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According to the film's co-producer Richard Lederer, Exorcist II was conceived as a relatively low-b [...]
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Author William Peter Blatty once blamed "speed readers" for some of the reviews the novel received. [...]
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Ken Nordine sued Warner Bros. after he sent them a bill for the work he did for the demon's voice af [...]
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If adjusted for inflation, this would be the highest-grossing R-rated film of all time.
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Ellen Burstyn agreed to doing the movie only if her character didn't have to say the scripted line: [...]
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After filming, William Friedkin brought production to 666 Fifth Avenue.
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Max von Sydow would ask the director of photography Owen Roizman where director William Friedkin's g [...]
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Lt. Kinderman returns in Exorcist III, although it's not Lee Cobb who plays him, it's George C. Scot [...]
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Other directors that Warner had approached included Arthur Penn (who was teaching at Yale), Peter Bo [...]
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The film cast includes three Oscar winners: Ellen Burstyn, Mercedes McCambridge and William Peter Bl [...]
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Much of Lt. Kinderman's witty dialogue from the novel The Exorcist was reused by author William Pete [...]
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After production on the film was completed, director William Friedkin gave Ellen Burstyn a painting [...]
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Max von Sydow gave director William Friedkin an ultimatum while filming the opening prologue after o [...]
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Actor Peter Cushing blasted The Exorcist upon its original theatrical release, calling it "too blasp [...]
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In the scene in the language lab, a white banner is visible with the following letters TASUKETE writ [...]
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William Peter Blatty based his novel on a supposedly genuine exorcism from 1949, which was partially [...]
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Additional problems, recounted by William Friedkin, resulted because both Ellen Burstyn and Max von [...]
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Makeup artist Dick Smith would take the dummy used for the head turning effect at home with him at n [...]
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Ellen Burstyn received a permanent spinal injury during filming. In the sequence where she is thrown [...]
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A carpenter working on the set accidentally severed two fingers with a buzz saw and had to be rushed [...]
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When originally released in the UK a number of town councils imposed a complete ban on the showing o [...]
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Ellen Burstyn's character is informed of the death of Jack MacGowran's character by the assistant di [...]
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Father Thomas Bermingham, who appears as himself in the film, had helped author William Peter Blatty [...]
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According to actress Eileen Dietz, after sharing a limousine ride with Lee J. Cobb, he nicknamed her [...]
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Several scenes were filmed that director William Friedkin would have loved to include in the movie, [...]
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In 2021, the UK's BBC Two showed one of the later restored versions of the film. It wasn't stated wh [...]
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In the novel, Dr. Klein's first name is Samuel. In the film, his first name is Harold. It can also b [...]
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The Exorcist is considered by many to be the first in author William Peter Blatty's "Trilogy of Fait [...]
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Jack Nicholson was up for the part of Father Karras, before Jason Miller landed the role. William Fr [...]
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Kitty Winn was cast as Sharon after director William Friedkin saw her playing Ophelia to Stacy Keach [...]
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Father William O'Malley was cast as Father Dyer in the film after meeting author William Peter Blatt [...]
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A running gag in this movie involves Kinderman asking several people (including Father Dyer) if they [...]
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In one scene, the Jesuit president of Georgetown University (Thomas Bermingham) mentions that Father [...]
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Gene Siskel talked to Peter Benchley, who wrote Jaws, right after the Exorcist came out : "In an Apr [...]
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Ellen Burstyn wrote a history for her character Chris, which included being a Broadway dancer before [...]
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For the vomiting sequences, Eileen Dietz doubled (uncredited) for Linda Blair, and later sued unsucc [...]
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According to Ellen Burstyn, Jason Miller required so many takes to get the scene in the basement rig [...]
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Although the scenes inside the church were filmed at Dalgreen Chapel, the specific shot of the desec [...]
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William Friedkin had to take an all-British crew to film in Iraq because the US had no diplomatic re [...]
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This movie was originally to be remade in 2015, but was cancelled.
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The man who asks Father Karras for change was a real drunk found in a bar. Months later, they had to [...]
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The song playing in the background while Karras and another priest are having a beer is "Ramblin' Ma [...]
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According to author William Peter Blatty, the character of Father Karras was originally to be named [...]
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Included among the American Film Institute's 2001 list of the Top 100 Most Heart-Pounding American M [...]
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After he had rejected Lalo Schifrin's score, William Friedkin was in the office of Atlantic Records [...]
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In an interview "Exorcist" director William Friedkin revealed how he originally hired famed film com [...]
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Jason Miller stated that he had a major verbal confrontation with William Friedkin after the directo [...]
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When she was working as a model, Kim Basinger auditioned for the role of Regan McNeill.
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In the scene where the words "help me" arise out of Regan's torso, the effect was achieved by constr [...]
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Paul Bateson, who plays the radiology tech spent 24 years in prison for the murder of Addison Verril [...]
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The character of Father Karras is subtly used as a red herring in the novel concerning the death of [...]
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The demon seen, but not named, throughout the film is called Pazuzu, a demon known in Assyrian and B [...]
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All the giants of horror have been spun off into merchandising and toy products, and The Exorcist is [...]
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Regan's line "Stick your c*** up her a**, you motherf***** worthless c*********!" is used prominentl [...]
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In the novel, the possessed Regan has diarrhea and frequently relieves herself. Because of this she [...]
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Mercedes McCambridge and Linda Blair never met in real life.
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The Exorcist draws on many influences, most notably Rosemary's Baby - Nastro rosso a New York (1968) [...]
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According to William Friedkin, Paul Newman wanted to portray Father Karras. Coincidentally, Newman i [...]
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The film's production office coordinator came down with a mysterious illness and had to be hospitali [...]
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Ellen Burstyn had difficulty filming the scene where the bed bounces as it was shot several times an [...]
