Angel Heart (1987) Synopsis & Summary

Synopsis

The time is the 1950s: seedy Brooklyn private eye Harry Angel (Mickey Rourke) is hired by shady Louis Cyphre (Robert De Niro) to locate a pop singer who reneged on a debt. Harry ventures into Harlem, the first step of a Heart of Darkness-inspired odyssey. Each time Harry makes contact with someone who might know the singer's whereabouts, he or she is killed in a horrible, ritualistic fashion; a Satanic cult seems to be at the bottom of all the carnage. Harry solves the mystery, all right. He just didn't know that he had the answer all along -- even before Louis entered his office. Also available in the "unrated" video version, Angel Heart is best known as the film that nearly got an X-rating due to a no-holds-barred sex scene involving Mickey Rourke and Lisa Bonet. - Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Movie Info

Starring:
Mickey Rourke, Robert De Niro, Lisa Bonet, Charlotte Rampling, Stocker Fontelieu
Theatrical Release Date:
03/06/1987
DVD Release Date:
06/23/1998
Run Time:
112 min.
Distributor(s):
Tri-Star Pictures
Production Co.:
TriStar, Union Films, Winkast
Director(s):
Alan Parker
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery, Drama, Thriller
Themes:
Deal With the Devil, Voodoo, Haunted By the Past, Private Eyes, Southern Gothic
Tone:
Hallucinatory, Sexual, Goth, Eerie, Ominous, Atmospheric
Keywords:
Satan, missing-person, murder, occult, private-detective, supernatural-forces, voodoo
Country of Origin:
USA (03-06-1987)
Time Period:
1955
Language:
English
Status:
DVD

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