| Exorcist: The Beginning | |
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| Credits | |
| Title: | Exorcist: The Beginning |
| Directed by: | Renny Harlin |
| Written by: | Alexi Hawley; William Wisher; Caleb Carr |
| Produced by: | David C. Robinson; Guy McElwaine; James G. Robinson; Wayne Morris |
| Music by: | Trevor Rabin |
| Cinematography: | Vittorio Storaro |
| Edited by: | Mark Goldblatt; Todd E. Miller |
| Production | |
| Production: | Morgan Creek Productions |
| Distributors: | Warner Bros. Morgna Creek International |
| Released: | August 18th, 2004 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 114 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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| Previous: | The Exorcist III |
| Next: | Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist |
Exorcist: The Beginning is an American independent feature film of the Satanic possession subgenre of horror. It is the fourth installment in the Exorcist film series and was released more than a decade after the previous chapter, The Exorcist III. The movie was directed by Renny Harlin with a script written by Alexi Hawley based on a story treatment by William Wisher and Caleb Carr. It was produced by Morgan Creek Productions and premiered in Hollywood, California on August 18th, 2004. It opened nationally in the U.S. on August 20th.
Cast[]
| Actor | Role |
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| Stellan Skarsgård | Lankester Merrin |
| Izabella Scorupco | Sarah |
| James D'Arcy | Father Francis |
| Remy Sweeney | Joseph |
| Julian Wadham | Major Granville |
| Andrew French | Chuma |
| Ralph Brown | Sergeant Major |
| Ben Cross | Semelier |
| David Bradley | Father Gionetti |
| Alan Ford | Jefferies |
| Antoine Kamerling | Lieutenant Kessel |
| Eddie Osei | Emekwi |
| Israel Adruamo | Jomo |
| Patrick O'Kane | Bession |
| James Bellamy | James |
| Cecilia Amati | Little Dutch girl |
| Matti Ristinen | Medeival priest |
| Lidia Darly | Sebituana's wife |
| James Paparella | Boy in market |
| Silvio Jimenez Hernandez | Stricken Turkana worker |
| Yemi Goodman Ajibade | Turkana Shaman |
| Michael Leroy | Tribesman in hospital |
| John Sesay | Turkana warrior #1 |
| Sayoh Lahai | Turkana warrior #2 |
| Alessandro Casula | Preacher with Pazuzu |
Notes & Trivia[]
- Characters and concepts presented in this film, in particular Lankester Merrin and Pazuzu, are inspired by the 1971 novel The Exorcist by author William Peter Blatty. Blatty's novel was adapted into a feature film in 1973 directed by William Friedkin.
- The tagline for this film is "God Is Not Here".
- Exorcist: The Beginning is basically a re-tooled project filmed by Paul Schrader. Executives from Morgan Creek Productions feared that it would be a financial failure, so they hired Renny Harlin to complete and re-edit the movie. Due to the commercial failure of Exorcist: The Beginning, Paul Schrader was allowed to complete and release his version of the film, Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist, which involved many of the same cast and crew members.
- Production on Exorcist: The Beginning began on November 15th, 2003. Principal shooting concluded on February 22nd, 2004. Scenes from the movie were shot in Casablanca in Morocco with studio shots being filmed in Rome, Italy. [1]
- Exorcist: The Beginning grossed $18,054,001 over its opening weekend, and grossed $41,821,986 during its entire domestic run off of a budget of $80,000,000. It grossed $36,288,035 internationally for a worldwide gross of $78,110,021 (0.6 times production budget). [2] It opened at number one at the box office, beating out Without a Paddle, which was also a new release. It overtook another horror film, AVP: Alien vs. Predator, which was in its second week. [3]
- On the movie review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes, Exorcist: The Beginning holds a 10% Rotten score on the Tomatometer based on 134 approved critic reviews. It has an audience score of 27% based on more than 50,000 ratings. Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist fares only slightly better with a 30% on the Tomatometer, but dips slightly in the audience score with 25% based on 10,000+ ratings. [4]
- Exorcist: The Beginning is Renny Harlin's fourteenth film as a director. It is his twelfth theatrically released film and his third film in the horror genre after A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master and Deep Blue Sea.
- Executive producer David Robinson is credited as David C. Robinson in this film.
- Actor Israel Oyelumade is credited as Israel Aduramo in this film.
- Actress Lydia Darly is credited as Lidia Darly in this film.
- Actor Roberto Davide is credited as Roberto Purvis in this film.
- Actor Rupert Degas provided the voice for The Devil in this film. He is uncredited for his participation.
Featured quote[]
- Pazuzu: All you wanted was your fat cock up her juicy ass! The whore is mine!
Recommendations[]
See also[]
External Links[]
- Exorcist: The Beginning at IMDB
- Exorcist: The Beginning at Trakt.TV
- Exorcist: The Beginning at Wikipedia
- Exorcist: The Beginning at Letterboxd.com
- Exorcist: The Beginning at Themoviedb.org
- Exorcist: The Beginning at Rotten Tomatoes
References[]
- ↑ IMDB; Exorcist: The Beginning (2004); Filming & Production.
- ↑ Box Office Mojo; Exorcist: The Beginning (2004); All releases: Budget. Domestic Opening.
- ↑ The Numbers; Exorcist: The Beginning (2004); Summary. Box Office.
- ↑ Rotten Tomatoes; Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005); Tomatometer & Audience Score.
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