The Exorcist Page #6

Synopsis: One of the most profitable horror movies ever made, this tale of an exorcism is based loosely on actual events. When young Regan (Linda Blair) starts acting odd -- levitating, speaking in tongues -- her worried mother (Ellen Burstyn) seeks medical help, only to hit a dead end. A local priest (Jason Miller), however, thinks the girl may be seized by the devil. The priest makes a request to perform an exorcism, and the church sends in an expert (Max von Sydow) to help with the difficult job.
Genre: Horror
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Won 2 Oscars. Another 14 wins & 17 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Metacritic:
82
Rotten Tomatoes:
86%
R
Year:
1973
122 min
Website
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Chris walks back to her.

CHRIS:

It's just like the doctor said, it's nerves and that's all. Okay,

you just take your pills and you'll be fine really. Okay?

Regan nods and Chris exits the room.

INTERIOR- MACNEIL HOUSE- HALLWAY- NIGHT

Chris walks to the stairs where we see Willie, down stairs,

cleaning up Regan's mess.

CHRIS:

Is it coming out Willie?

WILLIE:

Yes, I think so.

All of a sudden we here Regan screaming along with a constant

crashing sound. Chris rushes to Regan's room.

REGAN:

Mother! Mother! Mother!!!!! Mother help!

Chris opens the door and gasps in shock. We then see Regan on her

bed, but the bed is thumping and shaking ferociously.

CHRIS:

Oh my God!

REGAN:

Make it stop! What's wrong!! I'm scared!!!

Chris jumps on the bed to comfort Regan and they both sit

screaming as the bed continues to rapidly jump around.

INTERIOR- UNIVERSITY OF GEORGETOWN- HALLWAY- NIGHT

Father Dyer is walking down the long corridor to Damien's room.

He reaches the room, knocks ad then enters.

KARRAS:

Where'd you get the money for the Chivas Regal? The poor box?

FATHER DYER:

That's an insult, I got a vow of poverty.

KARRAS:

Where'd you get it then?

FATHER DYER:

I stole it.

KARRAS:

I believe you.

FATHER DYER:

College president shouldn't drink. Tends to set a bad example, I

figure I saved them from a big temptation.

KARRAS:

Oh Christ! I should of been there and I wasn't there, I should've

been there.

FATHER DYER:

There was nothing you could do. Lye down. C'mon.

Father Dyer helps Damien onto his bed, takes his cigarette and

takes his shoes off.

FATHER DYER:

Think you can sleep?

KARRAS:

Are you gonna steal my shoes now?

FATHER DYER:

No, I tell fortunes by reading the crease, now shut up and go to

sleep.

Damien grabs Father Dyer's arm but slowly let's go. Father Dyer

turns the light out and heads for the door.

FATHER DYER:

Goodnight Dims.

KARRAS:

Stealing is a sin.

Dyer exists. We slowly zoom in on Damien while he's asleep. He

starts to dream and we see the images that come into his head.

There is falling medallion, a swing pendulum in a clock and a

running dog. He then sees his mother ascending a subway tunnel to

the street, Karras is on the other side of the street and

although there is no sound, we can see that Damien is calling

"Momma" and Mrs. Karras is calling "Damien". A white demonic face

flashes a split second as Karras starts to run across the street

to his mother, but we see her once again descend to the subway.

We see the falling medallion again and as it hits the floor, the

silence is broken by Regan's screamng.

INTERIOR- HOSPITAL- DR. KLEIN'S OFFICE- DAY

REGAN:

I don't want it.

CHRIS:

Honey it's to help you.

We can see Dr. Klein preparing an injection.

REGAN:

I don't want it, I don't want it.

Dr. Klein injects the needle into Regan's arm. She spits at him.

REGAN:

You f***ing bastard!!

INTERIOR- UNIVERSITY OF GEORGETOWN- CHAPEL- DAY

Karras is doing a church service in the chapel.

KARRAS:

(whisper)

Remember O Lord, Thy servant, Mary Karras... who has gone before

us with the sign of faith, and sleeps the sleep of peace. (to the

attendants)

Lord I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the words and I

shall be healed. May the body of Christ bring me ever lasting

life.

