The scariest movie of all time is once again back where it belongs — on the cinema screen! As part of their promotion for the highly anticipated Blu-ray release, Warner Brothers have announced the return of The Exorcist to the big screen for one night only! The Version You’ve Never …
Read More »THE EXORCIST Blu-ray official details and release date
Warner Brothers Home Video have finally announced official details for the upcoming release of The Exorcist on Blu-ray. The two-disc Digibook edition will packaged with a personal letter written by director William Friedkin inside a 40-page booklet and contain both The Version You’ve Never Seen (2000) and the original 1973 theatrical cut …
Read More »Old interview with William Peter Blatty is a brilliant read
I’ve always enjoyed the way William Peter Blatty speaks. His voice is engaging no matter the topic; but when the topic is his great triumph The Exorcist, the combination is bliss. So, it was with glee that I recently re-read an interview with Blatty which was originally conducted by Steve …
Read More »The Exorcist Blu-ray will feature the original 1973 theatrical release PLUS The Version You’ve Never Seen, arriving Halloween 2010
Ask and you shall receive. Thomas K Arnold of Home Media Magazine fame has posted a scoop on his blog today that I suspect will come as a relief to many Exorcist fans looking forward to the upcoming Blu-ray release. It now appears that TWO VERSIONS of The Exorcist will …
Read More »Warner Brothers: The Exorcist Blu-ray release will be pushed BACK to 2010?
Seems The Exorcist won’t be hitting Blu-ray shelves this month as first anticipated. Now Warner Brother’s have announced that they will be releasing the new special edition version of The Exorcist on DVD and Blu-ray ‘sometime’ in 2010, and in the meantime they will be pulling all existing copies off …
Read More »WB confirms The Exorcist on Blu-ray September 2009
Warner Brothers have finally come forward with a Blu-ray release date for The Exorcist. September 8 2009 is the day you’ll be shelling out for the single disc, and the cut being used is definitely ‘just’ The Version You’ve Never Seen (as previously reported). While Warner Brothers didn’t confirm anything …
Read More »The Review You’ve Never Seen
Okay so maybe some of you have seen this video before, but still, this is a nice video to add to the collection. Where can you see the whole collection? In the Video Gallery, opening in one week along with many other sections on an all-new captainhowdy.com. More on that …
Read More »Video: Mark Kermode talks the original cut of Legion and different edits of the spiderwalk scene
Kermode Uncut is Mark Kermode’s movie blog for the BBC, which is always packed full of insightful information and film commentary from the man himself. Kermode, of course, is the brains behind the greatest text on The Exorcist film ever written – The Exorcist (BFI Modern Classics) (I consider this …
Read More »Scans of William Friedkin’s interview with High Definition Review magazine: THE BLU CONNECTION
Earlier this week I posted that William Friedkin revealed in an interview with High Definition Magazine that the upcoming Blu-ray special edition release of The Exorcist will use ‘The Version You’ve Never Seen’ transfer. The interview is actually about Friedkin’s film The French Connection, for which he won an Oscar. …
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