The ninth configuration
By: the Ninth Configuration Company ; written, produced and directed by William Peter Blatty
Contributors: Keach, Stacy; Wilson, Scott, 1942-; Miller, Jason, 1939-2001; Flanders, Ed, 1934-1995; Brand, Neville, 1920-1992; DiCenzo, George; Gunn, Moses, 1929-1993; Loggia, Robert; Hen's Tooth Video (Firm); Westchester Films Inc
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Drama; Armed Forces; Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Psychology; Officers
Other titles: William Peter Blatty's The ninth configuration; 9th configuration
Description: In an experimental government center for troubled Vietnam veterans, the inmates run the asylum. One works on an adaptation of Shakespeare--for dogs. Another fancies himself a caped superhero. Still others masquerade as frogmen, nurses, nuns, pirates, doctors. Yet Colonel Vincent Kane, the psychiatrist in charge, eyes all with a stoic reserve. Maybe too stoic: there's a mystery here. And its final resolution is like a thunderclap.
Notes: Based on the novel by W.P. Blatty: Twinkle, twinkle, "Killer" Kane.

Released as a theatrical motion picture in 1979.

Special features: Audio commenary by writer/director William Peter Blatty ; featurette with film critic Mark Kermode ; deleted scenes and outtakes.

Director of photography, Gerry Fisher ; music composed by Barry DeVorzon ; film editors, T. Battle Davis, Roberto Silvi, Peter Lee-Thompson.

Stacy Keach, Scott Wilson, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders, Neville Brand, George DiCenzo, Moses Gunn, Robert Loggia, Joe Spinell, Alejandro Rey.

MPAA Rating: R.

Blu-ray, 1080p, high definition widescreen (2.35:1) presentation; 5.1 DTSHD-MA.

In English with optional English subtitles on Blu-ray.

Golden Globes, 1981: Best Screenplay - Motion Picture.