Who wrote the screenplay for the film 'The Exorcist'?
"Supporting Actor at the 46th Academy Awards and the same award from the National Board of Review. Bridges was nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar, losing to William Peter Blatty, who won for adapting his novel into the screenplay for ""The Exorcist"". Donald O. Mitchell and Larry Jost received an Academy Award nomination for Best Sound. The American Film Institute has included the film on its ""100 Years...100 Cheers"" list. The Paper Chase (film) The Paper Chase is a 1973 film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman, and directed by James Bridges. Based on John Jay Osborn,"
"as ""The Exorcist""."" Carpenter agreed to direct the film contingent on his having full creative control, and was paid $10,000 for his work, which included writing, directing, and scoring the film. He and his then-girlfriend Debra Hill began drafting a story originally titled ""The Babysitter Murders"". Yablans subsequently suggested setting the movie on Halloween night and naming it ""Halloween"" instead, to which Carpenter agreed. It took approximately 10 days to write the screenplay. Yablans and Akkad ceded most of the creative control to writers Carpenter and Hill (whom Carpenter wanted as producer), but Yablans did offer several suggestions. According to"
"in ""The Modern Weird Tale: A Critique of Horror Fiction"" (2001). Essays studying all Blatty's novels can be found in Benjamin Szumskyj's """" (McFarland, 2008). Awards include: William Peter Blatty William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer and filmmaker best known for his 1971 novel ""The Exorcist"" and for the Academy Award-winning screenplay of its film adaptation. He also wrote and directed the sequel ""The Exorcist III"". After the success of ""The Exorcist"", Blatty reworked ""Twinkle, Twinkle, ""Killer"" Kane!"" (1960) into a new novel titled ""The Ninth Configuration"", published in 1978. Two years"
"William Peter Blatty William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer and filmmaker best known for his 1971 novel ""The Exorcist"" and for the Academy Award-winning screenplay of its film adaptation. He also wrote and directed the sequel ""The Exorcist III"". After the success of ""The Exorcist"", Blatty reworked ""Twinkle, Twinkle, ""Killer"" Kane!"" (1960) into a new novel titled ""The Ninth Configuration"", published in 1978. Two years later, Blatty adapted the novel into a film of the same title and won Best Screenplay at the 1981 Golden Globe Awards. Some of his other notable"
"was written by John Pielmeier premiered at Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles in July 2012. It was directed by John Doyle and starred Brooke Shields, David Wilson Barnes, Richard Chamberlin, Emily Yetter, Harry Groener, Roslyn Ruff, Manoel Felciano, Tom Nelis, and Stephen Bogardus. The play made its UK premiere at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in October 2016, co-produced by Bill Kenwright. The new production was directed by Sean Mathias, designed by Anna Fleischle and starred Jenny Seagrove as Chris, Peter Bowles as Merrin and Adam Garcia as Damien. The Exorcist (novel) The Exorcist is a 1971 horror novel by American"
"""The Exorcist"", and William Friedkin, director of the first Exorcist film. Boorman later admitted that his approach to the film was a mistake. ""The Heretic"" is often considered not just the worst film of The Exorcist series, but one of the worst films of all time. ""Excalibur"" (UK, 1981), a long-held dream project of Boorman's, is a retelling of the Arthurian legend, based on ""Le Morte D'Arthur"". Boorman cast actors Nicol Williamson and Helen Mirren against their protests, as the two disliked each other intensely, but Boorman felt their mutual antagonism would enhance their characterizations of the characters they were"
"Dan Perri Dan Perri is a film and television title sequence designer. He has worked in film title design since the 1970s, and has been responsible for the main titles of a number of notable films including ""The Exorcist"" (1973), ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), ""Star Wars"" (1977), ""Raging Bull"" (1980), ""Airplane!"" (1980), and ""Suspiria"" (2018). Dan Perri was born in New York in 1945. In 1949 his family moved to Los Angeles to be close to his father's parents, but his mother was unhappy there. Over the next few years Perri's family moved back and forth between LA and New York."
"Best Director. Friedkin followed up with 1973's ""The Exorcist"", based on William Peter Blatty's best-selling novel, which revolutionized the horror genre and is considered by some critics to be one of the greatest horror movies of all time. ""The Exorcist"" was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director. It won the Best Screenplay and Best Sound. Following these two pictures, Friedkin, along with Francis Ford Coppola and Peter Bogdanovich, was deemed one of the premier directors of New Hollywood; In 1973, the trio announced the formation of an independent production company at Paramount, The Directors Company."
