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The Rite Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

You Can Only Defeat It When You Believe.

Amy Renner Amy Renner

Jun. 11, 2011

The Rite

Release Date: Friday, January 28, 2011 Nationwide

Toby Emmerich, Toby Jones, Alice Braga, Beau Flynn, Rutger Hauer, Tripp Vinson, Anthony Hopkins, Ciaran Hinds, Colin O'Donoghue, Mikael Hafstrom, Richard Brener, Michael Petroni, Marta Gastini, Christy Fletcher, Merideth Finn

PG-13 Drama 1 hr, 52 m

  • 3.9

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Plot

What's the story about?

Plot
Follows skeptical seminary student Michael Kovak (Colin O’Donoghue), who reluctantly attends exorcism school at the Vatican. While he’s in Rome, Michael meets an unorthodox priest, Father Lucas (Anthony Hopkins), who introduces him to the darker side of his faith, uncovering the devil’s reach even to one of the holiest places on Earth.
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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Rite.

Crew Behind the Film

The The Rite behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Mikael Hafstrom last directed Stockholm Bloodbath and Slingshot . The film's writer Michael Petroni last wrote Backtrack and The Book Thief.

Screenwriter
Producers
Beau Flynn
Tripp Vinson

Additional Information

MPA Rating
PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for disturbing thematic material, violence, frightening images, and language including sexual references
Runtime
1 hr, 52 m
Tagline
You Can Only Defeat It When You Believe.
Also known as
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Language
English

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Production Details

What we know about the The Rite movie production.

Key Facts

  • Adapted from Matt Baglio's novel, "The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist." Inspired by a true story.

Production Updates

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Post-Production

The film was tagged as Post-Production.

Pre-Production

The film was tagged as Pre-Production.

Development

The film was tagged as Development.

Announced

The film was tagged as Announced.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

The Rite was released in nationwide movie theaters on Friday, January 28, 2011. in around 2,985 theaters There were 6 other movies released on the same date, including The Mechanic, Kaboom and From Prada to Nada.



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Sat., Jun. 11, 2011

Sun., Jan. 30, 2011

  • Set the marketing budget to $28,000,000

  • Set the production budget to $37,000,000

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