Exorcist

Starring: Ellen Burstyn; Max Von Sydow & Linda Blair Director: William Friedkin

DVD Features:

Audio:

• Dolby Digital 2.0 - English
• Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

• Audio Commentaries - William Friedkin - Director
• Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailers (2)
                2. TV Spots (4)
                3. Radio Spots (2)

Text/Photo Galleries:

• Production Notes

Description by OLDIES.com:

Brace yourself as one of the all-time spellbinders possesses you all over again. Director William Friedkin 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.

Product Description:

With a digitally remastered soundtrack including new sound effects and new music along with never-before-seen restored footage, THE EXORCIST: THE VERSION YOU'VE NEVER SEEN pays tribute to this terrifying film, originally released on Christmas Day in 1973. It tells the story of Regan (Linda Blair), a little girl who becomes possessed by the devil and undergoes a violent exorcism conducted by two priests: an aging man at the end of his career (Max Von Sydow) and a young man having a crisis of conscience (Jason Miller). A blood-chilling film directed by William Friedkin and written by William Peter Blatty, this enhanced restoration of the original will thrill audiences anew.

Plot Keywords:

Cult | Cult Film | Religion | Theatrical Release

Production Notes:

• Theatrical Release: September 22, 2000 Ellen Burstyn suffered permanent injury to her spine during shooting of the scene in which she is knocked across the room. Friedkin punched Father William O'Malley during shooting of Father Karras's death scene to elicit a better performance. This new release includes 12 minutes of additional footage, including the infamous "spider-walk" scene, in which the possessed Regan walks backward on all fours down a staircase; it also includes scenes that provide additional psychological background on Regan, more subliminal, shadowy shots of the demon, and an alternate ending with a lighter tone than the original release.

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