- Title: U.K.: DAMNED FILM WINS THE ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONS.
- Date: 21st March 1974
- Summary: 1. CU ZOOM OUT Exorcist billboard above theatre, people queueing at Warner theatre 0.06 2. SVs & CUs Doctor talking to girls mother in clip from "The Exorcist" 1.22 3. SV People leaving Warner theatre 1.28 4. SV Reporter talking to moviegoers (6 shots) 2.32 5. GV People queueing outside theatre 2.38 DOCTOR: "Of course there is one outside chance for a cure. I think of it as shock treatment. As I said it's a very outside chance ..." MOTHER: "Will you just explain for God's sake what is it?" DOCTOR: "Do you have any religious beliefs?" MOTHER: "No." WOMAN DOCTOR: "What abut your daughter?" MOTHER: "No, why?" DOCTOR: "You ever heard of exorcism? Well, it's a stylised ritual. The rabbi or the priest try to drive out the so-called invading spirit. It is been pretty much discarded these days except by the Catholics who keep it in the closet as a sort of an embarrassment but it has worked in fact, although not for the reasons they think, of course, it's purely a force of suggestion. The victim's belief in possession is what helps cause it, in the same way that the belief in the power of exorcism can make it disappear." MOTHER: "You telling me that I should take my daughter to a witch doctor, is that it?" REPORTER: "Did you think it was too shocking to be shown?" MAN: "Well, it depends on how you feel." REPORTER: "Did it shock you?" MAN: "No." REPORTER: "Have you just seen The Exorcist MAN: "Yes." REPORTER: "Were you shocked by it?" MAN: "In places, yes, it was a bit ... it came through with a lot of violence when you weren't expecting it but I still think it's a good film." REPORTER: "And you think it should be shown to the general public?" MAN: "Most of it, yes." WOMAN: "I though it was sick, absolutely sick." REPORTER: "Do you think it shouldn't be shown to the general public?" WOMAN: "No, definitely not." REPORTER: "Did you think it was too shocking to be shown?" MAN: "Well, I don't consider it you know myself as a ... it wasn't so bad. It was nothing extraordinary." WOMAN: "I think it's rather disgusting, but I certainly don't think it's as bad as a lot of the sex films they show." REPORTER: "Have you just seen it?" GIRL: "I don't know what all the fuss is about." MAN: "I think it was a very good film. Brilliant acting, everything I thought it was just great. It deserves all these Oscar nominations and I think it will get them.... it's brilliant. Of course, if one or two were of a nervous disposition you know then you don't go and see it but as far as I'm concerned it 's well worth watching." Initials SC/2012 SC/2026 Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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