Academy Awards, USA 1974
| Won Oscar | Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium William Peter Blatty |
| Best Sound Robert Knudson Christopher Newman | |
| Nominated Oscar | Best Picture William Peter Blatty |
| Best Actress in a Leading Role Ellen Burstyn | |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role Jason Miller | |
| Best Actress in a Supporting Role Linda Blair | |
| Best Director William Friedkin | |
| Best Cinematography Owen Roizman | |
| Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Bill Malley Jerry Wunderlich | |
| Best Film Editing Jordan Leondopoulos Bud S. Smith Evan A. Lottman Norman Gay |
Warner Bros.
Directed by William Friedkin
My rating: 4 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Blu-ray, Warner Bros.)
Actress Ellen Burstyn concludes that her young teenage daughter is possessed after medical doctors cannot find a reason for her increasingly bizarre behavior. She resorts to asking for an exorcism by a Catholic priest struggling with his faith after the death of his mother. The priest enlists help from an elderly yet experienced Max von Sydow. Together they face an onslaught of profanity, sacrilege and vomit in their epic confrontation with the devil himself. Intelligent, and most of all convincing, portrayal of possession that gets my vote as the best horror movie of all time.
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