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The demon Pazuzu (not specifically named in the movie, but identified in the novel) that possesses R [...]
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After working seven days a week for four months on the film, makeup artist Dick Smith quit one day a [...]
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In the novel, the cast and crew of the film Chris is working on all celebrate Regan's birthday. Alth [...]
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Linda Blair received her Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination before it was widely known that pr [...]
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After several failed takes where he commands "I cast you out", Max von Sydow told director William F [...]
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An audience member who saw the movie in 1974 during its original theatrical release fainted and brok [...]
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William Peter Blatty said that William Friedkin misinterpreted the head spinning scene. He said Rega [...]
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Linda Blair injured her back when a piece of the rig broke as she was thrown about on the bed.
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According to director William Friedkin, Linda Blair was the only cast member who never got sick or m [...]
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In a behind-the-scenes documentary, William Peter Blatty addressed the extreme reaction of some audi [...]
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When the Jesuit priests showed Jason Miller where they stored the clothing of dead priests, while he [...]
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According to Ellen Burstyn, director William Friedkin only yelled at her once during filming. Bursty [...]
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It is implied that Regan was being molested by Burke, Chris' director and friend. This is more obvio [...]
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Sharon Stone was considered for Regan McNeil.
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Ellen Burstyn was cast after she phoned William Friedkin and emphatically stated she was going to pl [...]
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The stuntman who threw himself down the flight of stairs had a bag full of fake blood hidden under h [...]
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While he was writing the novel, William Peter Blatty was collecting unemployment benefits.
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During the session where Karras is recording his interactions with Regan, he asks the demon its name [...]
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The highest-grossing Warner Bros. film of all time when adjusted for inflation.
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Bernard Herrmann didn't want to compose the music score for this film, because he felt that Director [...]
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According to William Friedkin, the subliminal shots of the white faced demon are actually rejected m [...]
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It is believed the demon called itself "Captain Howdy' to Regan as a play on her father's name, Howa [...]
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In the novel, Regan's hair is red. Ironically, Linda Blair actually is a redhead but her hair was dy [...]
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The scene where Father Merrin arrives at the MacNeil home was shot on Max von Sydow's first day of f [...]
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John Boorman had been offered the chance to direct, but declined because he felt the storyline was " [...]
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One "conventional wisdom" explanation of possession phenomena is that it is something called "uncons [...]
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In both this and her follow up tv movie 1978s Summer of Fear Linda Blair asks her parents for a hors [...]
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There are two Exorcist movies that have serial killers in them. In the original Exorcist one of the [...]
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Denise Nickerson, who played Violet Beauregarde in Willy Wonka e la fabbrica di cioccolato (1971), w [...]
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Director William Friedkin claims he regretted not adding a caption saying "Manhattan" when Karras vi [...]
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A hydraulic lift was built behind the wall of Regan's bedroom to create the effect where the bed lev [...]
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Director William Friedkin tore up a crew-member's sweater, which was a gift from his wife, saying "H [...]
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Kay Lenz turned down the role of Regan McNeil because she didn't like the script. William Friedkin d [...]
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William Friedkin considered Roy Scheider for the role of Father Karras, but for some reason, William [...]
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Pamelyn Ferdin, a veteran of science fiction and supernatural drama, was a candidate for the role of [...]
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Jill Clayburgh auditioned for the role of Sharon.
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According to Panorama magazine, William Friedkin didn't give Brooke Shields the part of Regan McNeil [...]
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Mercedes McCambridge, the actress who voiced the demon, claimed the first time she tried to read the [...]
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Although she was raised a Christian, Linda Blair claims the devil was never discussed growing up and [...]
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Despite playing the title role, Max von Sydow had less screen time than the rest of the main cast.
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Director William Friedkin was inspired by many of artists Rembrandt and Johannes Vermeer's paintings [...]
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Although it's never confirmed, the novel implies that Karl was the one who put the crucifix under Re [...]
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Friedkin and Mercedes McCambridge got into a huge fight after the premiere, because she was not ment [...]
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According to Christian doctrine, Father Karras could not have become possessed at the end of the mov [...]
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During filming, director William Friedkin claimed he wanted the demon to sound like a chorus of voic [...]
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It took each approximately three to four hours each day to apply both Linda Blair and Max von Sydow' [...]
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There were originally many very brief "blink and you'll miss them" cutaway shots in the 1973 release [...]
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There was supposed to be a turning of the tables in part 1 of this series and part 3. Part 1 was abo [...]
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According to Ellen Burstyn's memoir, she made herself dizzy prior to her closeups for the crucifix s [...]
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Director William Friedkin almost chose a different makeup concept for Linda Blair and even tried fil [...]
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Chris MacNeil in the book is about 32, he character in the movie is supposed to be thirty-something. [...]
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The infamous masturbation sequence was trimmed by twelve seconds and the shot of the desecrated stat [...]
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The song that plays on the radio when father Karras enters his mom's house is "Istoria mou, amartia [...]
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Adjusted for inflation, this would be the ninth-highest-grossing movie of all time.
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The Exorcist is the first horror film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. The on [...]
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According to actress Eileen Dietz, Jason Miller immediately apologized to her after tackling her so [...]
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Regan's tongue was made of foam latex. It was molded from Linda Blair's real tongue and attached wit [...]
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In a 2007 poll conducted by the UK's The Times for the Top 50 Scariest Movie Moments, this film topp [...]
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Primarily in the infamous scene where Regan's bed is shaking, a Charlie Brown figure can be seen wit [...]
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In the Georgetown Park scene where Chris is begging Father Karras to perform an exorcism on Regan, i [...]
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The character of Karl is even more of a red herring in the novel concerning the death of Burke Denni [...]
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William Peter Blatty became friends with actress Tippi Hedren in the early 1970s, and she named one [...]
