Souled Out: Directed by Charles Adelman. With Gary Busey, David Paul, Peter Paul, Tony Longo. Ace Stevens (David Paul) is a struggling musician dealing with his midlife woes, and balancing his life out as an illegitimate father to a young boy. Once the opportunity arises from an encounter with a Soul Broker (Tony Longo) Ace sells his soul to the Devil (Peter Paul).
May 05, 2019 · Richard Burton directed himself for the 1967 filmed stage production as a 16th-century scholar who trades his immortal soul for 24 years of hedonism and pleasure. Image via Columbia Pictures
The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil . 1943 . Thriller . 1h 39m -total. 5.2. 21 total. Rate. Done. Save. Nope. About the movie. 5.2/10 . 5.2/10. A banker who lost everything in the stock market is on the verge of committing suicide when the Devil appears to him and offers to give him a fortune every day on one condition: he must do evil ...
In William Friedkin's 1973 classic, which still tops charts as the scariest movie of all time, audiences were exposed for the first time on the big screen to the complete corruption of childhood innocence, as 12-year-old Regan MacNeil's (Linda Blair) soul was possessed by the forces of darkness.The fact you could actually only see these diabolical forces through the …
The “deal with the devil” here isn’t made by Rosemary, but her wannabe actor husband, Guy ( John Cassavetes ).
Harold Ramis’ 2000 remake paired Brendan Fraser with Elizabeth Hurley as Satan. This Bedazzled doubles down on the pratfall, hijinks and toilet humor while somehow managing to be only half as funny. Just as in the original, Fraser’s character Elliot makes a deal with the Devil in exchange for seven wishes.
Image via Sony Pictures Classics. The leader of traveling dance troupe, Doctor Parnassus ( Christopher Plummer ), made a deal with the devil ( Tom Waits ), promising his daughter’s hand in marriage in exchange for immortality and a magic mirror.
The Pirates of the Caribbean movies introduce the concept of a nautical underworld - an entire universe of ocean ghosts, lorded over by the nautical Devil himself, Davy Jones ( Bill Nighy ). Davy Jones is the antagonist throughout the second and third film of the Pirates of the Carribean franchise, and he’s in the habit of making Faustian bargains with sailors on the brink of death, tricking them into joining his immortal crew for all eternity.
Record producer Swan (Paul Williams), sells his soul to Satan and Kanye-like status and eternal middle-age.
Getting witchy one night, the women pray for the perfect man, and thank the dark lord, in blows their savior, Daryl Van Horne ( Jack Nicholson ).
Starry Eyes. There’s no price you can put on being a movie star...at least no earthly one. In 2014’s Starry Eyes, a young wannabe actress Sarah ( Alexandra Essoe) longs for her one shot at glamour, but is stuck in a rut at a sleazy fast food job, with a bunch of undermining hipster friends waiting at home.
Walter Huston’s earthy portrayal of the Lord of Flies in The Devil and Daniel Webster is so timeless and captivating, Al Pacino used it for research when it came to playing Satan in The Devil’s Advocate. Mr. Scratch may come across like a simple country boy, but in reality he’s the Satanic prince of the universe.
11 robert de niro - ANGEL HEART (1987) Any film featuring the twin talents of Robert De Niro and Mickey Rourke on top of their game was always going to be demonic by nature, and Alan Parker’s noir horror mystery Angel Heart doesn’t disappoint. De Niro plays the immaculately suited and booted, cane-carrying, Louis Cyphre.
3 walter huston - THE DEVIL AND DANIEL WEBSTER (1941) Walter Huston’s earthy portrayal of the Lord of Flies in The Devil and Daniel Webster is so timeless and captivating, Al Pacino used it for research when it came to playing Satan in The Devil’s Advocate.
And it's not hard to fathom why. Since the release of The Exorcist in 1973, which scared us in a way we've never been scared before, movies which deal with the devil court a fascination within us which is without equal.
Any film featuring the twin talents of Robert De Niro and Mickey Rourke on top of their game was always going to be demonic by nature, and Alan Parker’s noir horror mystery Angel Heart doesn’t disappoint. De Niro plays the immaculately suited and booted, cane-carrying, Louis Cyphre.
Going by the name of John Milton, the famous poet who wrote the epic Paradise Lost, Pacino’s take on the tormentor of souls is that of a lovable rogue. He’s charismatic, cheeky, a hit with the ladies, but his big downside is that he’s also a lawyer.
8 tim curry - LEGEND (1985) Before Tom Hardy made cinematic history by playing both Ronnie and Reggie Kray in the upcoming Legend, Tim Curry was having it large and owning the manor 30 years previous in a film of the same name.
