The Exorcist (The Version You've Never Seen) |
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starring: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn directed by: William Friedkin  Amazon.com's Price: $19.98 as of 03/20/2010 06:36 EDTAvailability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: BLAIR,LINDA EAN: 9780790751672 Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC ISBN: 0790751674 Item Dimensions: Label: Warner Home Video Languages: Manufacturer: Warner Home Video MPN: 18632 Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Warner Home Video Region Code: 1 Release Date: December 26, 2000 Running Time: 122 minutes Studio: Warner Home Video Theatrical Release Date: December 26, 1973 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: The account of a young girl who is possessed, and the Exorcist who tries to save her. Genre: Horror Rating: UN Release Date: 3-FEB-2004 Media Type: DVD Amazon.com essential video: Director William Friedkin was a hot ticket in Hollywood after the success of The French Connection, and he turned heads (in more ways than one) when he decided to make The Exorcist as his follow-up film. Adapted by William Peter Blatty from his controversial bestseller, this shocking 1973 thriller set an intense and often-copied milestone for screen terror with its unflinching depiction of a young girl (Linda Blair) who is possessed by an evil spirit. Jason Miller and Max von Sydow are perfectly cast as the priests who risk their sanity and their lives to administer the rites of demonic exorcism, and Ellen Burstyn plays Blair's mother, who can only stand by in horror as her daughter's body is wracked by satanic disfiguration. One of the most frightening films ever made with a soundtrack that's guaranteed to curl your blood, The Exorcist was mysteriously plagued by troubles during production, and the years have not diminished its capacity to disturb even the most stoical viewers. Don't say you weren't warned! --Jeff Shannon Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Can we think the Catholic Church endorses such pagan demons?That film was a turning point in horror films, in a way. For sure it did not concern some kind of mythical being or character. It was centered on a real person, living next door or up the street. That's the really new element, and even so, there had been some antecedents. The second new element here is the strongly Catholic context, and it is not clear at all that the Catholic Church is not used as a justification, a stamp of truth posted on the film, in other words an alibi. I find that slightly ... Read More Rating:  - ClassicIt is truely rare for a film to transend its plot, its genre. I am sure besides The Exorcist, there are examples, but I have thought hard and none come to mind What does come to mind is that when see this film at the video store in the horror section, I just have to laugh. Horror is great, but calling Billy Friedkin's Exorcist horror is like calling the Beatles a rock and roll group or Picasso a painter--true but in grand context totally meaningless. And even that does ... Read More Rating: - IT'S A CLASSICthis is a movie that sent chills down my spine when i was growing up. i had to have it for my collection and now that my daughter is grown it is one of her favorits also. Rating: - The ExorcistWhen a 12-year old girl is possessed by demons, a young priest takes it upon himself to selflessly save her at the behest of her famous movie-star mother. In an era when many movies compete to scare the devil out of you, The Exorcist remains one of the few able to successfully scare the devil into you. This is one of the great horror movies. Rating: - didn't sleep for a weekthey dont make horror films like this anymore, not for the children, but a must have for any horror collection 
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