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Exorcist: The Beginning
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MPAA Rating:
R
[language including some sexual dialogue]

US Runtime: 114 min

Country of Origin: United States of America

Premiere Date:
Aug 20, 2004   [USA]
 
Director: Renny Harlin   [Director]
 
Writers: William Peter Blatty   [Characters]
Caleb Carr   [Story]
Alexi Hawley   [Screenplay]
William Wisher   [Story]
 
Producers: Guy McElwaine   [Executive Producer]
Wayne Morris   [Co-Producer]
David Robinson   [Executive Producer]
James G. Robinson   [Producer]
 
Cinematography: Vittorio Storaro   [Director of Photography]
 
Edited by: Mark Goldblatt   [Editor]
Todd E. Miller   [Editor]
 
Music Composed by Trevor Rabin   [Original Music Composer]
 
Production Design: Stefano Maria Ortolani   [Production Design]
 
Costume Design: Luke Reichle   [Costume Design]
 
Casting by Pam Dixon   [Casting]
 
Production Companys: Dominion Productions
Morgan Creek   (US)
Morgan Creek Productions
 


Plot Summary:

    In 1947, having abandoned his faith, Father Merrin joins an archaeological excavation in Kenya, where an ancient church has been unearthed and something much older waits to be awoken.

Cast:

Stellan Skarsgård
Father Lankester Merrin
Izabella Scorupco
Sarah Lesno
James D'Arcy
Father Francis
Julian Wadham
Major Granville
Remy Sweeney
Joseph
Andrew French
Chuma
Antonie Kamerling
Lieutenant Kessel
Ben Cross
Semelier
Alan Ford
Jefferies
Ralph Brown
Sergeant Major
David Bradley
Father Gionetti
Eddie Osei
Emekwi
Israel Aduramo
Jomo
 
Patrick O'Kane
Bession
James Bellamy
James
Cecilia Amati
Little Dutch Girl
Matti Ristinen
Medieval Priest
Lydia Darly
Sebituana's Wife
James Paparella
Boy in Market
Silvio Jimenez Hernandez
Stricken Turkana Worker
Yemi Goodman Ajibade
Turkana Shaman
John Sesay
Turkana Warrior #1
Sayoh Lahai
Turkana Warrior #2
Alessandro Casula
Preacher with Pazuzu
Robert Davide
Corporal Finn
Michel Leroy
Tribesman in Hospital
 
 

Uncredited Cast:


Rupert Degas
Pazuzu (uncredited)
 
 

Stunt Crew:



Sound Crew:


Ulrika Akander
ADR Editor
Bob Beher
Foley Editor
Tom Bellfort
Supervising Sound Editor
Tim Farrell
Sound Effects Editor
Frank Fleming
Sound Recordist
Nerses Gezalyan
Foley Mixer
Catherine Harper
Foley Artist
Allen Hartz
Dialogue Editor
Chris Jenkins
Sound Mixer
Kenneth L. Johnson
Sound Effects Editor
Michael Kamper
Sound Effects Editor
Larry Kemp
ADR Editor
 
Jon Mete
Dialogue Editor
Frank A. Montaño
Sound Mixer
Michael C. Moore
Sound Mixer
Christopher Moriana
Foley Artist
James Moriana
Foley Artist
Ann Scibelli
Sound Designer
Bruce Tanis
Sound Effects Editor
Derek Vanderhorst
Foley Mixer
Tim Webb
Sound Recordist
Jeffrey Wilhoit
Foley Artist
Kerry Dean Williams
ADR Supervisor
 

Special Visual Effects Crew:


Brian Jennings
Visual Effects Supervisor
 
 

Art Department:


Roberta Amodio
Assistant Set Decoration
Antonio Beccarisi
Head Carpenter
Tommaso Dubla
Painter
Carlo Gervasi
Set Decoration
Trevor Goring
Storyboard Artist
Dominic Hyman
Property Master
 
Bernadino Nardoni
Construction Coordinator
Redouane Nasserdine
Construction Coordinator
David Packard
Scenic Artist
Francesco Postiglione
Assistant Property Master
Federica Russo
Assistant Art Director
 

Directing Crew:


Oscar Beuselinck
Second Assistant Director
Bruce Franklin
First Assistant Director
Antti J. Jokinen
Second Unit Director
 
Luca Lachin
Second Unit First Assistant Director
Catherine Olaya
Second Second Assistant Director
 

Camera and Electrical Department:


Alfredo Betrò
Camera Operator
Abderrahim Bissar
Electrician
Filippo Cafolla
Gaffer
Alessandro Cardelli
Electrician
Marco Carosi
Second Unit Director of Photography
Fabrizio Diamanti
Best Boy Grip
 
Mauro Diamanti
Key Grip
Giovanni Gabriele
Electrician
Giovanni Gebbia
Steadicam Operator
Alessandro Martella
Assistant Camera
Sergio Strizzi
Still Photographer
 

Casting Department:


Felice Lattes
Extras Casting
 
 

Costume and Wardrobe Department:


Piera Cimino
Seamstress
Giovanni Lipari
Key Costumer
Tim Scotti-Henson
Assistant Costume Designer
 
Giovanni Scotti
Costumer
Marco Scotti
Costume Supervisor
 


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