The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate (marketed as Devil's Advocate) is a 1997 American 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 of the same name, it is about an unusually successful young Florida lawyer (Reeves) invited to New York City to work for a major firm. As his wife (Theron) becomes haunted by frightening visual phenomena, the lawyer slowly begins to realize the owner of the firm (Pacino) is not what he appears to be, and is in fact the Devil.
Plot
Kevin Lomax, a defense attorney from Gainesville, Florida, has never lost a case. As he defends a schoolteacher, Lloyd Gettys, against a charge of child molestation, Kevin belatedly realizes his client is guilty and local reporter Larry warns him a guilty verdict is inevitable. However, through a harsh cross-examination, Kevin destroys the victim's credibility, securing a "not guilty" verdict.
Cast
- Al D'Amato
- Al Pacino
- Alan Manson
- Bill Moor
- Caprice Benedetti
- Charlize Theron
- Chris Bauer
- Connie Nielsen
- Craig T. Nelson
- Debra Monk
- Delroy Lindo
- Don King
- George O. Gore II
- George Wyner
- Heather Matarazzo
- James Saito
- Jeffrey Jones
- John Rothman
- Judith Ivey
- Keanu Reeves
- Kim Chan
- Laura Harrington
- Leo Burmester
- Marcia DeBonis
- Michael Lombard
- Monica Keena
- Murphy Guyer
- Neal Jones
- Nikita Ager
- Novella Nelson
- Paul Benedict
- Roy Jones Jr.
- Ruben Santiago-Hudson
- Socorro Santiago
- Susan Kellerman
- Tamara Tunie
- Vincent Laresca
- Vyto Ruginis
More details
| author | Jonathan Lemkin Tony Gilroy |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Taylor Hackford |
| editor | Mark Warner |
| events | demon supernatural |
| genre | drama horror thriller |
| keywords | accused of murder alibi antichrist beaten to death child molestation child sexual abuse christian fundamentalism cross-examination cut defense attorney disbarment disturb free will fundamentalist injured isolated jury selection law firm managing partner manhattan mental institution return home satan united states attorney vanity want win |
| musicBy | James Newton Howard |
| producer | Anne Kopelson Arnold Kopelson Arnon Milchan |
| productionCompany | Regency Enterprises |
| publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| recordedAt | Florida New York City |
| theme | legal legal thriller time loop |