The Exorcist (1973)

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William Friedkin Director previously directed The French Connection

A girl gets possessed and her mother, believing it only to be mental sickness, calls in a priest as a type of placebo cure. The film was nominated for 10 Oscars and won 2.
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Denise Nickerson was considered for the role of Regan MacNeil, but was prevented from acting in the movie by her parents, who found the script and subject matter disturbing and inappropriate.

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Quote: Father Karras

There isn't a day in my life when I haven't felt like a fraud. I mean priests, doctors, I've talked to them all. I don't know anyone who hasn't felt that.

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Max von Sydow Father Merrin
Jason Miller Father Karras
Ellen Burstyn Chris MacNeil
Linda Blair Regan
Lee J. Cobb Lt. William F. Kinderman
William O'Malley Father Dyer
Kitty Winn Sharon Spencer
Jack MacGowran Burke Dennings
Barton Heyman Dr. Klein
Eileen Dietz Pazuzu
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Name The Exorcist
US Release Dec. 26, 1973
UK Release March 16, 1974
AUS Release
Runtime 121
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Rating R
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  • - a reported budget of $10,497,444
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  • In today's dollars
    Domestic $232,671,011
    Foreign +208,400,000
  • = total worldwide gross $441,071,011
  • - a reported budget of $10,497,444
  • = a 4,101.7% net profit of $430,573,567
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