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It seems fairly clear (at least by the end of the story) that the demon's target is Karras. The foll [...]
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Director William Friedkin made a point to often show the characters walking up hills or climbing up [...]
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There were three separate beds built to do three separate movements.
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When director William Friedkin first met Max von Sydow for the role of Father Merrin, he was surpris [...]
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Early in the film, a man is seen wearing a Montreal Canadiens hat. The Canadiens won the Stanley Cup [...]
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A flyman who was working overhead once threw a rubber chicken from above as a joke when director Wil [...]
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Before starting the exorcism, Father Merrin asks Chris whether her daughter has a middle name. In th [...]
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The role of Burke Dennings was based on film director J. Lee Thompson, whom author William Peter Bla [...]
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Stanley Kubrick was considered by the studio to direct the picture. He later noted that he was very [...]
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Although Mercedes McCambridge provided the demon's lines from the moment when Karras confronts the p [...]
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Audrey Hepburn was William Friedkin's first choice to play the role of Chris MacNeil, and Warner Bro [...]
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According to director William Friedkin, the reason why Father Merrin doesn't open the envelope he's [...]
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During the 360° head turning scene, the fake head's "breath" is visible, just like the actors' - [...]
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On the documentary "Raising Hell: Filming The Exorcist" included with the 2010 Extended Director's C [...]
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According to Linda Blair, director William Friedkin would warn her before he'd fire a gun on the set [...]
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The sound effects team spent over 150 hours trying to modify Linda Blair's voice electronically befo [...]
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William Peter Blatty based the character of Chris MacNeil on his good friend Shirley MacLaine. Prior [...]
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The closing theme, "Fantasia for Strings" by Hans Werner Henze, was previously used as incidental mu [...]
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Though he played a Catholic priest in the film, in real life Max Von Sydow was raised as a Lutheran.
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A gaffer named Jimmy Harris lost his toe when a heavy object fell on his foot while filming the Iraq [...]
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In the novel, the hypnosis scene is much longer, featuring more dialogue from the demon in reverse E [...]
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In author William Peter Blatty's first drafts for the novel, Regan was to be a boy named Jaimie. Thi [...]
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Vincent Canby, writing in the New York Times, dismissed The Exorcist as "a chunk of elegant occultis [...]
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The demon mask used in the movie Onibaba (1964) inspired William Friedkin to use a similar design fo [...]
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Director William Friedkin and author William Peter Blatty had met years prior to working together on [...]
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Al Pacino was considered among other young leading men for the role of Father Karras.
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Ann Miles, who performed the "spiderwalk" scene, didn't want to wear the safety belt with wires as i [...]
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a big banner with the Japanese word "Tasukete!" is visible. It means "Help me", which also appears o [...]
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Pamelyn Ferdin, a veteran of science fiction and supernatural drama, was a candidate for the role of [...]
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Filming the scene of Father Merrin's arrival required so much fog from the machines due to the wind [...]
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Karras' mother's apartment was a real apartment located in Manhattan. Everything in it, minus a few [...]
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Actress Mercedes McCambridge, who provided the voice of the demon, insisted on swallowing raw eggs a [...]
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Everyone, including Chris, thinks Regan's conversations with "Captain Howdy" is her desire to see he [...]
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The song playing at the bar where Karras is at the beginning is "Ramblin Man" by the Allman brothers [...]
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Author William Peter Blatty found a memo by the original producer wanting changes like combining Mer [...]
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During the scene where Father Karras visits Chris MacNeil as she's ironing, the infamous Ivory Snow [...]
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The line "Evil against evil", represents the ancient belief that the power of the demon Pazuzu could [...]
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Louise Fletcher plays Dr. Gene Tusk in Exorcist 2. This is interesting because she was up for the Ch [...]
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Author William Peter Blatty at one point considered having the entity that possesses the child in hi [...]
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Director William Friedkin once had an extra removed from a scene because the colours they were weari [...]
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In addition to having based the characters of Chris and Regan on Shirley MacLaine and her daughter S [...]
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Lee Remick, Carol Burnett and Raquel Welch were considered to play Chris McNeil.
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In order to bring some levity to the shoot, William Peter Blatty suggested shooting a scene (not for [...]
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Unless you've read the book, you may not know that when Regan turns her head all the way around the [...]
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A basketball game between the faculty members of the Georgetown University and some of the cast and [...]
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During the filming of the Iraq prologue, half of the crew suffered from dysentery and heat prostrati [...]
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The language lab scene was filmed in a room in the basement of Keating Hall on Fordham University's [...]
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According to Ellen Burstyn, she lost approximately 50 pounds between the time she was cast and when [...]
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During the original theatrical release, it was reported in Chicago two viewers were sent into a ment [...]
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Brazilian composer Eumir Deodato (famous for his 2001-Also Sprach Zarathustra heard in the movie Olt [...]
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Damien's dream sequence when he imagines seeing his deceased mother is very similar (in tone) to Ros [...]
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According to the Exorcist 3, the events in the first Exorcist movie take place in 1975.
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There were claims that other child actresses were offered the role of Regan, but turned it down. Dan [...]
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The Movie, that Chris McNeill is acting in, is called "Crash Course" being released by Warner Bros.
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During the crucifix scene, Karl can be seen lying unconscious next to Regan's bed just like in the n [...]
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Jack Nicholson, Dustin Hoffman, Warren Beatty, Burt Reynolds, Ryan O'Neal, Peter Fonda, Al Pacino, J [...]
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In West Germany, the death of 19 year-old Rainer Hertrampf, who shot himself with an automatic rifle [...]
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The cracking ceiling effect was created by moulding plaster cast round mesh wire, which would be pre [...]
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Gonzalo Gavira was called on to create many of the special sound effects after William Friedkin reca [...]
