Exorcist 1973 facts
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Tubular Bells' (famously used in, 'The Exorcist') is an album released in 1973 consisting of two complex, twenty-plus minute instrumental compositions. Both of which were written, played and recorded by a 19 year old Mike Oldfield.
The Silence of the Lambs is the first (and so far only) Best Picture winner widely considered to be a horror film, and only the third such film to be nominated in the category, after The Exorcist in 1973 and Jaws in 1975.
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When The Exorcist premiered in December 1973, it was a major cultural event with people of all ages waiting in long lines to see the film. Many of the film goers were not ready for the subject matter in the movie, causing many people to walk out or faint including Paul Mooney and Richard Pryor.
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The Hunger Games: Catching Fire" was the first film with a female lead character to top the annual box office since 1973's "The Exorcist."
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As of 2015, The Silence of the Lambs is the only horror film to win an Oscar for Best Picture. Only two others have been nominated: The Exorcist (1973) and Jaws (1975)
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The infamous 'spiderwalk' scene from The Exorcist (1973) was NOT in the original cut. It was added 25 years later with the anniversary DVD release.
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Marlon Brando was the studio's first choice to play the old priest, Father Merrin, in The Exorcist (1973), before the role went to Max Von Sydow, who was only 44 at the time.
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As of 2015, The Silence of the Lambs is the only horror film to win an Oscar for Best Picture. Only two others have been nominated: The Exorcist (1973) and Jaws (1975).
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There is a real serial killer in the 1973 movie "The Exorcist"
