[ReganMacNeilfan]

TRIVIA TIME: Did you know that it was not Friedkin’s nor Blatty’s idea of Karras throwing himself out the window like he did in the movie? It was Jason Miller’s idea! The “Bills” wanted Jason to slowly walk towards the window, say a little cheesy prayer, take a deep breath and then jump. Jason went to talk with “Bills” and said: “Guys, this is insane. If I’m possessed by a killer demon, the last thing that I want is to take things easy. There’s not time to lose! Let me jump the hell out of the window!”

Friedkin and Blatty agreed, that was the better option!

Did a great job too. 🙂 but if I am correct I think a stunt double did the stairs, I could be wrong. Only watched fear of god once. Lol

[Justin]

Beelzebub said:

TRIVIA TIME: Did you know that it was not Friedkin's nor Blatty's idea of Karras throwing himself out the window like he did in the movie? It was Jason Miller's idea! The “Bills” wanted Jason to slowly walk towards the window, say a little cheesy prayer, take a deep breath and then jump. Jason went to talk with “Bills” and said: “Guys, this is insane. If I'm possessed by a killer demon, the last thing that I want is to take things easy. There's not time to lose! Let me jump the hell out of the window!”

Friedkin and Blatty agreed, that was the better option!

That entire scene would have been very different if it were not for Jason Miller's input. I believe it was all originally going to happen off-screen, like it does in the novel, but Jason ever-so-eloquently suggested otherwise:

“One day I went in and I said 'Let me hit her [Linda Blair], just punch the shit out of her.'”

[fatherbowdern]

“As it is now widely confirmed by science, both worlds are separated by a universal law, matter particles and anti-matter particles cannot come in contact with each other, by danger of annihilating themselves and produced a massive explosion. ~Beez”

Again, since when did demons need to follow rules? They are rule breakers supreme. If they weren't, our entire world would be orderly and without chaos, correct?

Father B

[Gabriel]

Interesting. The way I see it is that Karras (former boxer) essentially beats the demon out of the girl, the pissed off demon, thinking Karras has given up and fallen into despair, is tricked into taking over Karras (what better way to make people despair than a priest killing a child?) tries to make him strangle Regan, Karras wrestles back control for a moment and throws himself to his death, taking the demon with him. For whatever reason, this prevents the demon from returning to Regan, perhaps because Karras is a priest.

I prefer the Legion novel (and original movie screenplay) idea that Gemini subsequently occupied an empty vessel at the demon’s behest and that Karras himself had gone on to a better place. Hell, in the book, there’s some ambiguity as to whether Gemini’s vessel really is Karras’s body! Then again, as Friedkin says, audiences shouldn’t need everything described to them. Making room for interpretation and discussion is something I really miss in modern mainstream films!

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