L'esorcista II - L'eretico

Titolo originale: Exorcist II: The Heretic
Regia: John Boorman |
Anno: 1977
Origine: United States of America |
Generi: Horror
Tag: 1970s | religion and supernatural | exorcism | possession | hypnosis | pact with the devil | sequel | examination | priest | devil | roman catholic church | demonic possession | locust | faith healing | supernatural horror | playful | absurd | audacious |
Cast: Richard Burton | Linda Blair | Louise Fletcher | Max von Sydow | Kitty Winn | Paul Henreid | James Earl Jones | Ned Beatty | Belinda Beatty | Rose Portillo | Barbara Cason | Tiffany Kinney | Joey Green | Fiseha Dimetros | Ken Renard | Hank Garrett | Lorry Goldman | Bill Grant | Shane Butterworth | Joely Adams | Robert Lussier | Charles Parks | Richard Paul | George Skaff | Marianne Muellerleile | Dana Plato | Kelley Karel | Karen Knapp |

Padre Lamont viene mandato dal Cardinale ad "indagare" sulla morte di Padre Merrin e sulla possessione di Regan da parte del demone Pazuzu. Lamont arriva in Africa in cerca di Kokumo, posseduto da Pazuzu e questi gli dice che il demone vive nelle locuste che volano attorno al mondo. Quando Lamont torna a New York, dove vive Regan, scopre che la ragazza è stata posseduta attraverso una macchina per l'ipnosi del dottor Tuskin...

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Martin Scorsese was one of the few people who liked the film. "The picture asks: Does great goodness [...] D
Upon its release, the reviews for the film were horrible and scathing. It was one of the worst-revie [...] D
Final film of Paul Henreid. D
Kitty Winn was very hesitant to return to her role as Sharon for this film. She'd found making the o [...] D
Linda Blair said Elizabeth Taylor was often on set with the rest of the crew and cast. D
William Friedkin recalled seeing the film - "I was at Technicolor and a guy said 'We just finished a [...] D
In the book The Golden Turkey Awards, this film was voted the second worst movie of all time. It "lo [...] D
William Peter Blatty, author of the original novel, reportedly had to stifle his own laughter upon v [...] D
In a 2005 interview, Sir John Boorman remarked: "It all comes down to audience expectations. The fil [...] D
Richard Burton only agreed to make the film in return for Columbia casting him as Dr. Martin Dysart [...] D
The production was refused permission to film at just about every location they asked for (including [...] D
Rose Portillo's debut. D
This film is listed among the Top Ten Best Bad Films ever made in Golden Raspberry Award founder Joh [...] D
Linda Blair called this "one of the big disappointments of my career". D
The original, opening night version of this film was so poorly received that the audience at a theat [...] D
Original rough cut of the movie was 3 hours long. Amongst the scenes which were deleted from the fin [...] D
William Friedkin and William Peter Blatty were repeatedly asked for ideas for a sequel, but turned t [...] D
Rose Portillo is of Spanish ancestry. D
William Friedkin, director of the first film, told a story, recalled to by a Warner Bros. executive, [...] D
The swarms of locusts were realized by painting a few thousand Styrofoam packing peanuts brown and s [...] D
In the opening narration, Father Lamont says Father Merrin first encountered Pazuzu 40 years before [...] D
Stanley Kubrick turned down the offer to direct. When Sir John Boorman accepted, Kubrick warned him [...] D
Linda Blair claims Richard Burton read off cue cards for several scenes throughout the movie. D
Quentin Tarantino is one of the few people who liked the film, even using a song by Ennio Morricone [...] D
Sir John Boorman confessed that "The sin I committed was not giving the audience what it wanted in t [...] D
The original cast and crew of L'esorcista (1973) were very much opposed to a sequel. William Friedki [...] D
Father William O'Malley was contacted to reprise his role as Father Joseph Dyer from the first film. [...] D
Sir John Boorman was unhappy with William Goodhart's script, and asked Goodhart to do a rewrite, inc [...] D
Linda Blair had to take tap dancing lessons for the film. Although she loathed it, she came to respe [...] D
The film's cast includes one Oscar winner (Louise Fletcher) and five Oscar nominees (Linda Blair, Ma [...] D
Sir John Boorman was laid low by a serious lung infection for a month, resulting in Rospo Pallenberg [...] D
In a recent documentary about the making of this movie; Linda Blair said director John Boorman appro [...] D
Christopher Walken was also considered to play Father Lamont, but the studio management was opposed [...] D
Reportedly, executives at 20th Century Fox we're panicking at the time because Warner Brothers was m [...] D
Linda Blair said in one interview that Rospo Pallenberg directed a lot of the film as well as doing [...] D
This film, along with L'esorcista (1973) and L'esorcista III (1990), were serial killer Jeffrey Dahm [...] D
Sir John Boorman filmed the scene on Regan's balcony on an actual balcony rather than a set, knowing [...] D
Playwright William Goodhart was commissioned to write the screenplay, titled The Heretic. He built i [...] D
Linda Blair has said that Richard Burton started out sober, but frequently became drunk during the m [...] D
Sir John Boorman was originally offered the opportunity to direct L'esorcista (1973) but passed beca [...] D
The scene where Regan's demon manifestation seduces Father Lamont was originally set to be much more [...] D
Linda Blair was already in the midst of her drug habits and constantly turned up late to shooting, t [...] D
Linda Blair claims, because of the rewrites, that the finished film was nothing like what she agreed [...] D
Richard Burton openly admitted in interviews that this was a paycheck picture for him. "I had a divo [...] D
Pauline Kael was one of the few critics who liked this movie. This is mostly because Regan is exploi [...] D
During the filming, director Sir John Boorman contracted San Joaquin Valley Fever (a respiratory fun [...] D
Jon Voight originally agreed to play Father Lamont before dropping out over concerns with the screen [...] D
Editor Sam O'Steen was originally scheduled to direct, but the studio decided it wanted a more exper [...] D
In the original script Regan/Pazuzu turns into a temptress, which then inspires Fr. Lamont to rape h [...] D
The film's producers deliberately intended the film to be less graphic in content and less dark in t [...] D
Sir John Boorman was attracted to the film, because "the idea of making a metaphysical thriller grea [...] D
When the role of Dr. Tuskin was still written as male, Alan Arkin, Richard Dreyfuss, Chris Sarandon, [...] D
Originally, the script had a major role for Lee J. Cobb's character of "Lt. Kinderman" from the firs [...] D
Linda Blair refused to be subjected to the makeup she wore in the first film. In flashback scenes, t [...] D
Because of her resemblance to Ellen Burstyn, Louise Fletcher was originally cast as Chris MacNeil wh [...] D
Shortly after its premiere, Sir John Boorman went back to re-cut the film in response to poor audien [...] D
The only actors to reprise their roles from the previous film were Linda Blair, Kitty Winn, and Max [...] D
Although Pauline Kael hated the original film, once again going against the grain, she loved Part 2; [...] D
The film was rushed into production because 20th Century Fox released L'esorcista (1973)-inspired ho [...] D
In his autobiography, Sir John Boorman recounts a day during the beleaguered shoot when Linda Blair [...] D
Dana Plato plays an uncredited role in this movie, Sandrah Phalor, the little girl at Dr Tuskin's pa [...] D
In a 1977 TV interview with Ludovic Kennedy, discussing his career renaissance, Richard Burton says [...] D
Although widely regarded as a flop, the film was actually the only one of the sequels/prequels to sh [...] D
Although it is often regarded as one of the worst sequels ever made, and one of the worst movies eve [...] D
At the time of its release, this was the most expensive film produced by Warner Bros. D
Halfway through production, director Sir John Boorman was struck down by a rare tropical fungus. Unf [...] D
Director Sir John Boorman pulled the film out of theaters twice to do some more editing. D
In one scene (lasting eight minutes and ten seconds), the camera cuts to close-ups of Lamont in whic [...] D
William Peter Blatty claimed to have been the first person to start laughing at the theater at which [...] D
In one of the last scenes, when the house is shaking and the bed rolling, Linda Blair fell off the b [...] D
Linda Blair has stated in interviews that she and Richard Burton got along beautifully and that he w [...] D
Despite Ellen Burstyn's repeated refusals to return, most drafts of the screenplay featured Chris in [...] D
On the night of the premiere, the movie was laughed off the screen. Things were tolerable until the [...] D
According to the film's co-producer Richard Lederer, Exorcist II was conceived as a relatively low-b [...] D

