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The Rapture
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R,1hr 40min
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January 1, 1991
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New Line Home Video
Synopsis: An audacious film about faith, The Rapture is a contemporary fantasy that keeps its feet unnervingly planted in reality even as reality starts to collapse. Mimi Rogers, in a strikingly accomplished performance, stars as Sharon, a telephone operator who spends her off-hours engaging in casual group sex to blot out her boredom. By chance, she becomes aware of a small Christian sect whose members believe that they have found a child with the gift of prophecy who has seen the upcoming end times. Slowly ... Full Synopsis
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The Rapture boldly goes where few movies have gone before -- straight into Judgment Day and beyond. It has few parallels in film history, as it attempts to portray the end of the world as if Biblical interpretations were literally true. Writer/director Michael Tolkin also wrote and directed the satirical The New Age and wrote the deeply sarcastic Robert Altman masterpiece The Player. He appears to ... Full Review
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