The Exorcist
Produced by Hoya Productions and Warner Bros. for $12 million, released in 1973 by Warner Bros. for $165 million gross, widescreen 1.85:1 aspect ratio, Metrocolor, stereo sound, 131 mins.; Restored version re-released 9/22/00 after restoration cost of $1 million, grossed $40 million; Laserdisc with length of 122 mins. released 1996; DVD with length of 122 mins. released 1997; DVD Special Edition with length of 122 mins. released 1998; DVD Version You've Never Seen with length of 132 mins. released 12/26/00
Cast
Production:
- Directed by William Friedkin
- Written by William Peter Blatty (based on his novel)
- Produced by William Peter Blatty, Noel Marshall
- Original music by Jack Nitzsche
- Cinematography by Owen Roizman
- Cinematography (Iraq sequence) by Billy Williams
- Film editing by Norman Gay
- Sound editing by Fred Brown
- Sound special effects by Gonzalo Gavira
- Technical advisors Rev. Thomas Bermingham, Arthur I. Snyder M.D., Herbert E. Walker M.D.
Cast:
- Ellen Burstyn as Chris MacNeil
- Max von Sydow as Father Merrin
- Lee J. Cobb as Lt. Kinderman
- Kitty Winn as Sharon Spencer
- Jack MacGowran as Burke Dennings
- Jason Miller as Father Damien Karras
- Linda Blair as Regan MacNeil
- Rev. William O'Malley as Father Dyer
- Rev. Thomas Bermingham as univ. president
- Mercedes McCambridge as voice of the devil
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