It' s all for you damien Continue This article is about the 1976 film. For the remake, see Foreshadowing (2006 film). See also: Omen (disambiguation) The OmenTheatrical release poster by Tom JungDirected byRichard DonnerProduced byHarvey BernhardWritten byDavid SeltzerStarring Gregory Peck Lee Remick David Warner Billie Whitelaw Music byJerry GoldsmithCinematographyGilbert TaylorEdited byStuart BairdProductioncompany Mace Neufeld ProductionsDistributed by20th Century FoxRelease date June 6, 1976 (1976-06-06) (UK) June 25, 1976 (1976-06-25) (US) Running time111 minutesCountry United Kingdom[1] United States[1] LanguageEnglishBudget$2.8 million[2]Box office$60.9 million (United States and Canada)[3] The Omen is a 1976 American-British supernatural horror film directed by Richard Donner, written by David Seltzer, and starring Gregory Peck, Lee Remick, David Warner, Harvey Spencer Stephens, Billie Whitelaw, Patrick Troughton, Martin Benson, and Leo McKern. Its plot follows Damien Thorne, a small child replaced at birth by an American ambassador without his wife's knowledge, after their biological child dies shortly after birth. As a series of mysterious events and violent deaths occur around the family and Damien enters his childhood, they come to find out that he is actually a prophesied antichrist. Released theatrically by 20th Century Fox in June 1976, The Omen received mixed reviews from critics and was a commercial success, grossing more than $60 million at the U.S. box office and becoming one of the highest-grossing films of 1976. The film received two Oscar nominations, and won for best original result for Jerry Goldsmith, his only Oscar win. A scene from the film appeared #16 bravo in 100 scary moments of the film. The film spawned a franchise, starting with Damien: Omen II, released two years later, followed by a third installment, Omen III: The Final Conflict, in 1981, and in 1991 with Omen IV: The Awakening. The remake was released in 2006. Plot in Rome, American diplomat Robert Thorne is in the hospital where his wife Catherine gives birth to a boy. Robert was told the baby was dead. Moments later, the hospital chaplain, Spiletto's father, calls on Robert to secretly adopt a baby whose mother died in childbirth. Robert agrees, but does not inform Katherine that the child is not their own. His name is Damien. Five years later, when Damien is a young child, Robert is appointed United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Soon after, the mysterious events of the plague spikes: a large Rottweiler appears near Thorne's house; Damien's nanny hanged herself during his fifth birthday; a mysterious new nanny, Mrs. Baylock, arrives without warning; Damien fiercely resists entering the church; and Damien's presence scares the animals. Katherine is increasingly afraid of Damien and distances himself from him. Father Brennan, a Catholic priest, warns Robert about Damien's origin, hinting that he's not human. He's Him. tells Robert that Katherine is pregnant, and Damien will prevent the birth of a child. Brennan is then fatally punctured by a lightning rod thrown from the roof of a church during a sudden storm. Katherine subsequently tells Robert that she is pregnant and wants to have an abortion. Learning about the death of Brennan's father, photographer Keith Jennings investigates Damien. He notices shadows in the photos of Brennan's nanny and father, which seem to preset their strange deaths. A photo of Keith himself shows the same shadow around his neck. Keith shows Robert the pictures and tells him that he also believes that Damien is a threat. While Robert is sidelined, Damien knocks Katherine on the railing upstairs to the floor below, seriously injuring her and causing her to miscarry. Keith accompanies Robert to Rome to explore Damien's parents. They learn the fire destroyed maternity records in the hospital years before, and that the fire killed most of the staff on duty. They eventually tracked Spiletto's father to a monastery in Subiaco, where they found him mute, blind in one eye and partially paralyzed. Spiletto writes the name of an ancient Etruscan cemetery in Cerveteri, where Damien's biological mother is buried. Robert and Keith enter the cemetery at night and find the carcass of a jackal in the grave of Damien's mother; In the plot next to it is a child skeleton with a broken skull. Robert realizes that the jackal is Damien's inhuman mother, and that the child in the plot next to her is his own murdered son, killed so that Damien can take his place. Keith echoes Father Brennan's belief that Damien is an antichrist whose coming is supported by a Satanist conspiracy. A flock of wild Rottweilers kicked Robert and Keith out of the cemetery. Robert calls Katherine, still in the hospital, and tells her that she has to leave London. She agrees, but encounters in her hospital room with Mrs