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After visiting The Exorcist house (pics posted on this site), I am finally content after all these years to hear the best explanation of HOW Karras plummeted from Regan's side window to tumble directly down the Hitchcock Steps. Friedkin finally explains it more simply in the clip above and I thank our Cap for publishing it here (see 1:29 above).
While we've had the discussion on here before in which many (not all) believed that the Hitchcock Steps are parallel just below Regan's window to form a straight line, I now understand that the direction of Karras' leap was never dead even with the steps but rather it was a sharply angled lunge. Perhaps the camera angle and the editing have always confused me, but now it's clear. Huge thanks to the Cap for clearing up a mystery I could never understand even after visiting the house and the steps.
Father B
ekm,
I'm glad the new owners keep the gate open more often because that horrible black fence is so out of place in that neighborhood. I noticed in the Blatty/Friedkin spot that Captain Howdy published recently that the gate was indeed open (and then closed again in other shots). I'm sure these folks probably use their car regularly and receive packages like everyone else and just leave the gate open because they haven't had any of the problems/issues that previous owners experienced decades ago.
The only real “personal” thing that I noticed was an opened window with a houseplant sitting on a table. Nothing special to others, but fascinating to me as a fan. I would loved to have pressed the front doorbell and ask for a tour even if it really had nothing to do with the film. Have you seen the inside, ekm?
Father B
Jagged said:
Great shots fella. That's a pilgrimage I would love to make someday.
Thanks, Jagged. I hope you get the chance, too. Georgetown and DC and in general is quite nice. I drove and parking is the biggest nightmare, but I got lucky because people had left for work and I “borrowed” their parking spot. 🙂
Father B
Thanks Justin! I'll try to upload later this week.
I had a blast. For once, that rotten black gate was open that so many people find in pics of on the internet and on Google Earth. I think the owners we expecting a package from USPS, UPS, etc. Over the years, the tenants have modified the courtyard but the original entrance from the film is still intact.
When you are standing in front of the house, you realize just how narrow the street really is and that most shots occurred across the street that is diagonal to the house. The perspective is so different from the film in terms of how the faux exterior façade (Regan's bedroom, etc.) truly must have been in relation to the yard and the Hitchcock steps (which I have no intentions of climbing again). 🙂
Rambling night with no clear thoughts … posting soon.
Father B
Satanas said:
When I have a bit of free time to take a few pictures I will post them here.
Nice! We'll wait to see what you have.
Father B
oceantracks said:
Hi…first post here….longtime Exorcist fan….
I was wondering if there is anyway of finding out what the various cast members were paid for this film…I know in some cases this has been made public but I haven't found anything on this film…
Thanks!
Tom
Tom, actually that's a really good question. I don't recall anything about salaries or, most importantly, if any of the cast receives residuals (other than Blatty and Friedkin of course). While Max von Sydow, Lee J. Cobb, and Jack MacGowran were well established, I imagine they were only paid more handsomely than others including Ellen Burstyn who had only made a few movies prior.
Now there is Eileen Dietz who zealously claims that she still receives residuals for playing Captain Howdy. I don't and never will buy that unless she can show a check stub from WB within the IRS year! :/
Father B
Satanas said:
granville1 said:
I would guess it's a facsimile miniature that they moved from Iraq and possibly re-used in the “Pazuzu vision” scene that occurs during the exorcism. Or, if the Iraq statue was really as large as it looks on-screen in the prologue, then they could have done up a smaller one for the exorcism scene.
The statue was made out of fiberglass & then sprayed with various color coats & aged & grained to make it look like stone.
Satanas, you want to post a pic of your statues from your yard? It would be interesting for us to see on here.
Father B
Satanas said:
Actually I have never visited this site before. As I already mentioned I found it by chance & I am indeed new here. As for attacking this other person you have mentioned it's a pipe dream on your part. Another person here started a topic asking if others believed in demons. In turn I responded with my thoughts on the matter & this other person that post almost as much as you do for whatever reason? Maybe he felt it was his divine cyber right decided to go off the rails on me & then you chose to chime in so it's of your own doing meaning the two of you. Not me. If your more than willing to sling it out keep in mind it's not a good idea to throw waste into a strong wind as it more than likely will fly back in your face. I really do not care who you are & your cyber posting partner is here on the site as your nobody to me. I just happen to think due to the massive amounts of post you both have posted here on this particular site you have issues of wanting attention maybe posting on such a site fills the void of basic, general social skills you lack in the real world. Who knows? Anyway if you do not like what I have to post then it's very simple actually. Just don't reply. Unlike you I do not feel it's my divine right to come down on others here that post on the site & then attempt to twist things around once I've been called out. I'm just a fan of the exorcist. It's that simple. So that being said the matter has now been closed & there's nothing more to say. At least on my part. If you happen to answer which I think you will it will just prove my point & that point is you enjoy conflicts & having a soap box to preach & whine upon. You have been called out.
granville, I do believe we have been slapped upon the wrist once again by the newbie. Tsk, tsk.
Father B
A postscript to Santanas: When joining a new website, you want to make friends first. Then you can be ridiculously insulting to the other members.
