The Mothman Prophecies (film)

The Mothman Prophecies
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mark Pellington
Produced by	Gary W. Goldstein Gary Lucchesi Tom Rosenberg
Screenplay by	Richard Hatem
Based on	The Mothman Prophecies by John Keel
Starring	Richard Gere Laura Linney Will Patton Debra Messing Lucinda Jenney Alan Bates
Music by	tomandandy
Cinematography	Fred Murphy
Edited by	Brian Berdan
Production company	Lakeshore Entertainment
Distributed by	Screen Gems
Release date	January 25, 2002 (2002-01-25)
Running time	119 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$32 million
Box office	$55.1 million

The Mothman Prophecies: Music From the Motion Picture Disc 1
Film score by Various Artists
Released	January 22, 2002
Length	44:05
Label	Lakeshore Records

The Mothman Prophecies is a 2002 American supernatural horror mystery film directed by Mark Pellington, based on the 1975 book of the same name by parapsychologist and Fortean author John Keel. The screenplay was written by Richard Hatem. The film stars Richard Gere as John Klein, a reporter who researches the legend of the Mothman.

The film claims to be based on actual events that occurred between November 1966 and December 1967 in Point Pleasant, West Virginia.

Newspaper columnist John Klein (Richard Gere) and his wife Mary (Debra Messing) are involved in an accident when Mary swerves to avoid a black, flying figure. John survives the crash unscathed, but Mary is hospitalized. After Mary dies of an unrelated brain tumor, John discovers mysterious drawings of the creature that she had created prior to the night of the accident.

Two years later, John becomes lost in West Virginia and inexplicably finds himself in Point Pleasant, hundreds of miles off his route. Driving in the middle of the night, his car breaks down; and he walks to a nearby house to get help. The owner, Gordon Smallwood (Will Patton), reacts violently to John's appearance and holds him at gunpoint. Local police officer Connie Mills (Laura Linney) defuses the situation while Gordon explains that this is the third consecutive night John has knocked on his door asking to use a phone, much to John's confusion. John stays at a local motel and considers how he ended up so far from his original destination.

Officer Mills mentions to John that many strange things have been occurring in the past few weeks and that people report seeing a large winged creature like a giant moth with red eyes. She also tells John about a strange dream she had, in which the words "Wake up, Number 37" were spoken to her. While conversing with Gordon one day, it is revealed to John that he had heard voices from his sink telling him that, in Denver, "99 will die". While discussing the day's events at a local diner, John notices that the news is showing a story on an airplane crash in Denver that killed all 99 passengers aboard. The next night, Gordon frantically explains that he had met the voices in his head, a being named Indrid Cold.