Director Darren Aronofskyamazing debut, Piwill return to theaters for its 25th anniversary on Pi Day, Tuesday, March 14th. A24 has remastered the film to be screened exclusively in IMAX theaters.
With Aronofsky’s latest film, WHALE, in this year’s Oscar nomination, A24 acquired the rights to its 1998 feature debut. It will be screened at a one-day IMAX event at 6:30 pm on March 14; the screening of the restored film will be preceded by live Q&A from Los Angeles with Aronofsky and a number of cast and crew members of the 1998 film, including the cinematographer. Matthew Libatikcomposer Clint Mansellstar Sean Gallettand other special guests.
Shot in contrasting black and white on the streets of New York. Pi was like nothing else in theaters when it premiered at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. Made on a measly budget of less than $150,000, the film stars the Gulletts (Requiem for a Dream, Rock Kasbah) as obsessed mathematician Max Cohen, whose discovery of a mysterious 216-digit number puts him in conflict with a sinister conspiracy, his own body, and the wrath of God - or perhaps only his sanity. Also starring Mark Margolis (Face with a scar, Breaking Bad), Ben Shenkman (Angels in America, huge effort) And Samia Shoaib (object of my love, Sixth Sense), the film was a critical success and recouped its budget many times over even with limited theatrical release. It has since become a cult classic and launched Aronofsky’s successful directing career.
Darren Aronofsky has had an impressive career
Aronofsky continued Pi with the heartbreaking drama of addiction Requiem for a Dream and fantastic Fountain before achieving mainstream success since 2008 Mickey Rourke square circle drama Wrestler. His follow-up film, a psychological horror film Black Swan, earned him his first (and to date only) nomination for an Academy Award for Best Director. His next film, a biblical drama Noah, brought him great success at the box office; but its continuation Jennifer Lawrence- main allegory mother!caused controversy among both critics and the public.
His latest photo WHALEcollects well in cinemas and plays a major role Brendan Fraser vying for Best Actor at this year’s Academy Awards. The list of Aronofsky’s unrealized projects is almost equal to his actual filmography; his close misses include a remake Robocopadaptation Frank Millergraphic novel RoninAnd Batman: Year One.
Tickets to PiThe Pi Day reissue is out now. Stay tuned for updates on Collider.
Source: Collider
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