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[first lines] [theatrical version] Possessed Wom [...] D
Pazuzu: Regan! Come! We're going flying far, far a [...] D
Father Lamont: The power... it's getting nearer. C [...] D
Father Lamont: Pazuzu has brushed me with his wing [...] D
Father Lamont: Was, uh... was Father Merrin afraid [...] D
Father Lamont: If he can teach me how he has survi [...] D
Pazuzu: Pazuzu's Regan is the only Regan. D
Father Lamont: The enemy of the human race is subd [...] D
Father Lamont: You realize what you're up against, [...] D
Regan MacNeil: Father, see me. Please, see me. D
Father Lamont: Pazuzu, king of the evil spirits of [...] D
Father Lamont: You've got to fight that demon that [...] D
Regan MacNeil: Be joined with us, Father. D
Regan MacNeil: What's the matter with you? Sandra [...] D
Pazuzu: Kill her! We command you! D
The Cardinal: You're in dire need of prayer. I sug [...] D
Dr. Gene Tuskin: Where is she? Sharon: She's on t [...] D
Father Lamont: When the wings have brushed you... [...] D
Father Lamont: Merrin defeated you. Pazuzu: No, i [...] D
Older Kokumo: If Pazuzu comes for you I will spit [...] D
Dr. Gene Tuskin: Let's stick to science. Father L [...] D
Regan MacNeil: I wish you'd help Father Lamont. He [...] D
Father Merrin: Not only Kokumo, but others like hi [...] D
[regarding the Catholic Church] Father Lamont: Sa [...] D
Regan MacNeil: You must tear out her evil heart. D
[last lines] Policeman: Lady, are you okay? D
[first lines] [pre-release version] Father Lamon [...] D
Father Lamont: Were you ever... Older Kokumo: Pos [...] D
Regan MacNeil: He's with me. Come down. Down, Fath [...] D
Father Lamont: I've flown this route before. It wa [...] D
Father Lamont: It was horrible, utterly horrible.. [...] D
Regan MacNeil: Father, please don't be lost to me. D
Regan MacNeil: Call me by my dream name. Call me! D
Father Lamont: If I can find this man Kokumo, it w [...] D
Dr. Gene Tuskin: It's hard to live alone. Don't yo [...] D
Regan MacNeil: Was it in Africa? Father Lamont: Y [...] D
Regan MacNeil: You want me to take you to him? Fa [...] D
Father Lamont: Don't you understand... that I was [...] D
Sharon: All the time, I longed to see her. Finally [...] D
Pazuzu: No! Once the wings have brushed you, you'r [...] D

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