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The Exorcist (Original title)
Date: 1973 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: William Friedkin

Production company billing: ©1973 Warner Bros. Inc. and Hoya Productions, Inc. a William Friedkin film William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist [end] a Hoya production MPAA: 23433
Synopsis: Horror film. The daughter of a film star becomes possessed and when medicine and psychiatry have been proved useless, the mother tries to get the girl exorcised. The priest she approaches is trained in psychiatry and is losing his faith, and he is initially sceptical about the 'possession'. What he sees convinces him that an exorcism is required, though, and experienced exorcist Father Merrin is called in.

Genre:
Horror

Subjects:
Exorcism, Possession, Priests, Catholic Church, Actresses, Parapsychology
Releases
Date: 1973not specifiedRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Metrocolor - SoundRuntime: 122 mins Length: 10949 FeetLanguage: English
Date: March 2019Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Colour - SoundRuntime: 122 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer

Film, Video or Digital materials held in BFI National Archive(8)
Film materials(8)
Description: Digital Theater SystemsSound: SoundBFI identifier: C-1051041
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm BFI identifier: C-52065
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1081926
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: CTASound: CombinedLength: 10962 FeetBFI identifier: C-634075
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-942715
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveSound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-1051047
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm Colour PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-510160
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status


Description: 35mm PositiveBase: SafetySound: CombinedBFI identifier: C-634090
Status: Status pending - Material requires inspection to determine preservation or access status