"Caza, California. Linda Blair Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) is an American actress, film producer and animal rights activist. Blair is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the film ""The Exorcist"" (1973), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe. She reprised her role in """" (1977), for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award. Blair would go on to star in numerous controversial dramatic television films, such as ""Born Innocent"" (1974) and ""Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic"" (1975) before establishing herself as"
"possessed by a powerful demon, that topped ""The New York Times"" bestseller list for 17 weeks and remained on the list for 57 consecutive weeks. The book sold more than 13 million copies in the United States alone and was translated into over a dozen languages. He later adapted it with director William Friedkin into the film version. Blatty went on to win an Academy Award for his ""Exorcist"" screenplay, as well as Golden Globes for Best Picture and Best Writing. It also became the first horror film ever to be nominated for the best picture Oscar. In 1978, Blatty"
"investigative priest, interview everyone involved with the exorcism, then fade out to unused footage, unused angles from the first film. A low-budget rehash — about $3 million — of ""The Exorcist"", a rather cynical approach to movie-making, I'll admit. But that was the start."" Playwright William Goodhart was commissioned to write the screenplay, titled ""The Heretic""; he based it around the theories of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (the Jesuit paleontologist/archaeologist who had inspired the character of Father Merrin in Blatty's novel ""The Exorcist""). Goodhart's screenplay took a more metaphysical and intellectual approach compared with the original film. Here, the battle"
"there are also angels and life after death. He couldn't see why people thought it was scary. I've seen it about 200 times and every time I see something I haven't seen before."" Director Martin Scorsese placed ""The Exorcist"" on his list of the 11 scariest horror films of all time. In 2008, the film was selected by Empire Magazine as one of ""The 500 Greatest Movies Ever Made"". It was also placed on a similar list of 1000 films by ""The New York Times"". ""The Exorcist"" was released in London on March 14th, 1974. The film was protested around"
"The Exorcist: Italian Style L'esorciccio (internationally released as The Exorcist: Italian Style and The Exorciccio literally ""The Exor-Chuck, as 'Ciccio' is the Italian diminutive for 'Francesco' (Frankie), as Chuck/Chuckie in English) is a 1975 Italian horror-comedy film written, directed, produced and starring Ciccio Ingrassia. A parody of William Friedkin's ""The Exorcist"" (1973), it is the second and last film directed by Ingrassia after ""Paolo il freddo"" (a parody of ""Paolo il caldo""). In Iran at an archaeological site, a small head of Beelzebub is recovered. The trinket is then lost and unearthed, in a small rural town near Rome, by"
"Linda Blair Linda Denise Blair (born January 22, 1959) is an American actress, film producer and animal rights activist. Blair is best known for her role as the possessed child, Regan, in the film ""The Exorcist"" (1973), for which she was nominated for an Academy Award and won a Golden Globe. She reprised her role in """" (1977), for which she was nominated for a Saturn Award. Blair would go on to star in numerous controversial dramatic television films, such as ""Born Innocent"" (1974) and ""Sarah T. – Portrait of a Teenage Alcoholic"" (1975) before establishing herself as a sex"
"Exorcist: The Beginning Exorcist: The Beginning is a 2004 American supernatural horror film and the prequel to the 1973 film ""The Exorcist"". It is the fourth installment of ""The Exorcist"" series. It was adapted by William Wisher Jr., Caleb Carr, and Alexi Hawley and was directed by Renny Harlin. The film stars Stellan Skarsgård, Izabella Scorupco, James D'Arcy, Ben Cross, Ralph Brown, and Alan Ford. ""Exorcist: The Beginning"" was retooled from Paul Schrader's already completed """", which Morgan Creek Productions executives feared would be unsuccessful. Reviews for Harlin's film were overwhelmingly negative, and it was not a financial success. Schrader"
"The Ghost Writer (film) The Ghost Writer (released as The Ghost in the United Kingdom and Ireland) is a 2010 Franco-German-British political thriller film directed by Roman Polanski. The film is an adaptation of a Robert Harris novel, ""The Ghost"", with the screenplay written by Polanski and Harris. It stars Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kim Cattrall and Olivia Williams. The film was a critical and commercial success and won numerous cinematic awards including Best Director for Polanski at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival and also at the 23rd European Film Awards in 2010. A British ghostwriter (Ewan McGregor) is"
