Living Deadpan

Haven't been able to find any details. It's available for pre-order at sites like Amazon but there's no info other than it's packaged in a keep case. It would be great if this had some Boorman commentary, haha, but I think this is just a simple packaging upgrade from the old snap-case.

NoirFan

An 118-minute apology.

Superdaddy

Ash Ketchum

I'm always defending this movie. I find it far preferable to Friedkin's film. I love the message of global unity, the move toward metaphysics away from the strict Catholicism of the first film, the way Regan becomes a hero, and, of course, the great score by Ennio Morricone.

It's not for all tastes. The masses prefer the manipulation and cheap sensationalism of the first film. EXORCIST II demands a little more from the audience.

SethDLH

i had the old snapper of this for about 2 years and then got rid of it without ever having seen it... i think i might try and watch it one day. i really want to form an opinion of it

Matthew Ackerly

I would love a special edition of the third film. I love that fucking movie.

tellybox

To tell you the truth, I've always tried to watch this film but I just can't seem to get past a specific part. Of what I've always seen, I didn't think it was as bad as everyone says.

Then again, I haven't seen the entire thing. So what do I know.

Kmical

Yes - it demands a complete lack of awareness as to what constitutes a good movie

Quatermass

I recall reading that the due to the negative reviews and poor box office, Exorcist II was recut 3 times during it's initial US run, then again for the European release. Does anyone know what version made it to DVD?

sb5

The original 117 minute theatrical cut (before the re-edits) is what was released to DVD.

dkedvd

Never was a big fan of the 2nd or 3rd. The 2 prequels were pretty good. I have the The "Exorcist: The Complete Anthology" set. You can pick up for $20.00 now-a-days. For the money I would say its the best buy out there. It come with...
- The Exorcist
- The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen
- Exorcist II: The Heretic
- Exorcist III
- Exorcist: The Beginning
- Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist

wm lopez

I've seen 2 for $5 in the Wal-Mart bins.
So this has to more than a package up grade.

SethDLH

i always forget this is out there. I might have to pick it up soon to get the movies I don't have and to cut down on space since they're in thin cases.

LickTheABCs

This.

I'd die to finally see Blatty's director's cut.

Indy24LA

Just in time for.... Thanksgiving???

sb5

Hey, what's better for Thanksgiving than a huge turkey?

ThePhantomGoat

Blatty tried to get a "Legion" cut/director's cut off teh ground for years. Last I heard, he gave up hope.

old-boo-radley

I remember even as a 12 year old that I wanted nothing to do with this film. I always thought it was creepy when the locusts swarmed the kid and he mugs to the camera and says "PAZUZU!" though.

wm lopez

I still can't figure out why it wasn't a hit.
You would think it would have a big opening weekend and then tank.
Anybody know what opened againest it?

man*machine

All I know is that it didn't open really wide as most films do today. It only played in one cinema in the city I lived in at the time. That print was the original uncut edit so it was before the bad word-of-mouth caused the re-cuts. The film was bad even then, although I do admire some of the style and sequences so it's somewhat of a guilty pleasure.

Watching Linda Blair's tapdance routine (and fall) is one ridiculous highlight.

JumpCutz

The film is marvelously shot by William Fraker and has really nice production design by Richard McDonald. I'm also a fan of the Ennio Morricone score.

Acting wise, Richard Burton was completely over the top and Louise Fletcher (coming off her academy award for OFOTCN) gave an incredibly wooden performance.

Linda Blair never looked hotter.

This new edition has to be just a re-packaged version, though I would love to see a 2 disc special edition. This was a very ambitious failure with a unique place in motion picture history.

old-boo-radley

I'll take her and her muicho assets in the nude pics one can find online.

Neeb

Different release patterns were in effect (Exorcist 2 opened with 700 prints- HUGE for the time), but you have to remember Star Wars had opened two months earlier and was still making barrels of money.

Additionally, The Spy Who Loved Me and A Bridge Too Far were also playing in theaters around that time and were doing pretty well.

inri222

So am I.

JumpCutz

Also 'The Deep' with Jacqueline Bissett and her nipples opened the same day as Exorcist II (June 17th 1977).