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The archaeological dig site seen at the beginning of the movie is the actual site of ancient Nineveh [...]
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According to director of photography Owen Roizman, because William Friedkin wanted the shade in the [...]
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The studio wanted Marlon Brando for the role of Father Merrin. William Friedkin immediately vetoed t [...]
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The establishing zoom-in shot of Georgetown took many takes to get right. Strong winds kept shaking [...]
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According to the official script, the candle's flame shooting up is due to the draft caused by Karl, [...]
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William Peter Blatty was friends with Shirley MacLaine, and had visited her at her estate, raising h [...]
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The first scene to be shot was of a distressed Karras pacing the corridors of Bellevue psychiatric h [...]
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Jason Miller's youngest son, Jordan, was struck by a motorcycle on the beach and was in critical con [...]
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The effect where the curtains blow about while the windows remain closed was done by building small [...]
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Two of the priests in the film were real priests and not actors. Father William O'Malley and Father [...]
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The shot of Sharon and the doctors running up to Regan's bedroom was a complicated shot that require [...]
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Banned by the South African apartheid censor board.
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Jason Miller starred in the iconic horror film The Exorcist in the 70s. Fifteen years later his son, [...]
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Director William Friedkin and author William Peter Blatty believed the character of Lt. Kinderman in [...]
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It can be interpreted Regan's hands are rebound by the straps again in the shot following the statue [...]
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Rudolph Schundler, who played Karl, once blew his lines and fell down the stairs when director Willi [...]
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Many of the guests seen during the party scene were real members from Georgetown's society and not a [...]
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Lalo Schifrin's score was rejected (see also Amityville Horror (1979) ). William Friedkin later said [...]
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One of the most famous scenes in the movie and the shot used for the posters and the cover of the DV [...]
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Pazuzu keeps referring to himself as an "us", like a colony of souls all grouped together. (Not diss [...]
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Director William Friedkin went to some extraordinary lengths to get realistic reactions from the cas [...]
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The last scenes of the movie to be filmed were the first seen in the movie. The opening sequences in [...]
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In 2010, The Exorcist was selected by the Library of Congress to be preserved in its National Film R [...]
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Heavy metal band Pantera's 1992 album A Vulgar Display of Power was named after the demon's reply wh [...]
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Long before William Friedkin settled on the now-famous Exorcist soundtrack music, he met with Bernar [...]
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Father Merrin's arrival was filmed on Max von Sydow's first day of work.
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It was so cold on the set of Regan's bedroom that when they once forgot to put in Linda Blair's cont [...]
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Director William Friedkin designed the scenes throughout the film to alternate between brightly lit [...]
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In the soundtrack liner notes for Il salario della paura (1977), William Friedkin said had he heard [...]
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Makeup artist Dick Smith once asked Linda Blair during the filming how she felt having to swear for [...]
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Geraldine Page turned down the role of Chris MacNeil that went to Ellen Burstyn.
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For years, director William Friedkin denied the "spiderwalk" scene was filmed until it would be redi [...]
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The effect of the holy water burning Regan's skin was achieved by pulling off pieces of latex with a [...]
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Mercedes McCambridge regurgitated on a mixture of chewed, mushy apple and raw egg to produce the sou [...]
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Stanley Kubrick was attached to direct the film, but only if he could produce it himself. As the stu [...]
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Author William Peter Blatty originally planned for Karras to continue the exorcism for much longer a [...]
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William Friedkin originally intended to use Linda Blair's voice, electronically deepened and roughen [...]
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Parapsychologist and occult/supernatural expert Christopher Chacon was utilized by Warner Bros. to p [...]
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Laura Dern and Eve Plumb auditioned for the role of Regan McNeil.
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According to director William Friedkin, author William Peter Blatty was apparently willing to give u [...]
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On the first day of filming the exorcism sequence, Linda Blair's delivery of her foul-mouthed dialog [...]
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It can be interpreted that Regan's bedroom window is open at the beginning of the film because the d [...]
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Father Thomas Bermingham who appears as himself in the film, reportedly commented on the statue of t [...]
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Author William Peter Blatty once won $10,000 on the Groucho Marx show You Bet Your Life (1950). When [...]
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Both Eileen Dietz and Mercedes Mcambridge, who both contributed to the Regan/demon role; Mercedes Mc [...]
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Jane Fonda was offered the role of Chris MacNeil but declined it. This was during the Vietnam War, w [...]
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According to writer and producer William Peter Blatty, Linda Blair had a pet mouse that died during [...]
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Favourite film of Mark Kermode and Robert Pattinson.
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Gossip columnist Rona Barrett claimed Linda Blair was put in a mental institution after the release [...]
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Linda Blair was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress for her work in "The Exorcist" in 1974. Lind [...]
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Upon its initial theatrical release the film affected many audiences so strongly that at many theate [...]
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Ann Miles, who performed the "spiderwalk", lost her balance at one point when the wire broke and fel [...]
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As of 2020 the property in Georgetown used for exterior scenes next to the infamous stairs is now a [...]
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The end of the Exorcist is very similar to the end of a much older movie, the Innocents, which in tu [...]
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For the 40th anniversary of the novel, a new special edition was written by author William Peter Bla [...]
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Although many critics wrote about Linda Blair's makeup when The Exorcist was first released, they ne [...]
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When the camera lights were turned on, it would heat up the bedroom set again within minutes. Shooti [...]
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Paul Bateson (born August 24, 1940) is an American former radiographer and convicted murderer. He ap [...]
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"Entertainment Weekly" and "Maxim" voted this the Scariest Movie of All Time.
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The dogs seen fighting at the beginning of the film can be interpreted as good and evil. Director Wi [...]
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The entire exorcism scene, from start to end, lasts 9 minutes.
