Exorcist: The Beginning

Exorcist: The Beginning

Movie |

Demonic Possession | Obsession

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  • Genre(s): Horror, Mystery, Thriller
  • Language(s): English
  • Director(s): Renny Harlin, Antti J. Jokinen, Catherine Olaya, Bruce Franklin, Portia Tickell See all Crew
  • Cast(s): Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Julian Wadham, Remy Sweeney See all Cast & Crew
  • Duration: 1h 54min
  • Music: Trevor Rabin,Tim Webb,Frank Fleming,Nerses Gezalyan,Jon Mete
  • Award(s): Saturn 2007 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Scream 7, The Arborist
  • Story:
    Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have been built and then immediately buried to keep down evil from the crypt below. The natives are convinced that uncovering the church has unleashed a demon, and begin to violently clash with the British military troops. As the village rapidly disintegrates into chaos and war, Merrin must face-off with the demon which has taken possession of somebody close to him.
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5.1/10
IMDb

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Exorcist: The Beginning - Cast

Exorcist: The Beginning - Crew

STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Having lived through traumatizing events during WWII, Father Lankester Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to conduct archaeological excavations in British-administered East Africa. Merrin unearths an ancient Byzantine church believed have been built and then immediately buried to keep down evil from the crypt below. The natives are convinced that uncovering the church has unleashed a demon, and begin to violently clash with the British military troops. As the village rapidly disintegrates into chaos and war, Merrin must face-off with the demon which has taken possession of somebody close to him.
Ratings

5.1/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Nominations
Saturn Award

Best DVD Collection For and | 2007

Best DVDBluRay Collection For and | 2015

Best DVDBluRay Collection | 2015

Best DVD Collection | 2007

Razzie Award

Worst Director | 2005

Worst Remake or Sequel | 2005

Teen Choice Award

Choice Movie Scary Scene | 2005 | Stellan

DFWFCA Award

Worst Film | 2005

BOX OFFICE

Budget 80,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 78,000,586 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Both William Peter Blatty and Paul Schrader were nearly thrown out of this film's premiere for loudly laughing during the screening.

Morgan Creek Productions fired Paul Schrader after he had submitted a completed movie, saying that he had given them "footage without any of the bloody violence the backers had wanted". He had already made it clear in interviews that he was making more of a psychological drama than an all-out gore-fest. He was fired and Renny Harlin was hired to re-shoot the movie. Almost 90% of the movie was re-shot and at least two characters have been dropped from Paul Schrader's version of the movie. Following the lackluster reception to Harlin's version, though, Schrader's version was finally released as Dominion (2005).

Nearly the entire cast (barring only Stellan Skarsgård) were either unavailable for the reshoots, or refusing to return out of loyalty to Paul Schrader.

Stellan Skarsgård is playing a younger version of Max von Sydow's character from The Exorcist (1973). Skarsgård is nearly a decade older than von Sydow was during the filming of the original movie.

Linda Blair was "shocked" when she discovered that Warner Bros. had used her image/voice in the promotional campaign(s), unauthorized.

Popular Dialogues

"Sarah: [Possessed] He [God] Sarah: doesn't care about this whore. But you do... because you want to shove your rotten cock up her juicy ass!"

"Sarah: [Possessed] What's the matter, Merrin? Don't you wanna fuck me any more?"

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