Balek, who throws her through the window to her death. Meanwhile, Robert and Keith travel to Israel to meet Carl Bougainhagen, an archaeologist and antichrist expert; he explains that if Damien is a true Antichrist, he will have a birthmark in the form of three sixes. Carl gives Robert seven mystical daggers from Megiddo and advises him to use them to kill Damien on sacred soil. Robert, repulsed by the thought of killing a child, throws daggers on a construction site. When Keith tries to get them, he is decapitated by a sheet of glass that slides from the bed of the truck. Robert returns to London and, having examined Damien, finds a birthmark on the scalp. Mrs. Balek attacks Robert, but he eventually stabbed her. Armed with daggers, Robert drives Damien into a car and drives up to a nearby cathedral. His erratic driving attracts the attention of the police, who follow him. Robert drags a screaming Damien into the church and puts him on the altar. Robert Raises strike Damien, pleading for forgiveness from God, but shot dead by the police who entered the church. A short time later, the President of the United States attended the double funeral of Catherine and Robert. Damien, watching the merry procession, smiles calmly. Starring Gregory Peck as Robert Thorne Lee Remick as Katherine Thorne As David Warner as Kate Jennings Billy Whitelaw Will Balek Harvey Spencer Stevens in Damien Thorn Patrick Troughton in Father Brennan Martin Benson in Father Spiletto Leo McKern in Carl Bougainhagen (unnamed) Robert Rietti in The Monk John Stride in Psychiatrist Anthony Nicholls in Dr. Becker Holly Palance as Roy Boyd's nanny in Fred Doeey Reporter Horton Robert McLeod as Horton Bruce Boa as Thorne's assistant 1 Don Fellows, as Thorne 2 assistant Patrick McAlinney as photographer Betty McDowell as American Secretary Nicholas Campbell, as the maritime production This section needs to expand. You can help by adding to it. (October 2016) According to producer Harvey Bernhard, the idea for the antichrist movie came from Bob Munger, a friend of Bernhard. When Munger told him about the idea back in 1973, the producer immediately contacted the screenwriter David Seltzer and hired him to write the script. It took Seltzer a year to write the script. The film was reviewed by Warner Bros, who thought it might be perfect for Oliver Reed. According to Richard Donner, Lee Remick's reaction during the baboon scene was genuine. Casting Bernhard claims that Gregory Peck was the choice to portray Ambassador Thorne from the beginning. Peck got involved in the project through his agent, who was friends with producer Harvey Bernhard. After reading the script, Peck reportedly liked the idea that it was more of a psychological thriller than a horror film, and he agreed to star in it. Holden refused, saying he didn't want to star in a movie about the devil. Later Holden played Thorne's brother, Richard, in the sequel, Damien: Omen II (1978). On 19 July 1975, Charlton Heston was offered a firm offer. He gave up the part on July 27, not wanting to spend the entire winter alone in Europe, and is also concerned that the film may have an exploitative feel if not handled carefully. Roy Scheider and Dick Van Dyke were also cast as Robert Thorne. Charles Bronson was also offered the role. Filming of the main photograph Omen began on October 6, 1975 and lasted eleven weeks, wrapping on January 9, 1976. The scenes were filmed at the scene in Bishops Park in Fulham, London and Guildford Cathedral in Surrey. The church, shown in the Bishop Park area, is the All Saints Church, Fulham, putney Bridge Road. Additional photographs were taken at Shepperton Studios outside London, as well as on location in Jerusalem and Rome. Music OmenSoundtrack album by Jerry GoldsmithReleased1976GenreFilm musicLength34:16Label20th Century FoxProducerJerry Goldsmith Jerry Goldsmith - Ave Satani Problems playing this file? See the media report. Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingAllMusic' original score for the film, including the theme song Ave Satani, was compiled by Jerry Goldsmith, for which he won the only Oscar of his career. The score has a strong choral segment, with a foreboding Latin chant. Refrain on the chant: Sanguis bibimus, corpus edimus, tolle corpus Satani, Latin means: We drink blood, we eat flesh, raise the body of Satan, interspersed with cries of Ave Satani! and Ave Versus Christus (Latin, Hello, Satan! and Hello Antichrist!). In addition to choral work, the score includes lyrical themes depicting the pleasant home life of the Thorne family, which contrast with the more disturbing scenes of the family's confrontation with evil. According to Goldsmith's wife, Carol, the composer initially struggled with the idea of the score until one evening, when he suddenly, gleefully announced to her: I hear voices referring to an orchestral choir or choir.