| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Ellen Burstyn |
Chris MacNeil
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| Linda Blair |
Regan MacNeil
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| Max von Sydow |
Father Merrin
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| Kitty Winn |
Sharon
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| Lee J. Cobb |
Lt. Kinderman
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| Jack MacGowran |
Burke Dennings
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| Wallace Rooney |
Bishop
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| Jay Robinson |
Father Dyer
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| Donna Mitchell |
Karras' Uncle
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| Rudolf Schuendler |
Karras's Uncle
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| Max von Sydow |
Father Lankester Merrin
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| Jason Miller |
Father Damien Karras
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| Lee J. Cobb |
Lieutenant William Kinderman
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| Kitty Winn |
Sharon Spencer
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| Linda Blair |
Regan Teresa MacNeil
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| Reverend William O'Malley |
Father Dyer
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| Barton Heyman |
Dr. Klein
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| Peter Masterson |
Dr. Barringer, Clinic Director (as Pete Masterson)
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Drama; Horror |
| Director |
William Friedkin |
| Writer |
William Peter Blatty |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
R |
| Running Time |
2 hr 0 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| 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 was one of the first blockbusters of a resurgent 1970s Hollywood film industry, raking in $89,000,000 in North America alone and paving the way for Jaws , Star Wars , and numerous other blockbusters to come. Linda Blair might have won an Academy Award for her bone-chilling performance, had the public not learned that her low, demonic moanings were actually performed by an uncredited (and, by her account, underpaid) Mercedes McCambridge . The Exorcist received a theatrical rerelease in 2000, in a special edition that added eleven minutes of footage trimmed from the film's original release, and digitally enhanced Chris Newman 's groundbreaking, Oscar-winning sound work. — Hal Erickson |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
No |
| Index |
99 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Purchase Date |
8/2/2003 |
| Tape Label |
32 |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
VHS |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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