Exorcist: The Beginning
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Exorcist: The Beginning

Year:
Duration:
114 min | 125 min (Unrated Version)
Genres:
Horror | Mystery | Thriller
IMDB rate:
5.1
Director:
Renny Harlin
Awards:
3 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2004-08-20
Filming Locations: Casablanca, Morocco
Earnings
Budget: $50,000,000
Opening Weekend: $18,054,001 (USA) (22 August 2004)
Gross: $41,814,863 (USA) (7 November 2004)
Cast
Actor
Character
Stellan Skarsgård
Father Merrin
Izabella Scorupco
Sarah
James D'Arcy
Father Francis
Remy Sweeney
Joseph
Julian Wadham
Major Granville
Andrew French
Chuma
Ralph Brown
Sergeant Major
Ben Cross
Semelier
David Bradley
Father Gionetti
Alan Ford
Jefferies
Antonie Kamerling
Lieutenant Kessel
Eddie Osei
Emekwi
Israel Oyelumade
Jomo
Patrick O'Kane
Bession
James Bellamy
James
Cecilia Amati
Little Dutch Girl
Matti Ristinen
Medieval Priest
Lydia Darly
Sebituana's Wife (as Lidia Darly)
James Paparella
Boy in Market
Silvio Jimenez Hernandez
Stricken Turkana Worker
Yemi Ajibade
Turkana Shaman (as Yemi Goodman Ajibade)
Michel Leroy
Tribesman in Hospital
John Sesay
Turkana Warrior #1
Sayoh Lahai
Turkana Warrior #2
Alessandro Casula
Preacher with Pazuzu
Robert Davide
Corporal Finn (as Roberto Purvis)
Rupert Degas
The Devil
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Trivia
Renny Harlin:  [Finland]  small Finnish flag visible on top of a cabin next in Sarah's medical room.
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Liam Neeson was initially cast as Father Merrin.
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The producers considered bringing back William Friedkin back to direct.
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Goofs
When Sarah is giving Joseph a shot, she gives it in the wrong spot. The needle is the size for an adult intramuscular injection which would be given in the muscular part of the arm. She gave it just a little above the elbow, which is not a very muscular region. It is possible that she would have to use the over-sized needle because of a lack of supplies in the area she was in, but she would never have given the injection in that location if she were medically trained.
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Right in the beginning theres a establishing shot subtitled Cairo. In the background you can see the pyramids of Gizeh looming over the city. These pyramids are only about 80 meters high and more than 15 kilometers from Cairo. There's no way to see them anywhere from Cairo at all.
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When Merrin and Joseph perform the exorcism, Joseph responds "And also with you." This loose translation of the Latin phrase "Et cum spiritu tuo" ("And with your spirit," or traditionally, "And with thy spirit") was only coined in 1973, when the International Commission on English in the Liturgy (ICEL) released an English translation of Latin ritual texts used in the Catholic Church.
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Quotes
Father Merrin: Having orgies including goats doesn't make them possessed, simply horny... and inventive.
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Sarah: [Possessed] What's the matter, Merrin? Don't you wanna fuck me any more?
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Father Merrin: Everbody died... Who buried them?
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Faq
Q
How does the movie end?
A
Fr Francis and Joseph take refuge in the church from the sandstorm and from the Turkana who are trying to kill Joseph, believing him to be possessed by the demon, while Merrin goes in search of Sarah. Although he can't find Sarah, he finds her room to be covered with blood, swarming with maggots and flies, and finds an icon of Pazuzu. He also notices a photo of Sarah and her husband. Putting two and two together, Merrin concludes that Sarah accompanied her husband when he first entered the church and that it is her in which the demon has taken residence. Back in the church, Fr Francis attempts to exorcise Joseph but is killed by the demon in Sarah's body. Meanwhile, the British soldiers and the Turkana warriors have begun attacking each other. Racing to get back to Joseph and Fr Francis, Merrin loses the icon in the sand. When he finally gets inside the church, he sees that Fr Francis is missing. Realizing that he is the last hope, Merrin picks up Fr Francis' crucifix, alb, Rituale Romanum, and vial of holy water and begs God to forgive his doubt. Then he goes after the demon-possessed Sarah. They pursue each other through the halls and tunnels of the netherchurch. At one point, Sarah threatens to break Joseph's neck; at another point, Merrin tries again to exorcise the demon from Sarah's body. Finally, Merrin hands Joseph the Rituale Romanum, shows him where to read, and they say the exorcism together. This time he is successful, the demon leaves Sarah's body, but she falls battered and bleeding to the ground and dies in Merrin's arms. Merrin and Joseph dig themselves out of the church to find that the British soldiers and Turkana warriors have annihilated each other. In the final scene, Merrin meets again with Semelier this time in Rome. He returns the replica of the demon, saying that he could not find what they were looking for. "But you found something, didn't you?" Semelier asks. Merrin walks away without comment. "Au revoir, Mr Merrin," Semelier says. Merrin replies, "It's Father Merrin."
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Q
Who is the man in the opening scenes?
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The opening scenes show a priest stumbling across a battlefield in which thousands of men have been killed and thousands more crucified upside-down. From their clothing and weapons, it appears that these are the soldiers (as it is later explained to Fr Merrin) who were sent by the Roman Emperor to track down the Evil and destroy it but who were themselves driven mad by the Evil so that they turned on each other and slaughtered themselves. It is a foreshadowing of what is about to happen in this movie when the British soldiers and the Turkana warriors clash.
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