The Ninth Configuration

Moonlight through castle bars, the stone cold. A psychiatrist listens as madmen act out Christ’s passion, war games, a rabbit in the chapel. Blatty’s razor-sharp satire sees heaven in the asylum’s madness.

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William Peter Blatty directed The Ninth Configuration in 1980. See William Peter Blatty's full filmography, where to start with William Peter Blatty, or where to go after you've seen everything by William Peter Blatty.

The Ninth Configuration was released in 1980 (EN original-language production), with a runtime of 118 minutes.