'The Exorcist' Premiere 9-21-00

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'The Exorcist' Premiere 9-21-00
Ellen Kim interviews William Friedkin, William Peter Blatty, Ellen Burstyn, Paul Sorvino, and Linda Blair at the premiere of 'The Exorcist'.
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[@jaybrown4526]

Linda Blair is absolutely adorable. looks, personality, wit...

[@DrPepperDERF]

Despite being asked the same questions over and over for 27 years they still answered them with such poise, gotta give them a lot of credit.

[@mattbernabe]

Now, 4 months until the films 50th anniversary, they still answer these questions in a professional manner.

[@jessicapazo7718]

The Exorcist, masterpiece. Of all the movies made on the supernatural, none even comes close to measuring up. It held up well. I can still watch it and be mesmerized. It's a powerful film.

[@matthewmcpherson2488]

RIP William Friedkin. You and William Peter Blatty will be talking about films in heaven

[@gingermiller4046]

Linda Blair was excellent but Ellen Brustyn was exceptional in this film. Both should have won Oscars for it, and Jason Miller as well.

[@hak4890]

Agree 💯 %!! I absolutely loved Jason Miller in this.

[@vargo0515]

the exorcist is still the most SCARIEST movie STILL!

[@kimgrant3879]

Agree

[@Premonition1Vicki]

Not really I can sleep through that movie

[@TheDurim87]

of all time !!!

[@slider2754]

@@Premonition1Vicki maybe if you payed attention you’ll find it scary.

[@imasharky]

I’m going to have to say, as a huge fan of horror, that The Babadook took it’s place as the scariest movie of all time. Something being scary doesn’t mean jump scares and whatnot. The Exorcist held psychological horror beyond compare in the 70s. I think the Babadook, given its insane depth, horrific visuals and no attempt at a cheap shot to scare.. it takes the cake.

[@adailtoncandidodefreitasju2429]

Linda Blair is adorable person, and an excellent actress. ❤

[@jamesheath7601]

Linda Blair is beautiful.

[@dickmasterson1613]

yes she is extremely attractive

[@cookiesontoast9981]

In Exorcist 2 she makes my jaw drop.

[@user-ne9hg1lu3g]

MechaMinilla99 dont be a perv

[@KeithsTVHD1]

Hell yeah!

[@marimac182]

She scares my ass

[@kingpin22s]

The audio book narrated by Mr Blatty (r.i.p.) is damn good. High recommend.

[@strumdynasty3050]

Blatty was so humble

[@user-rs6gg6bb1d]

Blatty the main ''thing'', the creator

[@hak4890]

Jason Miller.❤… He should have won that Academy Award.

[@lucillelaurenzi4510]

Linda Blaire is a gifted actress.She should've gotten an oscar.I admire her for reaching out to all walks of life and animals.Bless your heart Linda.Jesus has your back.

[@MrCarpen7er]

*Blair

[@robertinoyanzanny6157]

Voice still the same as when she was 13. Saw the movie in Ponce, Puerto Rico over 100 times before the 70 were over, I worked in a movie theater were The Exorcist played for 4 months, then returned by popular demand.

[@HUEnshiro_do_Norte]

Linda Blairr was so gorgeous in this occasion.

[@jm7804]

That spider crawl in the director's cut is majorly creepy.

[@therunner8733]

Something they don’t touch on here, is the fact that it was banned in the UK and re-released at this time on video after the ban was lifted. I was 13, and we got a tiny taste of what it was like for our parents when it first came out. As they’d obviously went to the cinema to see it in the 70’s. In 2000, after lifting the ban and the restored version being released on video for the first time, everyone in high school was talking about it for a long time. It scared an entire generation all over again as hadn’t been available to watch for more than 25 years after the theatric release in the 70’s

[@ggzzbb]

I have to say that this is the first time I see premiere interviews that are worth watching.

[@ScrapNfight]

They ALL looked and sounded great here. Good interviewer also

[@EdjeMr1975]

Thats right Linda .. im a big fan and i saw the exorcist 1000 times

[@martok2112]

...and it keeps getting funnier.... *every single time I watch it!* 😀

[@encoencomen8361]

Linda is great. My friends dad Marcel R.I.P. was special effects on this film.

[@1165mac]

The sound mix and print cleanup update was great, but I definitely prefer the original edit.

[@outpost31737]

I have this version on DVD. The spider walk is phenomenal.

[@billjannusch]

I love The Exorcist movie and book so much..

[@brainsareus]

stay away from me

[@cookiesontoast9981]

I love beans.

