 The
Exorcist is a 1973 U.S. horror film directed by William Friedkin,
adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty,
dealing with the demonic possession of a young girl, and her
mother’s desperate attempts to win back her daughter through
an
exorcism conducted by two priests. The film features Ellen Burstyn,
Linda Blair, Max von Sydow, Kitty Winn, Lee J. Cobb, Jason Miller, and
Mercedes McCambridge. Both the film and novel took inspiration from a
documented exorcism in 1949, performed on a fourteen-year-old boy. The
film is one of a cycle of 'demonic child' movies produced in the late
1960s and early 1970s, including Rosemary's Baby and The Omen.
The film became one of the most profitable horror films of all time,
grossing $402,500,000 worldwide. The film earned ten Academy Award
nominations—winning two, one for Best Sound and Best Adapted
Screenplay.
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