Michael Petroni Michael Petroni i(A75218 works by)
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1 form y separately published work icon The Pope's Exorcist Michael Petroni , ( dir. Julius Avery ) Australia : Screen Gems , 2023 26048591 2023 single work film/TV

Gabriele Amorath (Russell Crowe) investigates the possession of a young child and a conspiracy the Vatican tried to bury. 

Based on memoirs 'An Exorcist Tells His Story' and 'An Exorcist: More Stories', by Gabriele Amorath. 

1 form y separately published work icon He That Hath an Ear Michael Petroni , ( dir. James McTeigue ) United States of America (USA) : Netflix , 2020 20269231 2020 single work film/TV
1 form y separately published work icon Messiah Michael Petroni , ( dir. James McTeigue ) United States of America (USA) : Netflix , 2019 14170388 2019 series - publisher film/TV

The modern world reacts to the appearance in the Middle East of a man claiming to be the Messiah.

1 form y separately published work icon Three Little Words Michael Petroni , ( dir. James Mangold ) United States of America (USA) : Lime Orchard Productions Tree Line Film Red Crown Productions , 2014 7038928 2014 single work film/TV

Film based on Ashley Rhodes-Courter's memoir of years in the American foster-care system.

1 4 form y separately published work icon Backtrack Michael Petroni , ( dir. Michael Petroni ) Victoria : See Pictures , 2014 6884755 2014 single work film/TV thriller

Senior clinical psychologist, Peter Bower’s life is in turmoil when he discovers that all his patients are actually ghosts. Upon further investigation he discovers they all died on the same day. In a spine tingling, supernatural thriller, in the vein of The Sixth Sense and What Lies Beneath, Peter travels back to his past to confront a secret he has kept for 20 years.'

(Source: Screen Australia)

1 16 form y separately published work icon The Book Thief Michael Petroni , ( dir. Brian Percival ) United States of America (USA) : Fox 2000 Pictures Studio Babelsberg , 2013 6342507 2013 single work film/TV

An adaptation of Marcus Zusak's novel.

1 form y separately published work icon The Rite Michael Petroni , ( dir. Mikael Håfström ) United States of America (USA) : New Line Cinema TriBeCa Productions , 2011 Z1864525 2011 single work film/TV horror

At the end of his seminary training, a young priest, disillusioned with the church, travels to Rome to undertake a course in exorcism.

The film is based on The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist by Matt Baglio (which itself is said to be based on real events).

1 form y separately published work icon The Chronicles of Narnia : Voyage of the Dawn Treader Michael Petroni , Christopher Markus , Stephen McFeely , ( dir. Michael Apted ) United States of America (USA) : Fox 2000 Pictures , 2010 Z1864321 2010 single work film/TV fantasy young adult adventure

In this adaptation of the fifth novel in the Narnia series (the third instalment of the Chronicles of Narnia film series), Lucy and Edmund Pevensie are whisked back to Narnia in the company of their cousin Eustace Stubbs. Here, they find themselves taking part in King Caspian's attempt to keep the vow that he made at his coronation, to find his father's seven friends (banished when his wicked uncle usurped the throne) and to make Narnia a great sea power once again.

1 form y separately published work icon Possession Michael Petroni , ( dir. Simon Sandquist et. al. )agent United States of America (USA) : Vertigo Entertainment Spitfire Pictures , 2009 Z1864556 2009 single work film/TV horror

Jess's husband Ryan and brother-in-law Roman are injured in a car accident that leaves both men in comas. But when Roman wakes up claiming to be Ryan, Jess must work out whether her husband's spirit really has returned to her in his brother's body--or whether something more sinister is going on.

The film is an American re-make of the Korean film Addicted, by Won-mi Byun.

1 form y separately published work icon Boy's Own Story Michael Petroni , ( dir. Michael Petroni ) Australia : 2007 Z1890413 2007 single work film/TV

'Bob's got a problem. He spent most of his childhood indoors. His Aunt Eileen didn't see the sense in him hangin' around with other kids, bringin' home their germs and filthy ideas. Boy's Own Story is an 8 minute odyssey of a man's life from its troubled beginning to its disturbing end.'

Source: IMDB. (Sighted: 26/9/2012)

1 form y separately published work icon Queen of the Damned Michael Petroni , Scott Abbott , ( dir. Michael Rymer ) California : Warner Brothers , 2002 Z1333388 2002 single work film/TV fantasy horror

An Australian-American co-production and loose adaptation of the third novel in Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles series, Queen of the Damned follow the vampire Lestat as he awakens (both literally and metaphorically) to Nu Metal, and refashions himself as a rock star. Warned by his compatriots that the vampire world will not endure his level of fame and exposure, Lestat finda a powerful ally in Akasha, the first vampire, who has been awoken herself by Lestat's music.

1 1 form y separately published work icon Till Human Voices Wake Us Michael Petroni , ( dir. Michael Petroni ) Australia : Instinct Entertainment , 2002 Z1035742 2002 single work film/TV fantasy

As a young boy returning home from boarding school, Sam Franks is drawn to local girl Silvy, who wears leg braces to counteract a weakness that prevents her from walking. Silvy shares her love of poetry with Sam, and they draw slowly closer, ending with a night at the lake, where Sam removes Silvy's leg braces so that the two can dance in the water. But when Sam releases Silvy's hand to point out a shooting star, she slips under the water. Her body is not found for years.

Twenty years later, Sam returns home once more for his father's funeral. On the train, he meets a woman, Ruby, whom he later pulls from the river when she falls from a bridge. The more time he spends with Ruby, the more convinced Sam becomes that she is Silvy returned to him.

'Till human voices wake us, and we drown' is the final line of 'The Love Song of Alfred J. Prufrock' by T. S. Eliot. Other lines appear throughout the film (most notably, the opening line: 'Let us go then, you and I.)'

1 form y separately published work icon The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys Michael Petroni , ( dir. Peter Care ) United States of America (USA) : Trilogy Entertainment Initial Entertainment Group Egg Pictures , 2002 7038255 2002 single work film/TV

'Drama set in a Catholic boarding school in the 1970s, where two friends, Tim and Francis, are drawing their own fantasy comic book. To complicate matters, Francis has fallen for fellow student Margie.'

Source: BFI. (Sighted: 17/2/2014)

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