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Cast OverviewEllen Burstyn... Chris MacNeil
Max von Sydow... Father Merrin
Lee J. Cobb... Lt. Kinderman
Kitty Winn... Sharon
Jack MacGowran... Burke Dennings
Jason Miller... Father Karras
Linda Blair... Regan
Reverend William O'Malley... Father Dyer (as Reverend William O'Malley S.J.)
Barton Heyman... Dr. Klein
Peter Masterson... Dr. Barringer, Clinic Director (as Pete Masterson)
Rudolf Schündler... Karl
Gina Petrushka... Willi
Robert Symonds... Dr. Taney
Arthur Storch... Psychiatrist
Reverend Thomas Bermingham... Tom, President of University (as Reverend Thomas Bermingham S.J.)
Vasiliki Maliaros... Karras' Mother
Titos Vandis... Karras' Uncle
Wallace Rooney... Bishop Michael
Ron Faber... Chuck, Assistant Director / Demonic Voice
Donna Mitchell... Mary Jo Perrin
Roy Cooper... Jesuit Dean
Robert Gerringer... Senator at Party
Mercedes McCambridge... Pazuzu (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
William Peter Blatty... Producer (uncredited)
Mary Boylan... First Mental Patient (uncredited)
Richard Callinan... Astronaut (uncredited)
Mason Curry... (voice) (uncredited)
Eileen Dietz... Pazuzu's Face (uncredited)
Yvonne Jones... Bellevue Nurse (uncredited)
John Mahon... Language Lab Director (uncredited)
Reverend John Nicola... Priest (uncredited)
Vincent Russell... Subway Vagrant (uncredited) | |
Plot Summary
Regan (Linda Blair), the adolescent daughter of a movie actress (Ellen Burstyn) residing in Washington D.C., is apparently is possessed by an ancient demon. When all medical avenues are exhausted, her mother goes to a priest who is also a psychiatrist. He realizes Regan is possessed and he and another priest experienced in exorcism risk their lives to administer the rites of demonic exorcism and drive the spirit from Regan before she dies.
Taglines- The Devil Inside
- The Scariest Movie Of All Time Has Returned. In The Version _You've Never Seen Before_.
- Somewhere between science and superstition, there is another world. The world of darkness.
- Nobody expected it, nobody believed it, and nobody could stop it. The one hope, the only hope: THE EXORCIST
Awards- Oscar
Event: Academy Awards, USA
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Picture
Recipient(s): William Peter Blatty - Oscar
Event: Academy Awards, USA
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Film Editing
Recipient(s): John C. Broderick
Bud S. Smith
Evan A. Lottman
Norman Gay - Oscar
Event: Academy Awards, USA
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Cinematography
Recipient(s): Owen Roizman - Oscar
Event: Academy Awards, USA
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration
Recipient(s): Bill Malley
Jerry Wunderlich - Oscar
Event: Academy Awards, USA
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Actress in a Leading Role
Recipient(s): Ellen Burstyn - Oscar
Event: Academy Awards, USA
Result: Nominated
Category: Best Director
Recipient(s): William Friedkin - Oscar
Event: Academy Awards, USA
Result: Won
Category: Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium
Recipient(s): William Peter Blatty - Oscar
Event: Academy Awards, USA
Result: Won
Category: Best Sound
Recipient(s): Robert Knudson
Christopher Newman - DGA Award
Event: Directors Guild of America, USA
Result: Nominated
Category: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures
Recipient(s): William Friedkin - Golden Globe
Event: Golden Globes, USA
Result: Won
Category: Best Director - Motion Picture
Recipient(s): William Friedkin
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