My head is spinning...
The following information comes from the WHV Press release.
As before, both the Extended Director's cut and the Theatrical cut are included. The 40th Anniversary Issue has 2 new special featurettes:
"Beyond Comprehension: William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist" 40 years after his novel was published,The Exorcist author, screenwriter and producer returns to where it all began. First stop is a guest house in the hills of Encino, California, where he wrote the novel. The author visits the place for the first time in 40 years and shares not only memories of writing the book, but also discusses how it inspired him. We then meet Blatty in two key and iconic locations; Georgetown University where the film was shot, and at the now-famous Exorcist steps. Throughout, Blatty reads from his novel, including an excerpt from a chilling newly published passage.
"Talk of the Devil" - While at Georgetown University, William Peter Blatty heard about a true case of possession from Father...
a review from an owner... big letdown time
Okay, I love this movie and have purchased it in seemingly endless formats and editions but this was a HUGE letdown. One of my local stores had them out today (Friday before release date) and I grabbed it for $45.99 so it came to 50 bucks with tax.
What do you get?
the same 2 discs as before The Exorcist (Extended Director's Cut & Original Theatrical Edition) [Blu-ray]
One disc of the extended version with all the bonus features and the second disc of the theatrical cut with the bonus features the VERY SAME discs as previously released. This disc by the way contains the brilliant "FEAR OF EVIL" documentary by English Film critic Mark Kermode which hasn't even been reformated to 16 x 9 even though it still dominates the whole proceedings as the singular best documentary on this movie OF ALL.
so... for my 50 dollar triple dip into blu ray what did I get?
a small book which has an...
New BLU RAY offers some new features to this horror classic
On Christmas Day, 1973 I stood in a long line at a Chicago area theater freezing my ass off waiting to see the opening of a movie that made a lasting imprint. Because of the publicity, "The Exorcist" had generated a lot of buzz about people barfing, fainting and screaming out of theaters. Not only was the movie going to be successful but it was based on a true incident involving a 14 year old Maryland boy in 1949.
Author William Peter Blatty, a sometime comedy screenwriter wrote a novel using the boy's story as a basis. Blatty's book became hugely successful - I read it in one setting - and he went on to write the screenplay for the film. Set in Georgetown (D.C.), the film slowly unwinds as a movie star and her daughter are on location shooting a film. Loud noises begin to come from the attic of their rented home. Chris (Ellen Burstyn) thinks they are rats. The noises continue and move to the bedroom of 12 year old Regan (Linda Blair). Eventually, Regan is taken over by...
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