The Exorcist78%

Name: The Exorcist
Genre: Horror
Released: 1973
Duration: 2 h 2 min
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb

Movie 1973-12-26 2h 2m Horror Academy Awards 2 Golden Globe Awards 5 Saturn Award for Best Horror Film 1 Saturn Award for Best Writing 1

★ 7.7 / 10 · 8,774 votes

Ratings

Combined

77.9 %

9 sources

IMDb

8.1 /10

503,854 votes

Rotten Tomatoes

78 %

178 votes

Metacritic

83 %

23 votes

Letterboxd

3.9 /5

1,063,618 votes

RT Audience

87 %

18,750 votes

Trakt

78 %

12,891 votes

TMDB

77 %

8,833 votes

Metacritic Users

8.3 /10

484 votes

Roger Ebert

4.0 /10

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

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Status

Released

1973-12-26

Runtime

2h 2m

Box office

$430,872,776

Studios

Hoya Productions , Warner Bros. Pictures

Country

United States of America

Languages

German, French, Latin, Arabic, Greek, English

Links

IMDb, Wikidata, Letterboxd

Awards

Won 2 Academy Awards

Academy Awards 2 won · 9 nominated

1974 Best Actress Nominated Ellen Burstyn
1974 Best Supporting Actress Nominated Linda Blair
1974 Best Director Nominated William Friedkin
1974 Best Supporting Actor Nominated Jason Miller
1974 Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay Won William Peter Blatty
1974 Best Picture Nominated William Peter Blatty
1974 Best Sound Won Robert Knudson, Robert 'Buzz' Knudson, Chris Newman
1974 Best Cinematography Nominated
1974 Best Production Design Nominated
1974 Best Film Editing Nominated
— Best Picture Nominated

Golden Globe Awards 5 won

1974 Best Screenplay Won William Peter Blatty
1974 Best Director Won William Friedkin
1974 Best Motion Picture – Drama Won
1974 Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Won Linda Blair
1973 Best Director Won William Friedkin

BAFTA Awards 1 nominated

1975 Best Sound Nominated Chris Newman

Saturn Award for Best Horror Film 1 won

— Best Horror Film Won

Saturn Award for Best Writing 1 won

1975 Best Writing Won William Peter Blatty

Award data from Wikidata (CC0). Coverage may be incomplete.

Director

William Friedkin

Cast

Ellen Burstyn Chris MacNeil

Linda Blair Regan MacNeil

Jason Miller Father Damien Karras

Max von Sydow Father Lankester Merrin

Lee J. Cobb Lt. Bill Kinderman

William O'Malley Father Joseph Kevin Dyer

Kitty Winn Sharon Spencer

Barton Heyman Dr. Klein

Peter Masterson Dr. Barringer

Jack MacGowran Burke Dennings

Rudolf Schündler Karl