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Director William Friedkin told Max von Sydow for the scene before his death, to not only be praying [...]
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Linda Blair said in a recent interview that her spine was fractured in the "mother make it stop! it' [...]
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Kane Hodder's favorite film.
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After hearing and reading various accounts during his studies at Georgetown of the Roleand Doe case, [...]
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The old woman in the carriage who nearly runs over Father Merrin was 109 years old. After 6 takes, a [...]
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Director J. Lee Thompson, who was the inspiration for Burke Dennings, is known for having directed s [...]
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The image of Karras' mother descending down into the subway, according to director William Friedkin, [...]
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The steps used in Father Karras death were covered in rubber and were re used in Exorcist 111.
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William Peter Blatty the original author of the book is also one of the film's producers. He also pl [...]
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Approximately 200 eggs were broken for the breakfast scene.
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According to director William Friedkin, the children in Halloween costumes and nuns in white habits [...]
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Liquid wax was initially applied to Linda Blair's hair, which took at least three washes to rinse ou [...]
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Pazuzu was a real god from Mesopotamian times, a demon god as he is presented in "The Exorcist". The [...]
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The closeup shot of the psychiatrist's screaming face was achieved by rigging actor Arthur Storch to [...]
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William Friedkin was supposed to attend a dinner the night he received William Peter Blatty's screen [...]
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Father William O'Malley, who served both as technical consultant as well as played Father Dyer in th [...]
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In A Decade Under the Influence (2003), William Friedkin talks about the original poster that the st [...]
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The demons in Exorcist 1, 2 and 3 are all voiced by females. (Mercedes Mccambridge in Exorcist 1, Li [...]
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The character of Mary Jo Perrin, seen sitting next to Father Dyer during the party scene, plays a la [...]
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The sound of the demon leaving Regan's body is actually the sound of pigs being herded for slaughter [...]
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There was a report that appeared in the Toronto Medical Post in 1974 claiming four women who saw The [...]
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Director William Friedkin had a telephone conversation with the aunt of the fourteen-year-old, Maryl [...]
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The only film that year to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress Oscars [...]
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In the arteriogram scene, the bearded man who assists the doctor is Paul Bateson. He was an x-ray te [...]
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Part of the success of the movie in Spain was in the dubbing cast for the voices, specially Mimà [...]
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Audrey Hepburn was offered the role of Chris, but insisted they shoot her scenes in Rome because tha [...]
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Max von Sydow claimed that he had difficulty finding work after The Exorcist as his makeup was so re [...]
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Due to the intense heat in Iraq, the daily shooting schedule there was divided into two segments. Th [...]
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Father Merrin, played by Max Von Sydow was based on the real-life Jesuit paleontologist, geologist, [...]
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Warm beer was used for the scene where Regan urinates on the carpet. It was achieved with an airplan [...]
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The wires used for the levitation scene were painted black and white in order to better conceal them [...]
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Warner Brothers unsuccessfully tried to persuade director William Friedkin to film the opening prolo [...]
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In 1974, after murdering 9 year-old Sandra Simpson, 17 year-old Nicholas Bell blamed The Exorcist, t [...]
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Il giglio nero (1956), Il villaggio dei dannati (1960), Suspense (1961) and Rosemary's Baby - Nastro [...]
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"Captain Howdy" is a play on Howard, which is Regan's father, and Chris' estranged husband's name. W [...]
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Father O'Malley said he kept getting crazy requests after the movie came out. "I am not jumping out [...]
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Despite the studio's fears that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) would give the film [...]
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The substance that the possessed Regan (Linda Blair) hurls at Father Damien Karras (Jason Miller) is [...]
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Alfred Hitchcock turned down the chance to acquire the screen rights to the novel and also turned do [...]
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In an interview on the January 12, 2007 broadcast of the Mr. KABC radio program it was revealed that [...]
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During a recording session, music producer Jack Nitzsche's girlfriend was sleeping facedown on a cou [...]
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Ellen Burstyn was skeptical Jason Miller was right for the role of Father Karras not only because he [...]
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The "Exorcist steps", 75 (or 74 - one is very small) stone steps at the end of M Street in Georgetow [...]
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Stacy Keach had originally been hired by William Peter Blatty to play the role of Father Karras unti [...]
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To test the effectiveness of the dummy used for the head turning effect, it was placed in a New York [...]
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The buzzing sounds that can be heard during the opening Iraq prologue are of insects, such as bees a [...]
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With Mark Rydell in active talks to direct, William Peter Blatty urged Warner Bros. executives to wa [...]
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The set of Regan's bedroom was built on eight pneumatic wheels in order to create the earthquake eff [...]
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The black valise that Father Karras carries with him throughout the film, according to the novel, sy [...]
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According to Variety magazine, it was revealed that Carrie Fisher and her mother Debbie Reynolds wer [...]
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Director William Friedkin made a point to show Father Karras "rising up" in many of his scenes in th [...]
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The Exorcist is based on the exorcism of Roeland Doe, a case file from the Vatican involving the pos [...]
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Ironically Chris also has a temper, and uses profanities. Except when she does this it is seen as ma [...]
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Max von Sydow's brother died on the actor's first day of filming. Max von Sydow himself also later b [...]
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There was an Exorcist TV show on Fox which ran for two years, from 2016 to 2018, and starred Geena D [...]
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The demon that possesses Regan MacNeil is named Pazuzu in both the novel and the script; director Wi [...]
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Max von Sydow was always William Friedkin's first choice to play Father Merrin. When von Sydow was g [...]
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When the demon remarks that an exorcism would bring Regan, Karras, and it together, it was right bec [...]
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According to Mercedes McCambridge, when she first discovered she did not get a credit for her role a [...]
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The bedroom set had to be refrigerated to capture the authentic icy breath of the actors in the exor [...]
