Communion (1989 film)
| Communion | |
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 Special Collector's Edition DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Philippe Mora |
| Produced by | Philippe Mora |
| Written by | Whitley Strieber |
| Starring |
Christopher Walken Lindsay Crouse Frances Sternhagen |
| Music by |
Eric Clapton Allan Zavod |
| Cinematography | Louis Irving |
| Edited by | Lee Smith |
| Distributed by |
New Line Cinema Allied Vision |
Release dates |
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Running time | 105 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,920,000 |
Communion is a 1989 drama/thriller film based on the book of the same name by Whitley Strieber.
Starring Christopher Walken and Frances Sternhagen, it tells a story of a family that experiences an extraterrestrial phenomenon while on vacation at a remote home in the wilderness during which the father is abducted and all of their lives change. According to Strieber, the story is a real-life account of his own encounter with "visitors", with Walken playing the role of the author.
The score was composed by Eric Clapton. It received a mostly negative critical reaction due to Walken's performance and was panned by Strieber himself due to its non-factual portrayal of him. He said that while his experience was a dream and on his own, the film showed it as actually happening and his entire family experiencing it. The film was also a box office failure.
Cast
- Christopher Walken as Whitley Strieber
- Lindsay Crouse as Anne Strieber
- Frances Sternhagen as Dr. Janet Duffy
- Andreas Katsulas as Alex
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