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Running time 110 minutes Country United States Language English Budget $11 million Box office $39 million The Exorcist III is a 1990 American written and directed. It is the third installment in the and an of Blatty's Exorcist novel (1983). Despite its title, The Exorcist III is set 17 years after the original film and ignores the events of.

It follows a character from the first film, Lieutenant William F. Kinderman, who investigates a series of demonic murders in that have the hallmarks of the Gemini, a deceased serial killer. Blatty based aspects of the Gemini Killer on the real-life, one of several serial killers who enjoyed the original Exorcist. Blatty, who wrote the (1971) and the screenplay for, conceived The Exorcist III with Exorcist director attached to direct. When Friedkin left the project, Blatty adapted the script into a bestselling novel, (1983); bought the film rights, with Blatty as director. To Blatty's frustration, Morgan Creek demanded extensive last-minute changes, including the addition of an exorcism sequence for the climax. Though some of the original footage appears, released a 'director's cut' closer to Blatty's vision in 2016, with footage assembled from various sources.

Following the critical and commercial failure of Exorcist II: The Heretic, The Exorcist III received mixed reviews and made modest returns at the box office. This article's plot summary may be. Please by removing unnecessary details and making it more concise. ( August 2018) The film begins with the of someone wandering through the streets of Georgetown, a voice informing us 'I have dreams. And of falling down a long flight of stairs.'

The point of view shows a warning of evil about to arrive later that night at a church. Demonic growls are heard. Leaves and other street trash suddenly come flying into the church as a comes to life. It then cuts to Lieutenant William F. Kinderman at a, where a 12-year-old boy named Thomas Kintry has been murdered.

Kinderman takes his friend Father Dyer out to see. Kinderman later relates the gruesome details of the murder of the young boy he was investigating that morning. Another murder soon takes place—a priest is found in a church. Dyer is shortly hospitalized—and found murdered the next day—with the words 'IT'S A WONDERFULL LIFE', written on a wall in his blood. The fingerprints at the crime scenes do not match, indicating a different person was responsible for each. Kinderman tells hospital staff the reason for his unease: seventeen years ago the vicious James 'The Gemini' Venamun, was executed; with every victim he cut off the right index finger and carved the sign of into the palm of their left hand.

Kinderman noticed the hands of the three new victims and verified that the Gemini's sign has been there. Furthermore, to filter out false confessions, the original Gemini Killer's true mutilations were kept a secret by the Richmond police's department.

Kinderman visits the head of the ward, Dr. Temple, who relates the history of a man in Cell 11, that he was found wandering aimlessly seventeen years ago with. The man was locked up, until recently when he became violent and claimed to be the Gemini Killer. Kinderman sees that the patient resembles his dead friend. The patient expresses ignorance of Father Karras, but boasts of killing Father Dyer. The next morning, a nurse and Dr.

Temple are found dead. Kinderman returns to see the patient in Cell 11, who claims that after his execution his soul entered Karras's dying body. The Gemini's spiritual 'master', who had possessed, was furious at being exorcised and is exacting its revenge by putting the Gemini Killer's soul into the body of Father Karras.

Each evening, the soul of the Gemini leaves the body of Karras and possesses the elderly people with elsewhere in the hospital and uses them to commit the murders. The Gemini Killer forces Dr. Temple to bring Kinderman to him or he would suffer.

Temple, not able to handle the pressure, commits. The Gemini possesses an old woman, who makes a failed attempt to murder Kinderman's daughter.

The possessed patient attacks Kinderman, but the attack abruptly ends when Father Paul Morning enters the corridor leading to cell 11 and attempts an exorcism on the patient. The Gemini's 'patron' intervenes, taking over the patient's body, and the priest is all but slain. Kinderman arrives in time and attempts to Karras after finding the body of the priest but is hurled into the wall by the possessed Karras. Father Morning manages to briefly regain consciousness and tells Karras to fight the Gemini.

