Exorcising a little girl is hard. Let’s talk about how difficult it was to make The Exorcist, from William Friedkin’s manic directing style to the endless rumors about how cursed the movie was.
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In the entertainment world, there are millions of dollars on the line and troubled productions are bound to happen. And we are going to talk about these disastrous, never ending, and sometimes dangerous productions. From the creators of WTF Happened To This Movie?, It Was A Sh*t Show is a video essay/documentary/podcast series looking at some of your favorite films and tv shows, and why they were such a nightmare to make.
Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:28 - William Friedkin Meets William Peter Blatty
01:59 - Blatty Writes the Novel: The Exorcist
02:45 - Finding a Director for The Exorcist
03:52 - Friedkin's Rise in Hollywood
05:18 - Casting Jason Miller & Linda Blair
07:32 - The Concept of Intervention
08:33 - The Terrifying and Obsessive Director
11:00 - Visual Effects Before Computers
11:42 - Torturing a Child Actor
12:54 - A Cursed Production: Fires, Deaths & Bad Omens
14:33 - Fighting Over the Final Edit
16:01 - The Exorcist Releases December 26, 1973
16:22 - Exorcism Hysteria Across the Globe
17:58 - The Legacy of The Exorcist
19:48 - Friedkin Apologizes to Blatty
Sources:
AFI: [ Ссылка ]
Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: [ Ссылка ]
Film School Rejects: [ Ссылка ]
The Friedkin Connection: [ Ссылка ]
The Guardian: [ Ссылка ]
The Numbers: [ Ссылка ]
Raising Hell: [ Ссылка ]
Rotten Tomatoes: [ Ссылка ]
Washingtonian: [ Ссылка ]
WTF Podcast with Marc Maron: [ Ссылка ]
Featured Footage:
10 (1979)
The Blob (1988)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
Doc (1971)
The Exorcist (1973) and special features
The Final Destination (2009)
The French Connection (1971)
The Graduate (1967)
Gremlins (1984)
The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy (2001–2007)
Gunn (1967)
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
The Last Picture Show (1971)
The Night of the Following Day (1969)
Peter Gunn (1958–1961)
The Pink Panther (1963)
Roar (1981)
The Shining (1980) and special features
The Simpsons (1989– )
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974)
That Championship Season (1982)
1973 Academy Awards
1974 Academy Awards
The Cultural Impact of ‘The Exorcist’: [ Ссылка ]
The Exorcist: 45th Anniversary Celebration
Fantasy Film Festival: [ Ссылка ]
The Tonight Show: [ Ссылка ]
Music:
Henry Mancini - Peter Gunn
Leonard Slatkin - Fantasia For Strings
Leonard Slatkin - Five Pieces For Orchestra, OP 10
Leonard Slatkin - Kanon For Orchestra And Tape
Leonard Slatkin - Polymorphia
Leonard Slatkin - Windharp
Michael Hoenig - The Blob (Original Soundtrack)
Mike Oldfield - Georgetown / "Tubular Bells"
Mike Oldfield - Tubular Bells
Ryan Hudson - Sh*t Show Theme
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