The Exorcist
1973 · Movie · 121 min. · United States
Linda Blair plays Regan, a 12-year-old girl possessed by the devil. After exhausting all the options of science, psychology, and medicine, Regan's mother (Ellen Burstyn) realizes the supernatural nature of her daughter's condition and resorts to a religious solution, turning to Father Karras (Jason Miller) for an exorcism. Aided by the mysterious Jesuit exorcist Father Merrin (Max von Sydow), Karras must confront not only supernatural phenomena but also his own inadequate faith and displaced guilt over his mother's recent death, a personal torment Regan uses to manipulate him, but with disturbing results.
Direction William Friedkin
Cast Linda Blair · Max von Sydow · Ellen Burstyn · Jason Miller · Lee J. Cobb · Kitty Winn · Jack MacGowran · Arthur Storch · Barton Heyman · Gina Petrushka · John Mahon · William O'Malley · Peter Masterson · Rudolf Schündler · Robert Symonds · Thomas Bermingham · Vasiliki Maliaros · Titos Vandis · Wallace Rooney · Ron Faber · Donna Mitchell · Roy Cooper · Robert Gerringer · Mercedes McCambridge
Soundtrack Jack Nitzsche
Screenplay William Peter Blatty
Cinematography Owen Roizman
Original title The Exorcist
7.6
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