William Peter Blatty Trailers
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William Peter Blatty (January 7, 1928 – January 12, 2017) was an American writer, director and producer. He is best known for his 1971 novel The Exorcist and for his screenplay for the 1973 film adaptation. Blatty won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for The Exorcist, and was nominated for Best Picture as its producer. The film also earned Blatty a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama as producer.
Born and raised in New York City, Blatty received his bachelor's degree in English from Georgetown University in 1950, and his master's degree in English literature from the George Washington University. Following completion of his master's degree in 1954, he joined the United States Air Force and served in the Psychological Warfare Division where he attained the rank of first lieutenant. After service in the air force, he worked for the United States Information Agency in Beirut.
After the success of The Exorcist, Blatty reworked his 1966 novel Twinkle, Twinkle, "Killer" Kane! into a new novel titled The Ninth Configuration, published in 1978. He went on to adapt the novel into the 1980 film, which was also his directorial debut. At the 38th Golden Globe Awards, the film won Best Screenplay and was nominated for Best Picture.
Blatty refused to have any involvement with the first sequel to The Exorcist; it was critically panned. He directed the second sequel, The Exorcist III (1990), which he adapted from his 1983 novel Legion. His second film as a director, The Exorcist III was his final directorial credit and final screenplay credit. Some of his later novels include Elsewhere (2009), Dimiter (2010) and Crazy (2010).
Most Popular William Peter Blatty Trailers
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26 December 1973
When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.
05 October 2010
Friedkin and Roizman talk about the film's Georgetown locales, and side-by-side comparisons between the 1973 locations and their modern 2010 counterparts are examined.
24 September 1986
An investigation into the reports of houses in Hollywood that are supposedly haunted by the ghosts of dead movie stars.
11 March 2027
A small-town rookie detective takes on a case involving inconceivable darkness.
23 June 1964
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic series of mishaps, testing the patience of his irritable boss Charles Dreyfus as casualties mount.
10 September 1976
Zero Mostel plays an inspector on the trail of criminals who have captured a robot called Chatze(sp?) played by Felix Silas.
17 June 1977
Bizarre nightmares plague Regan MacNeil four years after her possession and exorcism. Has the demon returned?
17 August 1990
On the fifteenth anniversary of the exorcism that claimed Father Damien Karras' life, Police Lieutenant Kinderman's world is once again shattered when a boy is found decapitated and savagely crucified.
13 June 1998
A behind-the-scenes retrospective made for the twenty-fifth anniversary of the classic horror film, The Exorcist.
20 August 2004
Years before Father Merrin helped save Regan MacNeil’s soul, he first encounters the demon Pazuzu in East Africa.
20 May 2005
Father Merrin takes a sabbatical from the Church to devote himself to history and archaeology as he struggles with his shattered faith.
28 June 1967
The madam of a floating bordello hires private eye Peter Gunn to prove a gangster killed a crime boss.
22 March 2019
Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined ‘The New Yorker’ in 1968.
31 August 1966
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first.
29 February 1980
Army psychiatrist Colonel Kane is posted to a secluded gothic castle housing a military asylum. With a reserved calm, he indulges the inmates' delusions, allowing them free rein to express their fantasies.
01 January 2002
DA-DUN DA-DUN DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUN-DA-DUUUUN Henry Mancini’s iconic score, Peter Sellers’ bumbling Inspector Clouseau, and those unforgettable animated opening sequences - delve into the history of the Pink Panther films, the pink diamond hunting comedy-mystery franchise that was a smash hit, made a megastar of Peter Sellers and spawned an empire.
18 June 1970
World War I. Lili Smith is a beloved British music hall singer, often providing inspiration for the British and French troops and general populace singing rallying patriotic songs.
24 June 1969
A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.
03 October 1958
A cropduster pilot finds himself caught between two women—one who loves him and the other, who doesn’t handle rejection well, who’s out to destroy him.
24 March 1965
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government.
17 April 1963
Meek credit card company clerk Ernest Klenk is feeling the pressure of demanding coworkers, new computers, and an upcoming wedding.
22 February 1966
A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks he'll be able to provide for her toddler, the catch is her employer doesn't know about her son and he doesn't particularly care for children despite his profession.
30 June 2024
Director Laura Passalacqua sums up William Friedkin's horror classic The Exorcist in one animated minute!
08 October 2013
Forty years after his novel was published, The Exorcist's author, screenwriter and producer return to where it all began.
10 May 2010
2010 documentary on William Friedkin's 1973 horror classic, featuring the never before seen on set footage of cinematographer Owen Roizman.
01 August 2004
This documentary explores the 1949 possession and subsequent exorcism of a boy known as Ronald Doe.
01 April 1974
An Oscars special featuring interviews with a few of the nominees and the writer and director the year's breakout hit, The Exorcist (1973).
