The Sentinel

19771977
RR
1h 32min

The Sentinel (1977)

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A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.A young woman moves into an apartment in a building which houses a sinister evil.

Director
- Michael Winner
Writers
- Jeffrey Konvitz(novel)
- Michael Winner(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 4 nominations

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The Sentinel

Beverly D'Angelo and Sylvia Miles in The Sentinel (1977)

Cristina Raines in The Sentinel (1977)

Cristina Raines in The Sentinel (1977)

The Sentinel (1977)

The Sentinel (1977)

Beverly D'Angelo in The Sentinel (1977)

Richard Dreyfuss and Cristina Raines in The Sentinel (1977)

Cristina Raines in The Sentinel (1977)

Tom Berenger and Nana Visitor in The Sentinel (1977)

Burgess Meredith and Sylvia Miles in The Sentinel (1977)

John Carradine and Arthur Kennedy in The Sentinel (1977)

Bob Melvin and Burgess Meredith in The Sentinel (1977)

Director
- Michael Winner
Writers
- Jeffrey Konvitz(novel) (screenplay)
- Michael Winner(screenplay)
All cast & crew
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A fashion model moves into a house inhabited (on the top floor) by a blind priest. She begins having strange physical problems, has trouble sleeping at night, and has some nasty flashbacks of her attempted suicide. She complains to the real estate agent of the noise caused by her strange neighbors, but finds out that the house is only occupied by the priest and herself, and ultimately discovers that she has been put in the house for a reason. —Ed Sutton <esutton@mindspring.com>

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Taglines
- She was young. She was beautiful. She was next!
Genre
- Horror
Certificate
- R
Parents guide

Trivia
Cristina Raines, under contract with Universal at the time, almost didn't get the leading role due to a female executive at Universal who was more interested in pushing other clients for parts and ignoring her. Raines was told this directly by Michael Winner, who went against the executive's wishes and cast her anyway. Cristina later said this may not have been for the best, however, and as she didn't like Winner's maddening approach to directing. The actress says she cried every day on her way to work, and admitted in a recent interview that she has never watched this film due to the treatment she received on the set.

Goofs
(at around 4 mins) When Allison is filming a shampoo commercial, she and another model are seen whipping their hair around. The footage was reversed, so the actresses' hair is moving backwards.

Quotes
Michael Lerman: It's all right. Listen, listen. I know everything now. The Latin you saw in that book was an ancient warning from the angel Gabriel to the angel Uriel.
Alison Parker: Michael, what are you talking about?
Michael Lerman: The angel Uriel was stationed at the entrance to Eden to guard it from the devil. Since that time a long line of guardians... sentinels, have guarded the world against evil. Right now it's Father Halliran upstairs. But tonight YOU become the next sentinel. All the people you saw here, the old man, the lesbians... all of them are reincarnations. Devils. The only way they can stop the new sentinal is to make you commit suicide. That's what they were trying to do.
Alison Parker: [with growing fear and terror] Michael? I don't...
Michael Lerman: You don't understand? I'm dead. I was killed a short while ago by Monsignor Franchino for trying to strangle Father Halliran. I'm damned to enternal Hell for my sins. For having Brenner murder my wife so I can be with you. And for killing Brenner to tie up loose ends. I am one of the legion of the dead!

Alternate versions
The 1987 '18' rated UK video on the CIC label was the original cinema version. The later '15' rated release by Universal on the 4-Front label is the heavily edited US TV version. The 2008 Fremantle DVD features the original unedited version.

Connections
Featured in Coming Soon (1982)

Top review

What a cast! All wasted!

The cast to this movie ranks up there as one of the best that I've ever seen together in one movie. That alone would have made me see this movie, but the fact that Chris Sarandon was in the lead cemented it. I still liked him from "Dog Day Afternoon" and "Lipstick".

Well, it just goes to show you that a large cast does not a great movie make! As a matter of fact, they are almost all totally wasted. Of special interest are Sylvia Miles and Beverly D'Angelo as naked ghosts, Chris Walken and Jerry Orbach as policemen and the very beautiful Ava Gardner as a real estate agent. There are at least 10-12 other famous actors aboard, too. Who knows why, though, but I guess you gotta eat.

Its all filmed in Brooklyn Heights, which still is a great neighborhood in Brooklyn. Its really just a flimsy ghost story masquerading as entertainment for the masses, which is a shame.

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Release date
- February 11, 1977 (United States)
Country of origin
- United States
Languages
Also known as
- Hexensabbat
Filming locations
- 10 Montague Terrace, Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Production companies
- Universal Pictures
- Jeffrey Konvitz Productions
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Budget
- $3,700,000 (estimated)

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Runtime
- 1h 32min
Sound mix
- Mono
Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1

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