[@kdm1733]

@Tuck’s Girl I love the book too.

[@sweetcinnamonpnchkin]

Both are great but emotionally and mentally draining.

[@markmasztal2253]

Linda Blair is terrific.

[@danielstone5196]

Linda Blair and Ellen burstyn gave a top notch performance s

[@stanislawllamuca2329]

El exorcista siempre será recordada como la película más aterradora de toda la historia del cine!!!! Gracias William Peter Bleaty Gracias William friedking Gracias linda Blair,ellos nos dieron una exelente obra de arte q nunca olvidaremos y q siempre estará en nuestros corazones! Así pasen años décadas......

[@user-rs6gg6bb1d]

Linda Blair siempre fue la más popular a través de los años... pero fue una gran obra de un gran equipo, comenzando con Bill Blatty y Bill Friedkin grandes maestros

[@davidgustavsson3570]

Feel in Love with Linda the first time I saw the Movie and Admire Her Still OM

[@martok2112]

My all time favorite scary movie....and to me, the greatest horror movie ever made, or that ever will have been made. Took me 17 years to get used to it. I remember as a 5 year old dragging my parents to go see this movie, having absolutely no freaking idea what I was getting into. I stayed under the dash (yeah, drive ins, 'membeh those? Yeh, I membeh'...heh heh heh) for pretty much the entire movie after Regan growled. Then, in 2000 comes "The Version You've Never Seen".... yeah, it spooked me all over again....just after I'd gotten used to watching it alone. LOL!

[@97warlock]

Linda is such a strong women. I believe they could put her in an All star cast & play the leading role & really get big, but sadly so many people link her to the exorcist thats just how they see her, but she could be bigger if theyd give her a chance

[@MicahMicahel]

she was kind of a B movie queen. the press treated her as a lower actor, like she said but the fans .. the B movie fans really loved her because she showed personality and seemed to like the fans, or wasn't ashamed of her B movie status. Notice she didn't bad talk the director or anyone. Freidkin was known fir being tough on actors. Modern actors don't allow great performances because there per so many rules protecting actors. Even bigs. You can't even kill a bug anymore.

[@vargo0515]

Linda still a absolute gorgeous 😘 goddess 😘😍

[@blake7067]

Daniel Vargo it’s 20 years ago

[@user-rs6gg6bb1d]

@@blake7067 She looks lovely to me even now

[@kimmyfreak200]

wow the year 2000 and even the director has aged very well

[@williambechmann6547]

A brilliant classic!!! I love movies without CG......

[@dleyba3199]

shes lovely

[@Graceology101]

Nothing but the Original,Love this movie only watch it in the Daylight Lol

[@Mary...22-u9j]

ellen Burstyn and linda blair are beautiful

[@cfx5000]

Ellen Burstyn is still so beautiful.

[@qambarbokhari8657]

I am 59yrs.& this movie scares the living s*** out of me

[@pumkinbreath]

I feel the first cut had more impact. Less is more like in music.

[@Themanwhocameback2]

Yes. The upside down spider walk was a joke, and the stupid banter between the priest and the detective at the end is worthless.

[@thebeeshow6496]

@@Themanwhocameback2 Yes! And the scenes with Reagan in the hospital slow down the pace and the only scenes where it feels like Linda is acting

[@Themanwhocameback2]

@@thebeeshow6496 Yes. Only one cut I think was a mistake: the shortening of the scene between the two priests taking a break, sitting on the stairs discussing evil. That would have added depth and gravitas. To show my students the film as I knew it, I had to seek out the 25th anniversary DVD on Ebay.

[@thebeeshow6496]

@@Themanwhocameback2 Totally agree! That dialogue is great and definitely adds to the film. I would even dare to say that scene in the original without dialog is a bit awkward

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I want to look just like Ellen Burstyn. She looks fantastic here.

[@johnpetty3574]

When i was about 12 or 13 and wanted to see it(it was the movies FIRST time on network television) my mother told me b4 i watched it......IF YOU WATCH THIS MOVIE...YOU'RE SLEEPING IN YOUR OWN BED AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA TURN THE LIGHTS ON !!!!! This ovie scared the shit outta me.....and at 51 it still bothers me.

[@guinnberger9356]

JOHN PETTY: Well, I was a newly married adult when _The Exorcist_ premiered in 1973 and my mother was in her 50s... but we grownup women still buddied up to go see it. Neither my dad nor my husband was interested in seeing it, and neither Mom nor I was interested in seeing it _alone_ ...not even in a crowded theater during a daytime screening. Neither of us had any residual nightmares - it usually helps me deal with it if I read the book on which an intimidating movie is based, before watching it - but even after all these years it still resonates on an emotional level.