Karras regains his free will briefly and orders Kinderman to shoot him. He fires his revolver several times, hitting Karras in the chest, fatally wounding him and stopping the Gemini Killer. Kinderman puts his revolver against Karras' head and fires. Kinderman.

as Father Dyer. as Patient X/. as Dr. Temple. as James Venamun/The 'Gemini Killer'. as Sgt. Atkins.

as Father Morning. Nancy Fish as Nurse Allerton. Tracy Thorne as Nurse Amy Keating.

as Shirley. as Father Kanavan. as Stedman. as Nurse Blaine. as Nurse Merrin. as Ryan.

as Mrs. Clelia.

as Mary Kinderman. as Dr. Freedman. as Nurse X. as University President. ( uncredited) as Angel. as Angel of Death.

as himself. as himself. as a voice of. as Blind Dream Man Production Development , who wrote the original Exorcist novel and the screenplay for its film adaptation, initially had no desire to write a sequel. However, he eventually came up with a story titled Legion, featuring Lieutenant Kinderman, a prominent character in the original Exorcist novel (though played a minor role in the eventual film), as the protagonist. Blatty conceived Legion as a feature film with, director of The Exorcist, attached to direct.

Despite the critical and commercial failure of the previous sequel, was keen to proceed with Blatty and Friedkin's plans for another Exorcist film. Blatty said that 'everybody wanted Exorcist III. I hadn't written the script, but I had the story in my head.and Billy Friedkin loved it.' Friedkin, however, soon left the project due to conflicting opinions between him and Blatty on the film. The project went into, and Blatty wrote Legion as a novel instead, published in 1983.

It was a bestseller. Blatty then decided to turn the book back into a screenplay. Film companies and both wanted to make the film; Blatty decided upon Morgan Creek after Carolco suggested the idea of a grown-up giving birth to possessed twins. Blatty offered directorial responsibilities to, who liked his script; however, Carpenter backed out when it became clear that Blatty wanted to direct the movie himself and also because of creative differences regarding the ending of the movie. However, they remained friends. As per the stipulations for his deal with Morgan Creek, Blatty was to direct the movie himself, and it was to be filmed on location in Georgetown. Casting The central role of Lt.

Kinderman had to be recast, as, who played the part in The Exorcist, had died in 1976. Oscar-winner signed up for the role, impressed by Blatty's screenplay: 'It's a horror film and much more. It's a real drama, intricately crafted, with offbeat interesting characters.and that's what makes it genuinely frightening.' Several cast members from Blatty's previous film (1980) appear in The Exorcist III:, reprising the role of Father Damien Karras from The Exorcist (billed only as 'Patient X' in the end credits);, taking on the role of Father Dyer (previously played by );. There are also by basketball players, model, ex-Surgeon General, television host, and an early appearance by in a dream sequence., who plays Kinderman's wife, is remembered for her lead role in another horror film, 1971's. Filming With an $11 million budget, the tentatively-titled Exorcist: Legion was shot on location in Georgetown for eight weeks in mid-1989.

Additional interior filming took place in DEG Studios in Wilmington, North Carolina. Blatty completed of the film on time, and only slightly over budget. However, four months later, Morgan Creek informed Blatty that a new ending had to be shot. Blatty said that ', the owner of the company, his secretary had insisted to him that this has nothing to do with The Exorcist. There had to be an exorcism.' 20th Century Fox put up an additional $4-million in post-production to film an effects-laden exorcism sequence featuring as Father Morning, a character added just for the new climax. Blatty had to make the best of it in the narrative while racing to complete the film.

Blatty confirmed that when the possessed Karras speaks in an asexual voice, saying, 'I must save my son, the Gemini', that this in fact is either a returned or, as Blatty put it, ' himself' taking control. This ties into the revelation earlier in the film that the Gemini was sent into Karras' body as revenge for the Regan MacNeil exorcism.

The altered voice in the climax is deliberately similar to that of, who did the uncredited voice of the demon in The Exorcist, and the role is essayed in The Exorcist III by, who was uncredited (actress Dewhurst was twice married to, and twice divorced from, actor George C. One shot missing from the re-filmed climax - but which appears in the trailer - shows Karras/the Gemini 'morphing' through a variety of faces. It was left out of the film because Blatty was not happy with the special effects work. On the climactic exorcism scene, Blatty later said, 'It's all right, but it's utterly unnecessary and it changes the character of the piece'.

Although at the time, Blatty told the press that he was happy to re-shoot the film's ending and have the story climax with a frenzy of special effects. Apparently this compromise was forced on Blatty against his wishes: The original story that I sold Morgan Creek (and that I shot) ended with Kinderman blowing away Patient X. There was no exorcism. But it was a between me and the studio.

