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Brace yourself for as one of the all-time spellbinders possesses you all over
again. Director William Freidkin and producer/screenwriter William Peter Blatty
have revisited "The Exorcist" to integrate 11 minutes of scenes and images
deleted before the film’s 1973 release and digitally restore the picture and
audio elements. The result is an experience more gripping than ever. Now seen
are moments deepening the impact of the performances by Linda Blair, Ellen
Burstyn, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow and Lee J. Cobb. They include a "nervous
disorder" diagnosis, expansion of Father Merrin’s arrival before the ritual,
priesty doubts during the ritual, an epilogue with Lt. Kinderman and Father Dyer
and most notably, a shattering staircase descent by Regan. Winner of Oscars for
Best Adapted Screenplay (by Blatty) and Sound, "The Exorcist" astonishes time
and again like no other movie. |