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In 1981 the film was released on video by Warner Home Video, as one of its first UK releases. At the [...]
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Director William Friedkin once brought rotten meat and eggs on the set to create the foul smell of t [...]
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Merrin and Karras repeat the famous phase "The Power of Christ compels you!" together 14 times.
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Ann Miles, who performed the "spiderwalk" scene, had to hold her breath when bitting the blood capsu [...]
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While filming the crucifix scene, Linda Blair simply had to put the crucifix in a sponge between her [...]
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According to William Peter Blatty, Warner Bros. wanted to change the title of the film after taking [...]
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Alan Alda was offered a role in this movie, but rejected it because he did not like the book.
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Due to death threats against Linda Blair from religious zealots who believed the film "glorified Sat [...]
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Features the only Oscar nominated performances of Jason Miller and Linda Blair.
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The shot of the psychiatrist's screaming face, according to director William Friedkin, was inspired [...]
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The statue of Pazuzu was accidentally sent to Hong Kong, before arriving on location in Iraq.
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The refrigerated bedroom set was cooled with four air conditioners and temperatures would plunge bel [...]
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Director William Friedkin claims following the making of The Exorcist, he briefly considered convert [...]
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The friendly tussle between Regan and Chris, according to director William Friedkin, is meant to mir [...]
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In the documentary included on the 25th Anniversary Edition, the actors reveal that in many shots it [...]
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In the novel, following the desecration in the church, a small card containing an obscene text writt [...]
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The scenes showing Father Karras in his room at Georgetown were filmed in Fordham University's fresh [...]
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When asked if she had any religious beliefs, Ellen Burstyn had ad-libbed "Oh, well, maybe God". The [...]
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A "warm-up" room was specially designed on the set for the actors to run to when they couldn't take [...]
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After several reels of film for the opening prologue were lost when sent from Iraq for processing, d [...]
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Author William Peter Blatty at one point considered having Father Karas be black, having come to the [...]
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According to Ellen Burstyn's memoir, a publicist's jacket almost caught on fire from a candle during [...]
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While preparing for his role as Father Karras, Jason Miller spent three weeks living with the Jesuit [...]
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In Islam, Dhimmi is a historical term referring to non-Muslims living in an Islamic state with legal [...]
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The Exorcist was first called "the scariest movie of all time" by Entertainment Weekly, after having [...]
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According to Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair accidentally hit her for real once while filming the crucifi [...]
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In the novel, Chris had a son when she was younger named Jamie. He died when he was 3, from a midpre [...]
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While preparing for his role as Father Karras, Jason Miller was able to obtain the diary of the exor [...]
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William Peter Blatty has said he meant to describe Regan's head as turning around rapidly, not doing [...]
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Director William Friedkin fired the first production designer, causing filming to be delayed. He wan [...]
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The Greek song playing on the radio when Father Karras leaves his mother's house is called "Paramyth [...]
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Linda Blair had it written into her contract that she would not wear any of the same demon makeup fo [...]
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This was the film in which makeup legend Dick Smith hired Rick Baker as his assistant.
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Director William Friedkin eventually asked technical advisor Thomas Bermingham to exorcise the set. [...]
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Karras's character returns for Exorcist III, and he has been effectively split into two MPD halves. [...]
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Three sitcom stars were up for the role of Regan: Anissa Jones (Buffy on Family Affair), Dana Plato [...]
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At one point the search for a young actress capable of playing Regan was so tiring that William Frie [...]
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Ellen Burstyn wore a bracelet in the film with a horseshoe on it, because she had the idea that she [...]
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After much debate over the head turning 360 degrees around, director William Friedkin compromised wi [...]
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Veronica Cartwright and James Woods played Chris MacNeil and Fr. Merrin in the Scary movie franchise [...]
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The heads of the statues seen in the opening Iraq prologue were from the archaeological dig in the a [...]
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Director William Friedkin once had four different guns be shot simultaneously to startle his actors [...]
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The sticky substance Regan spits in Father Merrin's face was made of coffee and pancake batter. [...]
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The sound of a ticking grandfather clock, similar to that of a ticking time bomb, can be heard in th [...]
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The original shooting schedule was 85 days, but filming in America lasted for 224 days.
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In Berkeley, it was reported a man was injured when he threw himself at the screen during a showing [...]
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Jason Miller's Best Supporting Actor Oscar nominated performance was the only one in the category in [...]
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The most disturbing scene to the majority of viewers was that of Regan having an arteriogram (the fi [...]
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Just like Linda Blair was traumatized by the demon makeup she had to be subjected to, Max Von Show w [...]
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Christian evangelist Billy Graham, who famously claimed there was an actual demon living in the cell [...]
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In the novel, the MacNeils are not Catholic. It's not explicitly stated they're Catholic in the movi [...]
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In 1985, when Joel Schumacher was filming St. Elmo's Fire (1985) at Georgetown, and attempted to get [...]
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During a showing of the film in Boston, it was reported that several young men supposedly paraded na [...]
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The contortionist Ann Miles was hired to perform the famous "spiderwalk" scene, which was filmed in [...]
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Though often cited as one of the most shocking scenes in cinema, the crucifix masturbation scene was [...]
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The little cabin in which William Peter Blatty wrote The Exorcist novel, used to belong to Angela La [...]
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Writing in Rolling Stone, Jon Landau felt the film was, "[N]othing more than a religious porn film, [...]
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Elinore Blair: The nurse who comes into Dr. Taney's office after the arteriogram is Linda Blair's mo [...]
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Before playing Father Karas in The Exorcist, Jason Miller had studied for the priesthood with the Je [...]
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Body count: 4.
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It was on this film that William Peter Blatty met his wife-to-be, professional tennis champ Linda Tu [...]
