Commandments
“He's getting even...by breaking all the rules.”
Seth Warner has reached the end of his rope. Ever since his wife died two years earlier, his world has been in turmoil. He is despondent, his career has fallen apart, even his house has been destroyed. There seems to be nothing left for him to live for. Confused and angry after two years of suffering, he finally directs his wrath at God from the rooftop of his apartment building in New York City. In the midst of a wild thunderstorm he demands to know why he has been betrayed by the god he has believed in and honored his whole life. God's answer is to strike down Seth's dog in a bolt of lightning. Pushed beyond his limits, Seth decides to respond to his years of torment by breaking each of the biblical Ten Commandments.
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Cast
13 people
Aidan Quinn
Seth Warner
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Unknown
Courteney Cox
Rachel Luce
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Anthony LaPaglia
Harry Luce
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Annabelle: Creation
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Alice Drummond
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Ghostbusters
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Pamela Gray
Melissa Murphy
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Joanna Going
Karen Warner
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Peter Jacobson
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House
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Amy Sedaris
Scholar
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BoJack Horseman
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Tom Aldredge
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The Sopranos
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Michael Badalucco
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John Tormey
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Jack Gilpin
Gordon Bloom
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Daniel Taplitz Director · Joseph Vitarelli Composer Sławomir Idziak Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $549K · Budget $5M · United States release May 2, 1997
Box office
Budget
$5,000,000
Worldwide gross
$548,562
Gross vs. budget
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Production
Northern Lights Entertainment
Production
Gramercy Pictures
Production
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 2, 1997
Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 1, 1998 · Physical
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