Pi Movie Review 1998

Definitely a first--a religious/mathematical thriller about a man obsessed with decoding the real name of God. Max (Gullette) is a genius mathematician who believes everything can be understood in terms of numbers, so he works on his homebuilt supercomputer to unravel the stock market. Max begins to suffer hallucinations and blackouts just as his work draws the interest of both a high-powered Wall Street firm and a Hasidic cabalistic sect.

Distribution

Artisan Entertainment, 2700 Colorado Ave., Ste. 200, Santa Monica, CA 90404, Phone: (310)449-9200, Fax: (310)255-3730, URL: http://www.artisanent.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 85 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Hallucinations/Illusions, Only the Lonely, New York, New York, Mathemagicians, Religion, Computers

Screenplay

Darren Aronofsky, Eric Watson, Sean Gullette

Cast

Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Pamela Hart, Stephen Perlman, Samia Shoaib, Ajay Naidu

Cinematography

Matthew Libatique

Director

Darren Aronofsky

Music

Clint Mansell

Producer

LIVE Entertainment

Awards

Ind. Spirit 1999: First Screenplay; Sundance 1998: Director (Aronofsky).