INTERIOR- HOSPITAL- CORRIDOR- DAY

Chris is waiting outside Dr. Klein's office. Dr.Klein emerges

from his room.

DR. KLEIN

Well, It's a symptom of a type of desturbance in the chemico-

electrical activity of the brain. In the case of your daughter in

the temperal lobe, up here in the lateral part of the brain. It's

rare, but it does cause bizarre hallucinations and usually just

before a convulsion.

CHRIS:

Convulsion?

DR. KLEIN

The shaking of the bed, that's doubtless due to musuclar spasms.

CHRIS:

Oh no, that was no spasm. I got on the bed, the whole bed was

thumping and rising off the floor and shaking. The whole thing,

with me on it!

DR. KLEIN

Mrs. MacNeil the problem with your daughter is not her bed, it's

her brain.

They both walk into Klein's office.

INTERIOR- HOSPITAL- DR. KLEIN'S OFFICE- DAY

CHRIS:

So, what causes this?

DR. KLEIN

Lesion, Lesion in the temperal lobe. It's a kind of seizure

disorder.

CHRIS:

Look doc, I really don't understand how her whole personality

could change.

DR. KLEIN

The temperal lobe is very common. Could last for days, even

weeks. It isn't rare to find destructive or even criminal

behaviour.

CHRIS:

Hey do me a favour will ya'. Tell me something good.

DR. KLEIN

Don't be alarmed. If it's a lesion in a way she's fortunate. All

we have to do is remove the scar.

INTERIOR- HOSPITAL- OPERATING THEATRE- DAY

We see Regan being wheeled on a bed to the operating bench. The

place the bed next to the bench and pull the bars down.

MALE NURSE:

Regan, could you sit up and scoot over here?

Regan does so and she lays back onto the operating bench. The

male nurse pushes a button and the bench begins to move forward.

MALE NURSE:

Regan, I'm just gonna move you down to the table okay?

The bench comes to a halt.

MALE NURSE:

Just for a short time.

Both nurses, male and female, loosen Regans gown around the neck

to prep her for the doctor. They place monitors on her arms.

MALE NURSE:

Very sticky.

The doctor approaches Regan with a pot of betadine and puts a

sponge into the pot.

DOCTOR:

Now Regan you're going to feel something, a little bit cold and

wet.

He dabs the sponge onto her neck making it a light brown colour.

The doctor then picks up a hypodermic needle and moves toward

her. We can see Chris and Dr. Klein in the viewing room.

DOCTOR:

Okay, now you're gonna feel a little stick here. Don't move.

The doctor injects the needle into Regan's neck.

DOCTOR:

Good.

He then picks up a a needle head without the syringe, and moves

toward her.

DOCTOR:

Okay, you're gonna feel some pressure here, now don't move.

The doctor places the needle into the hole he made with the

syringe. Regan is quietly yelping in pain, and Chris is in pain

watching her daughter suffer. The doctor takes the tiny cap from

the needle, Regan's clothing is squirted with blood and places a

tube into the needle's head. We see the blood rush from Regan's

neck through the tube. The male nurse then tapes Regan's chin

down to prevent her from moving. The nurses then move in a huge

machine, two pieces either side of Regan's head and a piece

above. The lights fade out in the theatre and all we can see is

Regan's face illuminated by this huge machince above her.

DOCTOR:

Hook up.

We see a finger flip a switch and the machine comes to life. A

guy in the view room pushes another button and the machine lets

off several loud bangs. In the theatre we can see Regan crying.

INTERIOR- HOSPITAL- X-RAY ROOM- DAY

We see an X-ray slide of Regan's skull appear on an illuminated

screen. Then several more appear one after the other. We see Dr.

Tanney is controlling the slides as he examines them, Dr. Klein

is with him.

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William Friedkin

William Friedkin (born August 29, 1935) is an American film director, producer and screenwriter best known for directing The French Connection in 1971 and The Exorcist in 1973; for the former, he won the Academy Award for Best Director. Some of his other films include Sorcerer, Cruising, To Live and Die in L.A., Jade, Rules of Engagement, The Hunted, Bug, and Killer Joe. more…

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