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Movie Description
Maggie O'Connor (Kim Basinger) is an ordinary single woman whose life is turned upside down by the sudden appearance of her long-lost sister Jenna, a drug addict who drops off her newborn daughter and disappears again. Maggie adopts the girl, Cody, as her own and raises her, forming a close mother-daughter bond. Years later, as Cody begins to exhibit some strange and otherworldly abilities, a number of local children are found brutally murdered--all children who were born on the same date as Cody. Suddenly Maggie's sister reappears, now married to the mysterious Eric Stark (Rufus Sewell), leader of the New Dawn Foundation, an unusual self-help movement. After the sinister Stark kidnaps Cody, Maggie must team up with police officer John Travis (Jimmy Smits) and friends from her church to stop Stark's diabolical plans and keep Cody safe. A religious horror movie in the tradition of ROSEMARY'S BABY and THE OMEN, with excellent (and creepy) special effects and a no-holds-barred battle between the forces of good and evil, BLESS THE CHILD depicts Maggie as a woman who will do anything to save the only daughter she's ever had. The film, directed by Chuck Russell, is based on the novel by Cathy Cash Spellman.
Synopsis
When Maggie O'Connors (Kim Basinger), a nurse in a psychiatric ward, discovers that members of a satanic cult have kidnapped her autistic six-year-old niece, Cody (Holliston Coleman), she commits herself to fighting against the forces of evil in order to get the child back. A local police detective, John Travis (Jimmy Smits), makes the connection that Cody has the same birthday as several other missing children in town and sets a course for tracking down the satanists.
Film Notes
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case - Sensormatic
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Single Side - Dual Layer
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
Dolby Surround - French
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Chuck Russell - Director, Joel Hynek - Visual Effects Supervisor
Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer
Interviews - 1. Cast and Crew
Theatrical release: August 11, 2000.
Filmed on location in Toronto, Canada.
Producer Mace Neufeld had his first big hit as producer of THE OMEN in 1976 and had been looking for a similar supernatural thriller ever since.
The bridge (which was closed for repairs at the time) where the car accident takes place is the Bluewater Bridge, between Port Huron, Michigan, and Sarnia, Ontario.
Star Christina Ricci had just filmed SLEEPY HOLLOW before meeting an ironically grisly fate in BLESS THE CHILD.
Industry Reviews
"...[Young Holliston Coleman is] enormously compelling, a real find..."
Mitchell
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