I was entitled to one preview, then they could go and do what they wanted with the picture. They gave me a preview but it was the lowest end preview audience I have ever seen in my life. They dragged in zombies from to watch this film. It was unbelievable. But I decided, better I should do it than anyone else.

I foolishly thought: I can do a good exorcism, I'll turn this pig's ear into a silk purse. Working on the film, Brad Dourif recalls 'We all felt really bad about it. But Blatty tried to do his best under very difficult circumstances. And I remember George C. Scott saying that the folks would only be satisfied if came out and sang a song at the end!' Dourif feels that 'The original version was a hell of a lot purer and I liked it much more.

As it stands now, it's a mediocre film. There are parts that have no right to be there'. The execution-style ending that Blatty pitched to the studio - which was in the shooting script and actually filmed - differs radically from the ending of both the novel and the first screenplay adaption developed from the novel.

The novel ends with the Gemini Killer summoning Kinderman to his cell for a final speech and then willingly dropping dead after his alcoholic, abusive father, a Christian evangelist, dies a natural death from a heart attack. As his motive for killing was always to shame his father, the Gemini's reason for remaining on Earth no longer exists and he kills Karras in order to leave his host body. In Blatty's original screenplay adaptation, the ending is similar to the novel except that the Gemini's death is not self-induced but forced supernaturally and suddenly by the death of his father.

In both novel and early screenplay, the Gemini's motives for his murders are also given further context via a long series of flashbacks which portray his and his brother's childhood and their relationship with their father. Release The Exorcist III was first released in October 1989 in the European MIFED Film Market and then opened in 1,288 theaters in the on August 17, 1990. Unlike its predecessors, it was distributed by instead of (though some distribution rights would later revert to WB). The film was released only a month before the Exorcist, starring. Blair claimed that Exorcist III was rush-released ahead of, hijacking the latter's publicity and forcing the comedy to be released a month later than was originally intended.

Critical response The Exorcist III initially received mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregate website has reported that 56% of critics gave the film positive write-ups based on 39 reviews, with a rating of 5.3/10. British film critic called it 'a restrained, haunting chiller which stimulates the adrenalin and intellect alike,' and reviewer said ' The Exorcist III is a better and funnier (intentionally) movie than either of its predecessors'. Critic Brian McKay of has remarked that the movie is 'not quite as chilling as the first story' yet 'is at least a quality sequel', being worth watching but suffering from many 'uneven' aspects. Writer Ralph Novak began his review with, 'As a movie writer-director, William Peter Blatty is like 's good twin: he is eccentric, original, funny and daring, but he also has a sense of taste, pace, and restraint - which is by way of saying that this is one of the shrewdest, wittiest, most intense and most satisfying horror movies ever made.'

However, of gave a negative review. He wrote, 'If Part II sequels are generally disappointing, Part IIIs are often much, much worse. It can seem as if nothing is going on in them except dim murmurings about the original movie — murmurings that mostly remind you of what isn't being delivered'. He additionally labeled The Exorcist III 'an ash-gray disaster that has the feel of a nightmare catechism lesson, or a horror movie made by a depressed monk.'

In the British magazine, film critic claimed that 'The major fault in Exorcist III is the house-of-cards plot that is constantly collapsing.' Kevin Thomas of the called The Exorcist III 'a handsome, classy art film' that 'doesn't completely work but offers much more than countless, less ambitious films.' Box office The Exorcist III opened in first place in its opening weekend, earning $9,312,219 in the United States. It grossed a total of $26,098,824 in North America and $39,024,251 worldwide.

Blatty attributed its poor box office performance to the title imposed by Morgan Creek, having always intended for the film to retain the title of the novel. During development and production, the film went under various titles, including The Exorcist: 1990. Morgan Creek and Fox insisted on including the word Exorcist in the title, which producer and Blatty protested against: I begged them when they were considering titles not to name it Exorcist anything - because Exorcist II was a disaster beyond imagination. You can't call it Exorcist III, because people will shun the box office. But they went and named it Exorcist III. Then they called me after the third week when we were beginning to fade at the box office and they said 'We'll tell you the reason: it's gonna hurt; you're not gonna like this – the reason is Exorcist II.' I couldn't believe it!

They had total amnesia about my warnings! Awards and nominations In 1991, the film won a from the Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA, for and was nominated for. Was also nominated for a but lost to for. Director's cut Despite his misgivings about the studio-imposed reshoots, Blatty remarked on his pride in the finished version of Exorcist III: 'It's still a superior film.

