TY - BOOK AU - William, Friedkin. AU - Burstyn,Ellen AU - Jack Mac Gowran AU - Kitty Winn AU - Lee J Cobb AU - Linda Blair AU - Max von Sydow AU - Jason Miller TI - The Exorcist AV - DVD 000049 PY - 1973/// CY - USA PB - Warner Bros. Pictures KW - Horror KW - Thriller KW - Drama N1 - Landmark of horror films, based on an enormously popular novel: A troubled cleric sees a means of redemption in helping a psychologically damaged teen; William Peter Blatty N2 - Based on the 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist marries three different scenarios into one extraordinary plot. A visiting actress in Washington, D.C., notices dramatic and dangerous changes in the behavior and physical make-up of her 12-year-old daughter. Meanwhile, a young priest at nearby Georgetown University begins to doubt his faith while dealing with his mother's terminal sickness. And, book-ending the story, a frail, elderly priest recognizes the necessity for a show-down with an old demonic enemy UR - http://akas.imdb.com/title/tt0070047/ ER -