Talk:The Exorcist (film)

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Contents 1 Reponses 2 Goofs 3 Trivia 4 OMG! No pictures? 5 Too much prequel information 6 Dana Plato Myth 7 CLEANUP 8 Who possessed Linda Blair? 9 Trivia 10 Plot

[edit] Reponses

The "Reponses" section could be expanded. This film was incredibly controversial in the canada, and the media speculated that it had driven viewers to suicide, etc. Certainly the reaction from some quarters bordered on the hysterical. I don't think the existing section really conveys how taboo the film was while banned. McPhail 00:06, 22 April 2006 (UTC)

>> I would also say that the 'mass hysteria' that this film produced is grossly under-rated in this article. It (the audience reaction) was a major news-story locally (was it covered in the national news?). I believe that this is a major gap in the article. The audience reaction was (and remains) a notable/unique cultural-event in and of itself.

[edit] Goofs

The "Goofs" section seems lifted from IMDB, complete with "incorrectly regarded as goofs." 72.147.108.21 05:20, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

As well, the "trivia" section is word for word copied from IMDB. Should probably be rewritten. ~~Flora.

[edit] OMG! No pictures?

WOW! This article is pretty long, yet is lacks some good pictures from the film. Anyone want to consider adding some? Kill-bill-93 11:52, 20 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Too much prequel information

Epecially considering that both the prequel films have their own articles here (which are linked within this article) there is entirely too much space devoted to the discussion of them here. That entire part of the "Sequels" section needs trimming. 12.22.250.4 20:31, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Dana Plato Myth

Dana Plato was never offered the role of Regan. Near the end of her life, Plato claimed she had been offered this role, but this is highly doubtful. She was about 7 years old when casting was taking place (several years younger than Linda Blair), and had no film, or television credits at the time. Until Plato herself made her claims, there was no documentation of her having any involvement with the film. William Peter Blatty himself has said that this was not true, and that he had never heard of her prior to these rumors, rumors perpetuated by herself.

[edit] CLEANUP

The trivia sections (notably the Production and casting details and Reactions ones) needs to be moved out and integrated into new secions or existing section in the article (like Production and Reception). Also, this article needs to be written according to the WP:Films Style guidelines. Cbrown1023 21:37, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

I'm removing the paragraph about the novel being based on a true story. The novel has its own page; this page is about the film. Feel free to revert it if you disagree, though! I also removed the DVD Release section, as it just repeats the information in the alternate versions section (but at more length). I also removed the track listings, because they are far too long and unnecessary. I rearranged the Academy Awards section into a general Awards section for all of that info to go into. I cleaned up the trivia section a bit as well, and fixed the infobox into the current settings. I tried to make a start on cleaning it up... -Elizabennet 19:04, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Who possessed Linda Blair?

The movie never specifically says "who" possessed Linda Blair.

So is there any source that says which specific demon possessed her? Anker99 04:30, 9 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trivia

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Exorcist&diff=prev&oldid=51702734

Hi, does the trivia section contain any info added by the edit above? I find some of the bits difficult to believe. (Rome?) --Kjoonlee 04:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Plot

The one-paragraph plot section was simply cut and pasted from the Internet Movie Database. While IMDB has been cited in the references as being the source, wikipedia guidelines clearly state: "Do not copy text from other websites without permission. It will be deleted." Somebody familiar with the film's narrative needs to rewrite/expand the plot section.-Hal Raglan 14:52, 24 January 2007 (UTC)