And in my opinion, and excuse me if I utter heresy here, but for me.it's a more frightening film than The Exorcist.' Blatty hoped to recover the deleted footage from the Morgan Creek vaults so that he might re-assemble the original cut of the film which he said was 'rather different' from what was released, and a version of the film which fans of the Exorcist series have been clamouring for. In 2007, Blatty's wife reported on a that 'my husband tells me that it is Morgan Creek's claim that they have lost all the footage, including an alternate opening scene in which Kinderman views the body of Karras in the morgue, right after his fall down the steps.' However, film critic has stated that the search for the missing footage is 'ongoing.' Some pictures (lobby cards, stills) show a few from Blatty's original cut of the film:.

Alternate opening scene in which Kinderman views the body of Karras in the morgue after his fall down the stairs in the ending of the first movie. When Kinderman leaves the morgue, the heart monitor shows signs of life from the body of Karras.

Aftermath of death scene of the first murdered priest, where his dead body is shown holding his severed head while sitting. Longer version of the scene where Kinderman talks with priest about the murders and when demon face is shown on statue of the saint. Originally, an unseen intruder cuts the statue's head and places a knife in its hand. Exhumation of Damien Karras's body in Jesuit cemetery.

Later it's discovered that dead body is actually from Brother Fain, Jesuit who was tending Karras's body and who disappeared 15 years ago. Although this scene is deleted, parts of it are used in new ending where Patient X/Karras is buried. Blatty's original cut also didn't have Jason Miller as Karras/Patient X in it, and it had a different isolation cell for scenes in which Kinderman talked with Patient X/Gemini killer. Some promotional photos show Patient X and Kinderman talking in original cell. New exorcism ending that Blatty had to film also had small part deleted in which Karras/Patient X is morphing through many other faces. One theatrical trailer shows this deleted scene. In March 2011, a fan edit called ' Legion' appeared on the internet, credited to a fan using the pseudonym Spicediver, which removed all exorcism elements and recreated the main story arc of the director's cut without the use of any lost footage.

In 2012, cast member Dourif agreed to present a screening of the fan edit at the Mad Monster Party horror convention held in Charlotte, North Carolina, on March 25. Dourif introduced the film and did a Q&A session with the audience afterwards.

In December 2015, Morgan Creek began hinting via its Twitter feed that the Director's Cut was discovered and would eventually be released. Blatty later wrote on his website: 'Morgan Creek are planning a new Blu Ray of 'my cut.'

' On October 25, 2016, Scream Factory released a 2-disc Collector's Edition of the film, including the supposedly lost footage. The website states: 'We know that the biggest question you might have is: Will there be a 'Director's Cut' of the film? The answer is yes—but with some caveats. We are working on putting together a version that will be close to Blatty's original script using a mixture of various film and video tape sources that we have been provided with. In speaking to the process of creating the Legion Director's cut, Blu-ray producer Cliff MacMillan explains further as to the journey to get there and the outcome.

'We conducted an exhaustive search through a pallet of film assets from the original shoot to re-create William Peter Blatty's intended vision. Unfortunately, that footage has been lost to time. To that end, we turned to VHS tapes of the film's dailies to assemble the director's cut. However, even some of that footage was incomplete, so scenes from the theatrical re-shoot were used to fill in the gaps. This director's cut is a composite of varying footage quality from the best available sources.'

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Many people complain that this movie's too slow but those are the kind of folks who only like 80-minute splatter films with characters so dumb and one-sided, you pray for the bad guy to kill them. This monster of a drama is both beautiful and bold. It has CHARACTERS and not simply LAMEBRAINS lined up for slaughter. It has class and purpose. It takes the audience into the darkest recesses of humankind and then brings them back through a message of hope and self-sacrifice. The movie is NOT anti-religion, it's anti-evil. Anyone who likes smart, clever, meaningful horror-drama should see this film at least twice.

It is surprisingly touching and amazingly powerful. That said, the cast deserves a hand for their wonderful performances. Ellen Burstyn perfectly conveys the tension of a mother of the cusp of tragedy; Max von Sydow is hauntingly perfect as the story's ray of light; Jason Miller embodies the sadness of a defeated man; and Linda Blair is far above average even at her young age.

Once again, see this movie. You won't forget it.