"and has two children. Critical, public and commercial reception to films Derrickson has directed as of November 13, 2016. Scott Derrickson Scott Derrickson (born July 16, 1966) is an American director, screenwriter and producer. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Derrickson is best known for directing numerous horror films, such as ""The Exorcism of Emily Rose"" (2005), ""Sinister"" (2012), and ""Deliver Us From Evil"" (2014), as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film ""Doctor Strange"" (2016). Derrickson grew up in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from Biola University with a B.A. in Humanities, with an emphasis on literature and philosophy,"
"into it. But the farcical elements outweighed the serious elements."" Blatty adapted the novel into a screenplay, and intended for it to be filmed by William Friedkin. Blatty said that the script ""was what you might call bizarre material. I had hoped to direct it myself. But after seeing ""The Night They Raided Minsky's"" I thought the script would be safe with Friedkin. I sent it along to him. He liked it. But we couldn't find a studio that liked it."" Blatty and Friedkin would later collaborate on the film version of ""The Exorcist"" (1973), with Blatty as screenwriter/producer and"
"or ""semi-subliminal"". In an interview in a 1999 book about the film, ""The Exorcist"" author Blatty addressed the controversy by explaining that, ""There are no subliminal images. If you can see it, it's not subliminal."" The editing of the title sequence was the first major project for the film title designer Dan Perri. As a result of the success of ""The Exorcist"", Perri went on to design opening titles for a number of major films including ""Taxi Driver"" (1976), ""Star Wars"" (1977) and ""Gangs of New York"" (2002). Lalo Schifrin's working score was rejected by Friedkin. Schifrin had written six"
"""The Exorcist"" (1973) and in its first week in the United States earned a greater box office than ""Jaws"". Horror film fans also remember him for ""The Blancheville Monster"", ""Blood Link"", ""Formula for a Murder"", ""Medusa vs the Son of Hercules"" and ""Holocaust 2000"". Alberto De Martino was born on 12 June 1929 in Rome. De Martino was the son of a film make-up artist. He started his career as a child actor. By then, the golden age of Italian cinema was fading, but there was still plenty of work to be had from more commercial projects. On attending University,"
"premiered at the 60th Berlin International Film Festival on 12 February 2010. The Ghost (Harris novel) The Ghost is a contemporary political thriller by the best-selling English novelist and journalist Robert Harris. In 2010, the novel was adapted into a film, ""The Ghost Writer"", directed by Roman Polanski and starring Pierce Brosnan, for which Polanski and Harris co-wrote the screenplay. In 2007 British prime minister Tony Blair resigned. Harris, a former Fleet Street political editor, dropped his other work to write the book. The ghost of the title refers both to a professional ghostwriter, whose lengthy memorandum forms the novel,"
"from 1964 to 1982, was also an executive producer on two of her films, ""Mr. Kingstreet's War"" and ""The Harrad Experiment"" (both 1973). One of his later films where he was credited as executive producer was ""A Night in the Life of Jimmy Reardon"" (1988), starred River Phoenix. Marshall was born in Chicago, and died of brain cancer on June 30, 2010. Noel Marshall Noel Marshall (April 18, 1931 – June 30, 2010) was an agent in Hollywood, California in the 1960s. He later became the executive producer of the 1973 horror film ""The Exorcist"". He wrote, directed, co-produced and"
"The Rite (2011 film) The Rite is a 2011 supernatural horror film directed by Mikael Håfström and written by Michael Petroni. It is loosely based on Matt Baglio's book ""The Rite: The Making of a Modern Exorcist"", which itself is based on real events as witnessed and recounted by American then-exorcist-in-training Father Gary Thomas and his experiences from being sent to Rome to be trained and work daily with veteran clergy of the practice. The film stars Anthony Hopkins, Colin O'Donoghue, Alice Braga, Ciarán Hinds, and Rutger Hauer. Shot in Rome, Budapest, and Blue Island, it was released on January"
"The Crucible (1996 film) The Crucible is a 1996 American historical drama film written by Arthur Miller adapting his play of the same title, inspired by the Salem witchcraft trials. It was directed by Nicholas Hytner and stars Daniel Day-Lewis as John Proctor, Winona Ryder as Abigail Williams, Paul Scofield as Judge Thomas Danforth, Bruce Davison as Reverend Parris, and Joan Allen as Elizabeth Proctor. Much of the filming took place on Hog Island in Ipswich, Massachusetts. Despite the film's lacklustre box office performance, Arthur Miller was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and Joan Allen received"
"Scott Derrickson Scott Derrickson (born July 16, 1966) is an American director, screenwriter and producer. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Derrickson is best known for directing numerous horror films, such as ""The Exorcism of Emily Rose"" (2005), ""Sinister"" (2012), and ""Deliver Us From Evil"" (2014), as well as the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film ""Doctor Strange"" (2016). Derrickson grew up in Denver, Colorado. He graduated from Biola University with a B.A. in Humanities, with an emphasis on literature and philosophy, and a B.A. in communications, with an emphasis on film, and a minor in theological studies. He earned his"
