Films Directed by William Friedkin

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 31. Chapters: The French Connection, The Exorcist, The Exorcist series, To Live and Die in L.A., Cruising, Bug, Rules of Engagement, Sorcerer, The Boys in the Band, The Hunted, Blue Chips, The Brink's Job, Deal of the Century, The Birthday Party, Good Times, The Guardian. Excerpt: The Exorcist is a 1973 American horror film directed by William Friedkin, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty and based on the exorcism case of Robbie Mannheim, 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, Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jason Miller, Linda Blair and Mercedes McCambridge. 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 Exorcist was released theatrically in the United States by Warner Bros. on December 26, 1973. The film earned ten Academy Award nominations-winning two, one for Best Sound and Best Adapted Screenplay, and losing Best Picture to The Sting. It became one of highest earning movies of all time, grossing $441 million worldwide. The film has had a huge effect on popular culture. It was named the scariest movie of all time by Entertainment Weekly and Movies.com and by viewers of AMC in 2006, and was #3 on Bravo's 100 Scariest Movie Moments. The film was selected in 2010 to be preserved by the Library of Congress as part of its National Film Registry. At an archaeological dig in Al-hadar near Nineveh in Iraq, archaeologist Father Lankester Merrin (Max von Sydow) visits a site where a small stone resembling a grimacing, bestial creature is found. Merrin travels onward to find the strange statue of Pazuzu, which has a...