The Devil's Advocate (1997 film)

Epic card · No. 6633

The Devil's Advocate (marketed as Devil's Advocate) is a 1997 supernatural horror film directed by Taylor Hackford, written by Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy, and starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino and Charlize Theron. Based on Andrew Neiderman's 1990 novel, it is about a gifted young Florida lawyer invited to work for a major New York City law firm. As his wife becomes haunted by frightening visions, the lawyer slowly realizes the firm's owner, John Milton, is the Devil. The film is an international co-production between the United States and Germany. The name John Milton is one of several allusions to Paradise Lost, as well as to Dante Alighieri's Inferno and the legend of Faust. An adaptation of Neiderman's novel went into a development hell during the 1990s, with Hackford gaining control of the production. Filming took place around New York City and Florida. The Devil's Advocate was released by Warner Bros. on October 17, 1997. The film received mixed reviews, with critics crediting...

Read on Wikipedia