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William Friedkin says in the making of documentary that he cast Jason Miller as Father Karras becaus [...]
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Actor Barton Heyman, who played Dr. Klein, became good friends with, and later dated, Ann Miles, who [...]
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When Lt. Kinderman and Father Karras begin their first conversation, says that Karras looks like Joh [...]
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William Friedkin traveled to England to meet with Bernard Herrmann about scoring the film. Herrmann [...]
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"The Exorcist", "The Omen" and "Carrie" are all highly regarded 70s demon child movies thought to be [...]
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According to DP Owen Roizman, all of the spectacular visual effects in the film were created in-came [...]
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The true identity of the boy whose supposed possession inspired the novel was revealed in late 2021. [...]
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The only Best Picture Oscar nominee of the year to be also nominated for Adapted Screenplay.
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Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield, which has become known as The Exorcist theme, was the first record r [...]
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Director George Cukor loudly blasted the film and threatened to resign from the Academy of Motion Pi [...]
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According to Ellen Burstyn's memoir, "Lessons in Becoming Myself", after Jason Miller did his screen [...]
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According to Ellen Burstyn, she had a little bit of old-age makeup underneath her regular makeup for [...]
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Author and producer William Peter Blatty was upset that some viewers, according to him, thought the [...]
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The first production designer, who was fired for not following instructions, had taken many pictures [...]
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The Prospect Avenue apartment where the story takes place was once inhabited by the author, William [...]
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Among the myriad television spoofs of this movie was an episode of The Odd Couple which featured Fel [...]
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The scene where Regan projectile vomits at Father Karras only required one take. The vomit was inten [...]
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The eerie sound first heard over the opening credits is actually of music producer Jack Nitzsche rub [...]
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Father Dyer is played by William O'Malley, an actual priest who until 2012 taught at Fordham Prep, a [...]
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The Saint Joseph medal, which does not appear in the novel, was added by director William Friedkin a [...]
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The Exorcist was the most popular R rated film of all time when it came out.
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The blacksmith's shop seen during the opening Iraq prologue is across from the actual tomb of King N [...]
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The mother in The Exorcist, Ellen Burstyn, hesitated in performing an action stunt where her onscree [...]
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Ken Nordine was considered for the demon's voice, but William Friedkin thought it would be best not [...]
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When Father Karras is listening to the tape of the demon's voice in his dorm room, you can clea [...]
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The strange orange bird that Regan makes out of clay, according to director William Friedkin, is mea [...]
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According to William Peter Blatty, director William Friedkin also considered Gene Hackman for the ro [...]
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Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider.
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On the DVD-commentary, William Friedkin says that making this film made him believe in demonic posse [...]
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Jack MacGowran's last contribution to the film was the recording of the line "Do you know what she d [...]
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The line "There appears to be an alien pubic hair floating around in my gin" was read aloud from the [...]
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According to director William Friedkin, many of the mental patients during the hospital scene were r [...]
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The film was plagued with problems that caused delays and raised the budget. William Friedkin blamed [...]
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The actual residence in Georgetown that is used for the exterior shots has a rather large yard betwe [...]
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Before The Exorcist the most famous Regan in academia, literature and the world of western culture w [...]
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Before director William Friedkin settled on Michael Oldfield's music to be the theme for "The Exorci [...]
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Besides Mercedes McCambridge's lawsuit for credit on the film, Eileen Dietz also charged that she pl [...]
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Film debut of Jason Miller. He received an Oscar nomination for his role as Father Karras in this fi [...]
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In the scene where Regan is masturbating with the crucifix, Eileen Dietz was used for the shot where [...]
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Director William Friedkin once received Holy Communion when attending Mass in preparation for The Ex [...]
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The archeological dig seen at the beginning of the film was a real archeological dig director Willia [...]
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Many of the demonic sound effects used were actually recordings of animals being killed in a slaught [...]
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The "Spiderwalk" scene is often miscredited to Linda R. Hager. The stunt was actually performed by A [...]
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William Friedkin's attention to detail was so extensive than an early scene that simply involved bre [...]
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Though veteran cinematographer Owen Roizman (Il braccio violento della legge (1971), Quinto potere ( [...]
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Christian evangelist Billy Graham claimed an actual demon was living in the celluloid reels of the f [...]
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During a 1984 reunion of the cast of The Exorcist on Good Morning America (1975), Ellen Burstyn told [...]
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Some details from the book were left out of the movie: Fr Lankester Merrin, the eponymous Exorcist, [...]
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To prevent the camera used in Regan's bedroom from freezing, it was covered with a fitted quilted bl [...]
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Director William Friedkin once delayed production because he didn't like the colour of Ellen Burstyn [...]
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An unexpected problem with the refrigeration system on the set caused a sprinkler flood, delaying pr [...]
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Dana Plato claimed that she had been offered the role of Regan but her mother Kay had turned it down [...]
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Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 G [...]
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The tribesmen who worked as excavators during the opening Iraq prologue threw a going away party for [...]
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Mercedes McCambridge had to sue Warner Bros. for credit as the voice of the demon. William Friedkin, [...]
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The film received an 18 certification in Israel and was shown in Lebanon but banned in the rest of t [...]
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William Peter Blatty: The writer of the novel can be seen in the film during the filming scene, stan [...]
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This film loosely inspired The Bollywood Blockbuster horror movie 1920 (2008).
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One of the reasons why the film was filmed in New York, rather than the Warner lot in Los Angeles, w [...]
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Anissa Jones auditioned for the role of Regan, but she was rejected.
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In order to make Max von Sydow appear much older than his then age of 44, make-up maestro Dick Smith [...]
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To entertain and distract Linda Blair during the long makeup process she had to sit through, the cre [...]
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When the UK's BBC 2 ran one of the later restored versions in 2021, sister channel BBC Four re-ran a [...]
