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Plot

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.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Crime and Mystery,Drama,Thriller
Run Time:
112min.
Theatrical Release Date:
03/06/1987
DVD Release Date:
06/23/1998
Distributor(s):
Tri-Star Pictures
Director(s):
Alan Parker
Starring:
Mickey Rourke , Robert De Niro , Lisa Bonet , Charlotte Rampling , Stocker Fontelieu
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)
Language:
English