"The Ghost (Harris novel) The Ghost is a contemporary political thriller by the best-selling English novelist and journalist Robert Harris. In 2010, the novel was adapted into a film, ""The Ghost Writer"", directed by Roman Polanski and starring Pierce Brosnan, for which Polanski and Harris co-wrote the screenplay. In 2007 British prime minister Tony Blair resigned. Harris, a former Fleet Street political editor, dropped his other work to write the book. The ghost of the title refers both to a professional ghostwriter, whose lengthy memorandum forms the novel, and to his immediate predecessor who, as the action opens, has just"
"professor of theology at Fordham University and later a professor of theology and the humanities at Seattle University. O'Malley is best known for his portrayal of Father Dyer in ""The Exorcist"", for which he was also a technical advisor. According to one source, he was the first Catholic priest to portray a priest in a commercial motion picture. He has also appeared in the ""E! True Hollywood Story of the Curse of The Exorcist"". He has directed 99 plays and musicals with students and adults. As an author, O'Malley has written 37 published books, including ""Choosing to Be Catholic"", ""Why"
"The Last Exorcism The Last Exorcism is a 2010 American found footage supernatural horror film directed by Daniel Stamm. It stars Patrick Fabian, Ashley Bell, Iris Bahr, and Louis Herthum. The film follows a disillusioned evangelical minister, who after years of performing exorcisms decides to participate in a documentary chronicling his last exorcism while exposing the fraud of his ministry. After receiving a letter from a farmer asking for help in driving out the devil, he meets the farmer's afflicted daughter. This film received positive reviews from critics and was a box-office success. A sequel, ""The Last Exorcism Part II"","
"Tripp Vinson and Beau Flynn (who had already produced ""The Exorcism of Emily Rose"") learned about Baglio's book proposal and decided to purchase the movie rights. The producers contacted Michael Petroni (who was one of the writers for """") to write the screenplay. Petroni, a practicing Catholic, coordinated the development of his screenplay with Baglio, who was now writing the book at about the same time. Director Håfström was invited to direct the film ""intrigued by the fact that he would be working from facts, not just someone's imagination."" While the film is focused on demonic possession and exorcism, Håfström"
"Dark"" (1964), ""What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?"" (1966), ""Gunn"" (1967), and ""Darling Lili"" (1970), a musical starring Julie Andrews and Rock Hudson. Blatty also worked on his own using the name ""Bill Blatty"" writing comedy screenplays such as those for the Danny Kaye film ""The Man from the Diners' Club"" (1963), and the Warren Beatty/Leslie Caron film ""Promise Her Anything"" (1965). Other screenplays include the film adaptation of ""John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!"" (1965), and ""The Great Bank Robbery"" (1969). Later Blatty resumed writing fiction. In 1971, he wrote ""The Exorcist"", the story of a twelve-year-old girl"
"Jeremy Slater Jeremy Slater is an American writer and producer of film and television, known for his work on films such as ""Fantastic Four"" and ""Death Note"", and on television series such as ""The Exorcist"", which Slater created, and on which he served as executive producer. Slater wrote ""My Spy"", an action comedy film which will be directed by Jake Kasdan, as well as ""Tape 4"", a horror film to be produced by Primal Pictures, and ""Man of Tomorrow"", a superhero noir film which was included in the 2012 Black List. In July 2012, Slater was hired to write the"
"Paul Harris Boardman Paul Harris Boardman is an American screenwriter and film producer, best known for his work in the horror genre. After writing his first feature scripts while still a student at USC's School of Cinematic Arts, Boardman began working with fellow screenwriter Scott Derrickson, working as a script doctor on ""Dracula 2000"" and co-writing """", and he also co-wrote and directed the second unit for Derrickson's directorial debut """", a direct-to-video sequel to the long-running horror franchise. Boardman was the co-writer and producer of ""The Exorcism of Emily Rose"" (2005), Derrickson's critically praised follow-up film. He has also"
"director) and the Levinson-directed ""An Everlasting Piece"". Ten years after they last worked together on ""Cruising"", DiGiaimo and Friedkin reteamed again for the director's 1990 horror film ""The Guardian"". DiGiaimo also returned to the ""Exorcist"" franchise that year (albeit without Friedkin) as casting director of ""The Exorcist III"", written and directed by the original film's writer, William Peter Blatty. Friedkin enlisted DiGiaimo's services one last time for the 1994 basketball drama ""Blue Chips"". Ridley Scott first called upon DiGiaimo to help him cast his 1991 film ""Thelma & Louise"". For this film, it was DiGiaimo who pushed for a then-relatively"