is starring Anthony Hopkins, Colin O’Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciaran Hinds, Toby Jones. The release date on this film, January 28, 2011. The Rite is not just another supernatural thriller with a stellar cast and a specialist director (Mikael Håfström, 1408.) It does so much more than, meandering through the mazes demonic scary. Even if it’s just a well crafted and evocative metaphor on our embattled times, we can expect a rare spiritual experience.
The Rite has a lot of spirits to take on the movie landscape that are possessed with more or less convincing stories. To me, rather a striking take on this subject was Francis Lawrence’s Constantine (2005) with Keanu Reeves as the cancer-ridden hell blazer.
Others, like The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988), were disappointingly mediocre, if not outright bad. Like the Serpent, The Rite is based on a book and supposedly inspired by true events. Sceptical seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donoghue) attends the school at the Vatican where he meets an unorthodox priest, Father Luke (Anthony Hopkins). Encountering a number of demons and exorcisms, Michael learns about the darker side of his faith and that's the phenomenon of possession, or course, is not just a residue of the archaic ages but very contemporary and ubiquitous, even at the Vatican." http://showmovies.org/the-rite-movie-review.html
INFORAMA COMMENT:
Demonic possession stories predate Christianity. They were found in a number of other considerably older religions. So the film has to tackle the question of the possession of a human by a supernatural being. Should the film rely on special effects or just the usually strong performance of Anthony Hopkins, it will fail miserably. There must be a hook to catch the wary viewer armed with current knowledge of both lore and psychiatry. This is a formidable task in light of today's increasingly areligious society.
An interesting sideline will be the script's depiction of the Vatican. There are a number of priest/ scholars who have multiple degrees in multiple disciplines. So why would an institution teach highly educated individuals a ritual that is over two thousand years old? The agnostic and atheist would find this film anathema since giving credulity to supernatural evil tacitly acknowledges supernatural good.
But, the trailer does look scaarrry!! I want to see it but I'm afraid to see it. I am going back and forth with this one. The trailer is enticing and makes me want to find out who wins this battle in the continuing struggle between good and evil. But, it also gives me the heebeegeebees. Possession films are more frightening than slasher films. It is often said that Anthony Hopkins seems to be at his best when he is playing these types of evil characters. I am interested in watching the idiosyncrasies that Hopkins injects into his character. With these types of movies I need to sit at the very back row so I can disengage if it gets too creepy. I can always shut my eyes if I need to. So will you see it? Bring your crosses, bring your bibles, bring your prayers and maybe you'll survive this movie.
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