Exorzist: Der Anfang

Originaltitel: Exorcist: The Beginning

2004
16
1 Std. 54 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,1/10

40.602

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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Jahre bevor Pater Lankester Merrin half, die Seele von Regan MacNeil zu retten, begegnet er in Ostafrika zum ersten Mal dem Dämon Pazuzu.Jahre bevor Pater Lankester Merrin half, die Seele von Regan MacNeil zu retten, begegnet er in Ostafrika zum ersten Mal dem Dämon Pazuzu.Jahre bevor Pater Lankester Merrin half, die Seele von Regan MacNeil zu retten, begegnet er in Ostafrika zum ersten Mal dem Dämon Pazuzu.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

5,1/10

40.602

IHRE BEWERTUNG

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

Auszeichnungen
- 6 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Both William Peter Blatty and Paul Schrader were nearly thrown out of this film's premiere for loudly laughing during the screening.

Patzer
(at around 1h 19 mins) Father Gionetti gives Father Merrin a copy of the Rituale Romanum (Roman Ritual). (The administration of exorcism is in Title X of the Rituale Romanum.) The title of the book embossed on its leather cover is "Roman Ritual", in English. Later in the film (at around 1h 35 mins), Father Merrin asks Joseph to help him by reading passages of the book, and we are shown a couple of printed pages, the text of which is also in English. The Rituale Romanum would have been printed in Latin in 1949, when the film is set, because vulgar translations of liturgical texts were not authorized until the promulgation of the Sacrosanctum Concilium (Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy) by Pope Paul VI on 4 December 1963, as part of the Second Vatican Council.

Zitate
Sarah: [Possessed] He
[God]
Sarah: doesn't care about this whore. But you do... because you want to shove your rotten cock up her juicy ass!

Verbindungen
Edited into Dominion: Exorzist - Der Anfang des Bösen (2005)

Soundtracks
Call to Prayers
Composed by Robert J. Walsh
Courtesy of FirstCom Music

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6/10

Could have been so much worse.

Hollywood sure chews 'em up and spits 'em out: one minute, director Paul Schrader is working on a long-awaited prequel to The Exorcist; the next, he's been replaced by Renny Harlin, one-time director of mega-budget action films starring the likes of Stallone and Willis, now reduced to the task of salvaging other people's failed projects (the result of having had one too many expensive box office disasters of his own).

However, despite the film's troubled history, Harlin has managed to turn out a fairly reasonable time-waster. The story is pretty unremarkable, detailing Father Merrin's struggle with his faith and his first encounter with the demon Pazazu in Africa—but the stylish direction, wonderful cinematography, decent gore (gotta love those snapping limbs!), and a strong central performance from Stellan Skarsgård as the emotionally scarred Merrin give viewers plenty to appreciate.

Some of the CGI could have been better—I wasn't very convinced by the hyenas or the insects—and Isabella Scorupco's shower scene is woefully short, but these are minor quibbles for a film that had the potential to be absolutely horrendous.