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There are tales about ominous events surrounding the year-long shoot, including the deaths of nine p [...]
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Popular belief and parodies give the false impression that Regan throws up on the priests during the [...]
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The first words the audience hears are "Allahu Akbar" - "God is great". Some critics have suggested [...]
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A much-publicized inquest was launched in England into the death of 16 year-old John Power, who had [...]
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Production was delayed for six weeks after a mysterious fire suddenty burned down the original sets, [...]
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The film's sound was notable for its bizarre sound effects and, in some instances, sequences were ma [...]
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The second medical test Regan has is a Pneumoencephalograph. A Pneumoencephalograph (sometimes refer [...]
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Both Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave "The Exorcist" four stars. This is amazing, considering Gene S [...]
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The agency representing Linda Blair overlooked her, recommending at least 30 other clients for the p [...]
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Melanie Griffith revealed that she auditioned for Regan McNeil.
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Although Chris's line in the original script was "Father Karras, it's my daughter", Ellen Burstyn ad [...]
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According to director William Friedkin, for many years, the arteriogram scene was used as training f [...]
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According to director William Friedkin, the demonic sound effects included recordings of a real exor [...]
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Director William Friedkin claims his favorite scene is when Lt. Kinderman visits Chris after the dea [...]
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There is an actual serial killer in The Exorcist. Paul Bateson (an x-ray technician by profession) i [...]
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Originally, there were lines from Karras and Merrin about why the demon would terrorize Regan. Merri [...]
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Ozzy Osbourne reportedly saw The Exorcist during its initial run in theatres 8 times. He's since sta [...]
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Linda Blair's first audition consisted of reading a paragraph of the "worst language you could ever [...]
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During a screening of the film in Rome, a giant 400 year-old cross on top of a nearby church was str [...]
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According to author William Peter Blatty, he did not originally intend for the character of Burke De [...]
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The scene wherein Father Merrin asks Chris the child's middle name was cut for the 1973 release, but [...]
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The dummy used for the special head turning effect was nicknamed "Linda" by the cast and crew.
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The ruins in the beginning of the movie are in Hatra, Iraq. These ruins have been preserved over the [...]
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Linda Blair had to wear several different contact lenses which were very painful. The least painful [...]
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False teeth were originally used on Linda Blair but were abandoned as they affected her speech. Her [...]
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William Peter Blatty had filed suit against Warner Bros. and William Friedkin over credits and for b [...]
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When Karras falls down the stairs, the words "fight pigs" are spray-painted near the stairs. In the [...]
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The picture of the woman on the bookcase in Father Karras's room in his mother's apartment, accordin [...]
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As advised by a studio executive, director William Friedkin made several cuts to the movie prior to [...]
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One week after the movie's release to great success, the studio contacted director William Friedkin [...]
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According to the book "Hurricane Billy" the dogs seen fighting during the opening Iraq prologue were [...]
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Ellen Burstyn's son, who was 9 or 10 years old at the time, wanted to see the film when it came out, [...]
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A remake called "Seytan", filmed entirely with a Turkish cast and crew, was released in 1974. Often [...]
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Pauline Kael, like a lot of critics, was horrified and appalled by "The Exorcist". In her column in [...]
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Linda Blair hated vegetables so much at the time that the use of the pea soup actually did make her [...]
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Although Lee J. Cobb was disappointed many of his scenes were originally cut for the original theatr [...]
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Producers sought to have Jamie Lee Curtis audition for the role of Regan MacNeil but her mother Jane [...]
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The original "Spider Walk" scene showed Regan sticking out a long, snakelike tongue and trying to gr [...]
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Mercedes Mccambridge was already a well established actress before she starred as the voice of the d [...]
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Shirley MacLaine turned down the role of Chris Macneill in order to make the similar, though much le [...]
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The son of Mercedes McCambridge, John Lawrence Fifield (who later adopted the surname of his stepfat [...]
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William Friedkin said that working on the remastered edition finally exposed him to the full soundtr [...]
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The "spider-walk" sequence, which was cut from the original version, was reworked for Ruby (1977) an [...]
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The two priests - Father Merrin (Max von Sydow) and Father Karras (Jason Miller) - do not meet until [...]
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In The Fear of God: 25 Years of 'The Exorcist' (1998), William Friedkin states that the studio execs [...]
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Although the song "Tubular Bells" is popularly referred to as the "Exorcist" theme, it is only playe [...]
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William O'Malley refers to this movie to students as the "pornographic horror film" he once did.
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Barbra Streisand declined the role of Chris MacNeil.
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Director William Friedkin reportedly shot almost 4 hours of footage while in Iraq, of which about 10 [...]
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One of Lee J. Cobb's last roles before his death. His character, Lt. Kinderman, was brought back for [...]
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Although never mentioned by name, the character of Billy Cutshaw, the astronaut Regan says "You're g [...]
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There is a theory that the scene where the doctors explain to Chris the phenomenon of abnormal stren [...]
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Howard, Regan's father, is never called by his name in the film. It appears however on the cover of [...]
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Vasiliki Maliaros had never acted in a movie before. She was discovered by William Friedkin in a Gre [...]
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Regan was a character from Norse mythology. He was described both as a diabolical and evil king, and [...]
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The crucifix scene was filmed on January 22, 1973, Linda Blair's 14th birthday. The cast and crew al [...]
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Linda Blair, Jason Miller, and Kitty Winn are the only actors who turned up for any of the sequels ( [...]
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The filming of Father Merrin's arrival under the shaft of light was delayed when a gust of wind blew [...]
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The original novel ended with Kinderman and Dyer talking about Casablanca (1942), whereas, in the ex [...]
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Author William Peter Blatty eventually located the real boy who's exorcism inspired his novel, but d [...]
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