[@kimanderson8135]

I so feel you John Petty! I was 12 and I went balastic when I saw her face all cut up and that voice ugh. My mother was so pissed that I watched it against her wishes. It took me forever to watch it all the way through without hiding behind a pillow lol. It is an amazing movie. Scared the shit outta me!!!

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

@@guinnberger9356 I didn't get this movie, but seeing the Ring in a 500 seat theatre completely ALONE, in the middle of the day, in fact the same theatre where John Dillinger got killed in the alley next door (Biograph in Chicago)...THAT freaked me out.

[@wiilover07]

Good times. I remember seeing the 2000 version in theaters.

[@jond1325]

Gotta see this today on Halloween

[@efizzle323]

She was 41 here.

[@LegacyandFierce]

Wow that same laugh from Regan before she was possessed in the film when she showed her mom the toy 05:53

[@spike16965]

I was 12 when I first seen it and it was creepy. Only watched once and will never again

[@davidgustavsson3570]

Saw this movie at least 18 times before I was 1 po and I was 15 the first time

[@Bella-Mae0422]

I saw the movie for the first time on February 14, 2004 when my sister convince me to watch it on my 12th bday not realizing how scared I was gonna be later 🤦‍♀️

[@user-rs6gg6bb1d]

Did you see it in theaters ?

[@Bella-Mae0422]

@@user-rs6gg6bb1d lol no I wish. I wasn't even born yet.

[@americanitalianisrael4008]

THIS IS ONE OF THE GREATEST MOVIES EVER MADE IN EVERY LEVEL. EXQUISITE. EXCELLENT. SUPERB. ANOTHER GREAT ONE IS ' NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD'.

[@HollywoodArchive]

AGREED!

[@peterwilliamskelhorn6675]

@@HollywoodArchive I've finally seen this movie in 2023 and the crucifix bit was disturbing

[@Jardinier2023]

She should of won an Oscar..13 yrs old and doing that kind of work she was pheomenal..all the acting was outstanding which made it believable in less capable hands it would of been ridiculous..so glad they left out the spider scene..it would of been too silly

[@Lovedance5678]

Ellen Burstyn seems uncomfortable talking about the weird stuff that went on during filming....

[@TheHoopyscoopy]

wow interesting.

[@torystrending7285]

Great interviews!!

[@galaayala5121]

LINDA BLAIR IS MY IDOL ♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@mooville32]

savage streets!

[@johnpetty3574]

I live in Portland Oregon and LINDA has a Doppelganger here , i wanted to say that to this female but she seemed occupied by something else. Also LINDA came here for a showing as guest speaker(HOLLYWOOD THEATER) but i didn't know about it til it was over ( like 2 weeks later!!!!)

[@davidgustavsson3570]

Linda your such a Beautiful Person OM

[@barbaraquinones1056]

She is perfecto súper Star😘🥰👍

[@yiannischristophi9887]

Daaaamn I am still afraid of her

[@marimac182]

Lmfao facts 🤣

[@jenniferwoolridge5684]

My fav horror film for all time!

[@cookiesontoast9981]

It is a fantastic movie, my favourite horror movie of all time is Texas Chainsaw Massacre 1974.

[@kimgrant3879]

@@cookiesontoast9981 yeah that's a good one too

[@adibchowdhury3521]

Is that Jon Hamm at @5.29 ?

[@kennywatts4155]

Cant wait for new exorcist movie .

[@wendallmohler8575]

ilove the exorcist

[@merlussaoficial]

I do not understand why everyone says they have seen it less than 3 times approximately, I have seen it about 10, if I had acted in it at least I would see it once a year

[@ortegaalex13]

It seems like Linda Blair was a little irritated in the interview

[@slider2754]

I didn’t see it? Maybe tho?

[@ortegaalex13]

@@slider2754 idk we all notice different things

[@nickharte5035]

The interviewer asked her a question about a hypothetical 'daughter' and she has said in other interviews (perhaps when more comfortable and not surrounded by the makers of the film?) that she had always wanted to have a child but thought that after receiving death threats after the initial release of the film that it'd be responsible to bring a child into an environment with bodyguards and having to literally hideout from crazy fans. The film (and by extension its makers) impacted her life in very serious ways and I really feel sorry for her that she wasn't safely able to have a child as a result.

