1973 · 2h 2m · Horror
The Exorcist
Directed byWilliam Friedkin
IMDb
8.1
506K votes
Metacritic
81
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Rotten Tomatoes
84%
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Box office
$441M
36.8x its $12M budget
Released Dec 26, 1973 by Warner Bros. Entertainment
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Critics (Metacritic)81
Audience (IMDb x 10)81
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Cast
Crew
- Director
- William Friedkin
- Writer
- William Peter Blatty
- Cinematography
- Owen Roizman
- Editing
- Norman GayEvan A. Lottman
- Producers
- William Peter Blatty
10 nominations, 2 wins
Awards record
- NominatedBest Actress · Academy Awards 1974Ellen Burstyn
- NominatedBest Production Design · Academy Awards 1974Art Direction: Bill Malley; Set Decoration: Jerry Wunderlich
- NominatedBest Cinematography · Academy Awards 1974Owen Roizman
- NominatedBest Picture · Academy Awards 1974William Peter Blatty, Producer
- WonBest Adapted Screenplay · Academy Awards 1974William Peter Blatty
- NominatedBest Director · Academy Awards 1974William Friedkin
- NominatedBest Film Editing · Academy Awards 1974Jordan Leondopoulos, Bud Smith, Evan Lottman, Norman Gay
- NominatedBest Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 1974Jason Miller
- NominatedBest Supporting Actress · Academy Awards 1974Linda Blair
- WonBest Sound · Academy Awards 1974Robert Knudson, Chris Newman
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