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The Omen is a 1976 horror film directed by Richard Donner and starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, and Leo McKern.
The premise of The Omen comes from the end times prophecies of fundamentalist Christianity. Unlike the Left Behind series, this movie had no obvious evangelical intent and its reading of the prophecies is fairly superficial, using them only as a premise to unleash a supernatural menace on the hapless world. The story tells of the childhood of Damien Thorn, who was switched at birth with the murdered child of a wealthy diplomatic family. Damien's family is unaware that he is actually the offspring of Satan and destined to become the Antichrist.
Music for the film was composed by Jerry Goldsmith, for which he received an Oscar.
During the course of filming, the production was plagued with a series of "curses," which the crew have suggested were perhaps supernatural forces trying to prevent the movie: the plane for scriptwriter David Seltzer was struck by lightning; Richard Donner's hotel was bombed by the Provisional IRA; Gregory Peck canceled a flight to Israel, only for the plane he'd chartered to crash, killing all on board. On the first day of shooting, the principal members of the crew even survived a head-on car crash.
Tagline: Good morning. You are one day closer to the end of the world. You have been warned.
The Omen spawned several sequels.
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