[@cfx5000]

She has been asked the same stupid questions for over 40 years. Wouldn't you be a little irritated?

[@ortegaalex13]

@@cfx5000 lol im just kinda stating what i see. But i think a lot of celebrities gets asked the same shit in every interview. Im sure they all get irritated. I think bringing up kids when WOMEN dont have kids especially at an older age, is just a no no.

[@1986SSMONTECARLO]

DAMN Ellen looked better than she did in '73

[@smitha5022]

She's so elegant. Like old Hollywood.

[@mr.timebombman2230]

Yeah, she looked great here.

[@bruhxx2082]

2016BMWi8 thats what money does to you.

[@djmotise]

Um, no she didn't

[@jonathanrayne]

The fact that Linda never had children speaks volumes.

[@Eckoolt]

What it says?

[@jonathanrayne]

@@Eckoolt I remember the special effects guy stated in 'The Making of the Exorcist' there was a feeling on the set that they were playing with forces they shouldn't have been playing with. Perhaps Linda was concerned about supernatural retribution. Or she was concerned with the ridicule her child might receive since that role has made her fairly infamous. Either possibility is a little frightening.

[@Oneanddone14]

​@@jonathanrayneShe said she would have been scared of her children being kidnapped. Death threats and 24-hour bodyguards at 15 could do that to someone.

[@fadalerabrasool3563]

I winder how the crew reacted to the film at the premier knowing that they created the scariest horror movie

[@harryknackers7892]

Ellen Burstyn is devilishly gorgeous!

[@EZ-IZZY1995]

She looks like Carrie Fischer in this clip (Rip)

[@restlessbohemian26]

I always thought Linda Blair, Christy McNichol, Carrie Fisher and Stevie Nicks could play sisters.

[@Carrollavirus]

Stephen Larner Agree with all but not Christy Mcnichol

[@TheHoopyscoopy]

The new ending drags but the other additions are interesting.

[@davidgustavsson3570]

Damien the Response

[@reganmacneilexorcist]

Regan 😍😍😍👣👣❤❤❤

[@Magician12345]

lol everyone has differing stories.

[@marimac182]

Everyone has their secrets, no one but them know what they really saw

[@Magician12345]

@@marimac182 well it makes people talk about it more

[@GA-1st]

See the original...

[@bloodtimemaximusfullthrott226]

G A also see this one...

[@GA-1st]

@@bloodtimemaximusfullthrott226 Nah. Don't bother...

[@thewonderfulworldofderek6087]

The exorcist years History wb years 40th anniversary 45th anniversary DVD bue Ray

[@brainsareus]

interviewer lacks tact

[@davidgustavsson3570]

Your not My Mother ?

[@davidgustavsson3570]

Merrin ?it's Your Mother?

[@lovegodtimessquaremediapro8588]

Blair was exploited

[@markryan792]

Linda Blair is beautiful ....but the make up is 😳😳😳😳 love u Linda were here for u 💯💯🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Themanwhocameback2]

Linda Blair and Ellen Burstyn both have had extensive plastic surgery. Ellen mentions "Requiem For A Dream", opening soon, and she must have gotten her work done after that.

[@DrCurriena]

Hope they didn't take out Penderecki

[@lovegodtimessquaremediapro8588]

Blasphemy agai st JESUS

[@positivethinking8730]

Blair witch project

[@markdower5795]

His hair looks like it was coloered in with a Sharpee.

[@desertdispatch]

I didn't think it was THAT scary

[@desertdispatch]

it was creepy I completely agree.....

[@brainsareus]

scared the shit out of me

[@cookiesontoast9981]

When I was young I never saw it but I did see pictures of possessed Regan and it scared the shit out of me for years, I would lay there at night and her face would pop into my mind and I would have to turn the light on. When I finally saw it it didn't really scare me at all... But nothing scares me anymore so that's not an insult, I absolutely loved the film on a directorial standpoint and really appreciated the great acting, story telling and subject matter.

[@joemartin1253]

desertdispatch That's cause your used to the digital crap of today.

[@kimanderson8135]

@@cookiesontoast9981 I completely understand that fear of laying in bed and her face popping into my head....sheer terror.... I was frozen with fear too much to move. And I did sleep with a nightlight on lol

[@Mark-hc8ek]

Blair aged horribly the past 20 years and her views are a typical snobby rich person's. But she should have won Oscar and perhaps nominated for a few Emmys for her TV movies.

[@Oneanddone14]

She talks about saving animals and lives on a dog-rescue ranch. Don't get the snob comment. She has aged considerably but she's 65.