| Prophecy | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Prophecy |
| Directed by: | Gregory Widen |
| Written by: | Gregory Widen |
| Produced by: | W.K. Border; Don Phillips; Joel Soisson; Raquel Caballes Maxwell |
| Music by: | David C. Williams |
| Cinematography: | Richard Clabaugh Bruce Douglas Johnson Christopher Baffa |
| Edited by: | Sonny Baskin; Ian Slater |
| Production | |
| Distributors: | Dimension Films First Look Pictures Neo Motion Pictures Overseas FilmGroup |
| Released: | September 1st, 1995 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 98 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
| Budget: | $8,000,000 [1] |
| Gross: | $16,115,878 [1] |
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Prophecy is an American horror film of the Biblical subgenre. It was written and directed by Gregory Widen and produced by Dimension Films, First Look Pictures, Neo Motion Pictures and the Overseas FilmGroup. It was released theatrically in the United States on September 1st, 1995. The movie stars Christopher Walken as the Archangel Gabriel, Elias Koteas as police detective Thomas Daggett, Eric Stoltz as an angel named Simon and Virginia Madsen as a schoolteacher named Katherine. The premise behind the film focuses on an ancient, lost prophecy regarding a second war in heaven. Los Angeles police detective, Thomas Daggett, a lapsed Catholic, begins having visions of the war and is visited by an angel named Simon. Simon tries to help Thomas reaffirm his faith, but a darker presence looms on the horizon; The Archangel Gabriel seeks the soul of a Korean war veteran named Hawthorne, believing that it will help to tip the scales in the coming Angel civil war.
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Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Christopher Walken | Gabriel |
| Elias Koteas | Thomas Dagget |
| Virginia Madsen | Katherine |
| Eric Stoltz | Simon |
| Viggo Mortensen | Lucifer |
| Amanda Plummer | Rachael |
| Moriah "Shining Dove" Snyder | Mary |
| Adam Goldberg | Jerry |
| Steve Hytner | Joseph |
| J.C. Quinn | Burrows |
| Emma Shenah | Grandmother |
| Albert Nelson | Grey Horse |
| Shawn Nelson | Indian healer |
| Emily Conforto | Sandra |
| Sioux-z Jessup | Nurse |
| Sandra Lafferty | Madge |
| William "Buck" Hart | Grave keeper |
| Christina Holmes | Allison |
| Nick Gomez | Jason |
| Jeremy Williams-Hurner | Brian |
| Jeff Cadiente | Usiel |
| Paul Schmidt | Novice deacon |
| Bobby Lee Hayes | Deputy #1 |
| John Sankovich | Deputy #2 |
| Thomas "Doc" Bugoski | Security officer |
| Randy Adakai-Nez | High school kid |
| Joseph Blake Arnold | Novice priest |
| Clark Hunter | Psycho-killer |
| Michele Spardaro | Jerry's girlfriend |
Notes & Trivia[]
- The tagline for this film is, "On ancient ground, at the edge of the world, an evil born in heaven is about to be unleashed on earth...".
- Production on The Prophecy began on September 27th, 1993. Principal photography concluded on November 8th, 1993. The movie was shot entirely in the state of Arizona in the cities of Phoenix, Superior, Globe and Miami. [1]
- The European title for this film is God's Army.
- Clark Hunter and Michelle Spardaro are both uncredited in this film.
- Actors Elias Koteas and Virginia Madsen also starred together in the 2009 film The Haunting in Connecticut.
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