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Also known as π, Pi: Faith in Chaos
1998 film directed by Darren Aronofsky
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7.1A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.
Cast
- Sean Gullette as Maximillian Cohen
- Mark Margolis as Sol Robeson
- Ben Shenkman as Lenny Meyer
- Pamela Hart as Marcy Dawson
- Stephen Pearlman as Rabbi Cohen
- Samia Shoaib as Devi
Themes
- new york city
- hacker
- ark of the covenant
- insanity
- paranoia
- mathematics
- mathematician
- delusion
- helix
- headache
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Ratings
IMDb
7.3/10
191,675 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Metacritic
72/100
- Year
- 1998
- Runtime
- 84 min
- Genres
- Drama, Horror, Mystery
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 8 wins & 12 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Darren Aronofsky
- Written by
- Darren Aronofsky
- Produced by
- Eric Watson Scott Vogel
- Starring
- Sean Gullette Mark Margolis Ben Shenkman Samia Shoaib Pamela Hart Ajay Naidu Joanne Gordon Stephen Pearlman
- Cinematography
- Matthew Libatique
- Edited by
- Oren Sarch
- Music by
- Clint Mansell
- Production company
- Protozoa Pictures
- Distributed by
- Artisan Entertainment (United States) Summit Entertainment (International)
- Release date
- July 10, 1998 ( 1998-07-10 )
- Running time
- 84 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $134,815
- Box office
- $4.7 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 85
- FilmAffinity ID
- 679822
- Official website
- www.pithemovie.com
- Image
- Greek lc pi icon.svg
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- publication date
- 1999-04-08
- title
- Pi
- review score
- 72/100
- capital cost
- 60000
- stylized name
- π
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Article
Pi (stylized as π) is a 1998 American conceptual psychological thriller film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky (in his feature directorial debut). Pi was filmed on high-contrast black-and-white reversal film. The title refers to the mathematical constant pi. The story focuses on a mathematician with an obsession to find underlying complete order in the real world and contrasting two seemingly irreconcilable entities: the imperfect irrationality of humanity and the rigor and regularity of mathematics, specifically number theory. The film explores themes of religion, mysticism, and the relationship of the universe to mathematics.
The film received positive reviews and earned Aronofsky the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham Open Palm Award.