The Exorcist Movie Documentary (with William Friedkin)

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In this William Friedkin interview and documentary, the legendary filmmaker discusses his 1973 masterpiece, The Exorcist. From filming to the making of the film, Friedkin discusses The Exorcist in detail, his influences, and how he never considered one of the greatest horror movies of all time a horror movie at all. This also contains scenes and discussion from the 2000, re-release, The Exorcist: The Version You’ve Never Seen. This edited video contains excerpts from the 2019 film, "Leap Of Faith."

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“I couldn’t be a film director if I was a skeptic. I did not approach “The Exorcist”
as a non-believer or a cynic. I approached it as a believer.”
—William Friedkin

The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel of the same name. The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, and Linda Blair. The story follows the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother's attempt to rescue her through an exorcism by two Catholic priests.
Blatty, who also produced, and Friedkin, his choice as director, had difficulty casting the film. Their choice of relative unknowns Burstyn, Blair, and Miller, instead of major stars, drew opposition from Warner Bros. The cultural conversation around the film helped it become the first horror film to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture, as well as nine others. Blatty won Best Adapted Screenplay, while the sound engineers took Best Sound. It has had several sequels and was the highest-grossing R-rated horror film (unadjusted for inflation) until It. The Exorcist had a significant influence on pop culture and several publications regard it as one of the greatest horror films ever made. In 2010, the Library of Congress selected the film for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

William David Friedkin (1935 – 2023) was an American film, television, and opera director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the "New Hollywood" movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early 1960s, he directed the crime thriller film The French Connection (1971), which won five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Director. He then directed the horror film The Exorcist (1973), which earned him another Academy Award nomination for Best Director.

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