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 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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