Cinematic background from The Exorcist 1973 - Twelve year old Regan MacNeil begins to adapt an explicit new personality as strange events befall the local area of Georgetown. Her mother becomes torn between science and superstition in a desperate bid to save her daughter, and ultimately turns to her last hope: Father Damien Karras, a troubled priest struggling with his own faith.

The Exorcist

1973

Horror

Directors:
William Friedkin
Writers:
William Peter Blatty
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Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older woman wearing a nurse's uniform; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a hat and a coat; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A woman with a megaphone in front of a group of people; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a hat and a hat with blue eyes; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A person with a surprised look on their face; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a coat and a hat standing next to another man; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A person wearing a white lab coat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man and a woman talking to each other outside; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A group of people sitting around in a tunnel; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A young girl with long hair is looking at the camera; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a suit and glasses; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man sitting on a train platform next to a train station; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man with a beard and a hat talking to another man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A woman in a bath tub with a child in a bathtub; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A group of people that are standing in a crowd; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A young girl dressed as the exorcist sitting in a chair; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing in front of a train station; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A person holding something in his hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing glasses looking out of a window; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man sitting on the steps in the dark; Extreme Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A crowd of people gathered on a sidewalk; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man in a hat talking to another man outside; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man walking down the street holding a skateboard; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a cowboy hat in front of some rocks; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man in a brown jacket standing next to another man in a brown jacket; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing on the side of the street wearing a black coat; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing next to a street light on a foggy night; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A group of people kneeling down on the ground in front of a building; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An old man wearing a cowboy hat sitting on a bench; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – People walking down a street in a city with tall buildings in the background; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a cowboy hat and looking sad; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a cowboy hat looking off into the distance; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing next to an iron fence; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man in a black suit is crying; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a priest's outfit sitting in front of a camera; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man sitting on a couch looking at a woman; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a priest's outfit looking to his left; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man with spiky hair and a brown jacket; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man and a woman talking to each other outside; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A group of people standing in the street with their hands raised; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man and a priest shaking hands in a living room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a hat looking out of a window; Wide shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A woman in a kitchen preparing food on a pan; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing next to a statue of an angel; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A person holding an umbrella; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A young girl with a bloody face is sitting in a chair; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older woman standing in front of a bus stop; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man in a hat and a man in a jacket and tie; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A person looking at a mirror; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A group of people gathered around a woman in a white dress; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man in a priest's outfit sitting in a chair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing glasses and a priest's outfit; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A woman and a child sitting in a bath tub in a room; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An old man with white hair is looking down; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man sitting on the ground in the dark; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a priest's outfit; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A young girl laying in a bed with a blanket; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man standing on the side of the street; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A young girl in a blue dress is in a bed; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A person wearing a white shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man in a hat and coat walking down the stairs; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man and a woman are looking at a book; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A person walking down a street at night; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man's face in a dark room; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A young girl with long hair and an evil look on her face; Close Up shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man sitting at a table with a cup of coffee; Medium shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A woman in a red and white outfit holding a gold chain; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A group of people standing around each other with signs; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man in a green shirt is looking at a mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing glasses and wearing a vest; Close Up shot, Low angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A group of people on a dirt hill with a herd of sheep; Extreme Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man walking on a dirt path in the desert; Wide shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A man wearing a priest's outfit talking to another man wearing a cowboy hat; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A girl in a white dress sitting on the floor; Medium shot, High angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – An older man wearing a tan hat and a brown jacket; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A young girl smiling at the camera while sitting in a dentist's chair; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle
Movie still from “The Exorcist” (1973), directed by William Friedkin – A young girl sitting in front of an older man; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle