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You’re welcome, dsea. The review has already been submitted to Amazon.com with a plug for this site … the more the merrier, right? 😉
Oh, hush, dsea! 😉 There will never be nothing like the original … can you imagine that screaming little girl from the Tom Cruise version of War of the Worlds playing Regan? NOT! 🙂
Welcome Back, Greg! 🙂
I agree about Linda (like Sweet Hostage). Hindsight is 20/20 for everyone, of course.
However, I do think Linda fell prey to the “child actor syndrome” of being known for one thing like The Exorcist and Hollywood steered clear of her after her tremendous performance because she became “box-office poison” even without giving her chance to prove she could act in other theatrical releases (but parts are very limited for young performers).
Although she was nominated for an Academy Award and lost to Tatum O’Neal in Paper Moon (Tatum gave a great performance, too), I still believe politics played an important role in giving the Oscar to Tatum over Linda. I do mean Hollywood politics played a part because the power-players (being, oh about 98% men), couldn’t stand the idea of awarding Linda for “saying” such foul language. I think it’s the, “What would people say if we gave her that award for shoving a crucifix in her crotch?”
I just wish Linda would have had the opportunity to break free of Regan. I know that Ellen Burstyn had made a comment that Linda couldn’t act all (I read that here somewhere), but Ellen broke free a year later and won an Oscar for her performance in Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore. Again, I think the Academy overlooked Ellen’s nominated performance in The Exorcist and gave her the award the following year for a much “sweeter” film. I absolutely admire Ellen and think she can do anything on screen. I don’t think the Academy is fair at all because her performance in Requiem for a Dream definitely should have won over the performance of Julia’s Roberts in Erin Brockovich (which I enjoy as well, but it sure as hell wasn’t as good as Ellen’s when you compare apples to apples). 🙂
True … and lest we forget the wonderful foul odor in the room when Regan is being hypnotized. All that gagging that Chris does and the covering of her mouth meant something, right? I do remember reading the sauerkraut line. I think it’s when Karras walks into the room and the demon is doing his mind-reading tricks and knows that Karras smells something foul. The demon says, “It smells like sauerkraut, doesn’t it.” (Only our wonderful Sofia would know the exact words! 🙂
Sorry, sham … the only videos are those of Dietz in the film … I think WB wanted to keep her under wraps like they did McCambridge.
Ryan, six other books have cited this book. How was it to read? I know it’s old (1985), but usually the best finds are the ones that people trash.
Going back to columbian … I use Webshots because I can copy the image (IMG) directly into this blog. After you upload, you can click on the links on the right-hand side of Webshots where you’re pics are to get the IMG address. I’m sure there are lots of others … I tried flickR and I don’t like and, yes, these are free:
