The Devil's Advocate
The Devil's Advocate (marketed as Devil's Advocate) is a 1997 American supernatural horror film directed by Taylor Hackford, written by Jonathan Lemkin and Tony Gilroy, and starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, and Charlize Theron. Based on Andrew Neiderman's 1990 novel of the same name, it is about a gifted young Florida lawyer invited to work for a major New York City law firm. As his wife becomes haunted by frightening visions, the lawyer slowly realizes the firm's owner, John Milton, is in fact, the Devil. The name John Milton is one of several allusions to Paradise Lost, as well as Dante Alighieri's Inferno, and the legend of Faust. An adaptation of Neiderman's novel went into a development hell during the 1990s, with Hackford gaining control of the production. Filming took place around New York City and Florida. The Devil's Advocate received mixed reviews, with critics crediting it for entertainment value and Pacino's performance. It grossed $153 million at the box office and won the Saturn Award for Best Horror Film. It also became the subject of the copyright lawsuit Hart v. Warner Bros., Inc. for its visual art.
Go on, Barbara. We go back to our homeroom for dismissal. Unless you have a pass for sports or something. Is that what you did on the day in question? No. Mr. Gettys asked me to stay after class. What happened next, Barbara? He told me to sit in the chair beside his desk. Barbara. If you will, in your own words, tell us exactly what happened... in the next few minutes.
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Then, with his hand... he started moving back and forth... farther and farther inside my skirt. He said he was testing to see if I had any special feelings... that he wanted to see what kind of feelings I had. I was trying to think of something to say, but I couldn't. I was confused, and he just kept on. I asked him to stop, but it was like he couldn't hear. He just kept on with his hand. Then I screamed. Then he got mad and said we'd have to try it again sometime.
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