October 24, 1936. " The Devil and Daniel Webster " (1936) is a short story by American writer Stephen Vincent Benét. He tells of a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and is later defended by Daniel Webster, a fictional version of the noted 19th-century American statesman, lawyer and orator.
In his speech, Webster denounces slavery. Earlier, he states flatly "A man is not a piece of property." Later, there is this description "And when he talked of those enslaved, and the sorrows of slavery, his voice got like a big bell." Benét acknowledges the evil by having the devil say: "When the first wrong was done to the first Indian, I was there. When the first slaver put out for the Congo, I stood on her deck." As for Webster, "He admitted all the wrong that had ever been done. But he showed how, out of the wrong and the right, the suffering and the starvations, something new had come. And everybody had played a part in it, even the traitors."
He tells of a New Hampshire farmer who sells his soul to the devil and is later defended by Daniel Webster, a fictional version of the noted 19th-century American statesman, lawyer and orator. The narrative refers to factual events in the lives of Webster and his family.
The story appeared in The Saturday Evening Post (October 24, 1936 ) and was published in book form by Farrar & Rinehart the following year. The story won the O. Henry Award. The author also adapted it in 1938 as a folk opera, with music by Douglas Stuart Moore, a fellow Yale University alumnus.
Farmer Jabez Stone, from the small town of Cross Corners, New Hampshire, is plagued with unending bad luck. He finally says, "it's enough to make a man want to sell his soul to the devil!".
A deal with the devil (also called a Faustian bargain or Mephistophelian bargain) is a cultural motif in European folklore, best exemplified by the legend of Faust and the figure of Mephistopheles, as well as being elemental to many Christian traditions. According to traditional Christian belief about witchcraft, ...
Jonathan Moulton (1726 – 1787), 18th-century brigadier general of the New Hampshire Militia, alleged to have sold his soul to the devil to have his boots filled with gold coins when hung by the fireplace every month.
The term "a pact with the devil" (or "Faustian bargain") is also used metaphorically to condemn a person or persons perceived as having collaborated with an evil person or regime. An example of this is the Nazi-Jewish negotiations during the Holocaust, both positively and negatively.
According to traditional Christian belief about witchcraft, the pact is between a person and Satan or a lesser demon. The person offers their soul in exchange for diabolical favours. Those favours vary by the tale, but tend to include youth, knowledge, wealth, fame, or power.
Bernard Fokke, 17th-century captain for the Dutch East India Company, renowned for his uncanny speed from the Dutch Republic to Java, which led to legends that he was in league with the devil. He is also alleged to be the model for the ghostly captain of the Flying Dutchman.
Tommy Johnson (1896 – 1 November 1956), blues musician. Robert Johnson (8 May 1911 – 16 August 1938), blues musician , who legend claims met Satan at a crossroads and signed over his soul to play the blues and gain mastery of the guitar.
The predecessor of Faustus in Christian mythology is Theophilus ("Friend of God" or "Beloved of God") the unhappy and despairing cleric, disappointed in his worldly career by his bishop, who sells his soul to the devil but is redeemed by the Virgin Mary.
Judge Fiona Maye, The Children Act (Ian McEwan) A poignant novel about a judge who must decide whether to force a minor to undergo a blood transfusion despite his religious belief, The Children Act also portrays an example of blatant judicial misconduct.
Judge Maye should’ve called a social worker, a psychologist, and the constable. Robert Rotstein, with James Patterson, is the author of The Family Lawyer, the title story of the New York Times bestselling collection. He’s written Corrupt Practices, Reckless Disregard, and The Bomb Maker’s Son.
Daniel Webster, The Devil and Daniel Webster (Steven Vincent Benét, short story 1936) Webster represents Jabez Stone, who sold his soul to the devil (Old Scratch). Although the contract appears ironclad, orator and anti-slavery advocate Webster prevails before a judge and jury of villains.
Hamilton Burger, Perry Mason (Erle Stanley Gardner and TV series) District attorney Hamil ton Burger tried hundreds of cases against Perry Mason and won at most three, according to trivia buffs.
At the time it was published in 1991, "The Firm," John Grisham's best-selling suspense novel, was described by one critic as "mean and lean.". Mean, possibly, but lean?
Mr. Cruise and Jeanne Tripplehorn, who plays Mitch's wife, Abby, are attractive as a young, rather vacuous couple in distress, defined more by their actions than by anything they are given to say, which is as it should be.
Holly Hunter, who was named the best actress at this year's Cannes festival for Jane Campion's "Piano," has a ball as a cheeky Memphis secretary, who's married to an Elvis Presley impersonator and who turns into an unlikely heroine when the chips are down.
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