| The Exorcist |
| Starring: Linda Blair, Ellen Burstyn, Robert Symonds, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGowran, Jason Miller, Reverend William O'Malley, Barton Heyman, Rudolf Sch�ndler Director: William Friedkin DVD Release Date: 12/26/2000 Brace yourself, as one of the all-time spellbinders possesses you all over again. Director William Friedkin integrated 11 minutes of scenes and images deleted before the film�s 1973 release and digitally restored 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 Milller, Max von Sydow and Lee J. Cobb. They include a "nervous disorder" diagnosis, expansion of Father Merrin�s arrival before the ritual, priestly 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 William Peter Blatty) and Sound, The Exorcist astonishes time and again like no other movie. |