|  R,2hrs 0min Released: December 26, 1973 Distributor:Warner Bros. Pictures
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| Novelist William Peter Blatty based his best-seller on the last known
Catholic-sanctioned exorcism in the United States. Blatty transformed the little
boy in the 1949 incident into a little girl named Regan, played by 14-year-old
Linda Blair. Suddenly prone to fits and
bizarre behavior, Regan proves quite a handful for her actress-mother, Chris
MacNeil (played by Ellen Burstyn, although Blatty reportedly
based the character on his next-door neighbor Shirley MacLaine). When Regan gets
completely out of hand, Chris calls in young priest Father Karras (Jason Miller), who becomes convinced that
the girl is possessed by the Devil and that they must call in an exorcist:
namely, Father Merrin (Max von Sydow). His foe proves to be no
run-of-the-mill demon, and both the priest and the girl suffer numerous horrors
during their struggles. The Exorcist received a theatrical
rerelease in 2000, in a special edition that added 11 minutes of footage trimmed
from the film's original release and digitally enhanced Chris Newman's Oscar-winning sound work.
~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide | |
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| Novelist William Peter Blatty based his best-seller on the last known... Four years after her bout of demonic possession, Regan MacNeil seems at... William Peter Blatty, author of The Exorcist, directed this intriguing,... Planned for years, but plagued by problems such as the death of director... In 2003, respected filmmaker and screenwriter Paul Schrader was hired to... | |
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