Pi (film)

Pi
Pi
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Darren Aronofsky
Written by	Darren Aronofsky
Produced by	Eric Watson; Scott Vogel;
Starring	Sean Gullette; Mark Margolis; Ben Shenkman; Samia Shoaib; Pamela Hart; Ajay Naidu; Joanne Gordon; Stephen Pearlman;
Cinematography	Matthew Libatique
Edited by	Oren Sarch
Music by	Clint Mansell
Production; company	Protozoa Pictures
Distributed by	Artisan Entertainment (United States); Summit Entertainment (International);
Release date	July 10, 1998;
Running time	84 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$134,815
Box office	$3.2 million

Pi (stylized as $π$ ) is a 1998 American conceptual psychological thriller film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky (in his feature directorial debut). Pi was filmed on high-contrast black-and-white reversal film. The title refers to the mathematical constant pi. The story focuses on a mathematician with an obsession to find underlying complete order in the real world and contrasting two seemingly irreconcilable entities: the imperfect irrationality of humanity and the rigor and regularity of mathematics, specifically number theory. The film explores themes of religion, mysticism, and the relationship of the universe to mathematics.

The film received positive reviews and earned Aronofsky the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham Open Palm Award.