The Exorcist -Trip to Washington Deleted Scene Reconstructed - Colin Towns music 

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The Exorcist is my top favorite film. My only beef with it is that we don't get to see Regan like this enough, as a normal child. I think it would have made the audience have more sympathy for her when the possession set in.

I agree and it shows the close bond Regan had with her mother,the calm before the storm so do speak.

@@sagdragon64 i dont understand , why they deleted this scene from the final cut of the movie ?

Thanks Elza! ❣Love more peaceful moments between Chris and Rags

So do I!

Good for your parents, @ernestgamez9794. 😮

It could be! Maybe if Linda had cried during Chris and Regan's conversation.. as Regan cried in the book.

Of course you know + of cinema than he does.

i dont understand , why they deleted this scene from the final cut of the movie ?

@@kralhakas Had to do only with the film running time. Friedkin felt that audiences would not be able to endure a film longer than 2 hours. Linda was 13 years old when the Trip to Washington scene was shot. @danielesteve8359

@@SofRegina well , i think this scene it should be in the movie , other movies are bigger than 2 hours like Braveheart 2h 58m , and it was a great movie

Hi, no. This is the soundtrack to Haunting of Julia (1977) Oh, great! I'm a huge fan of Juliet Mills. Some of my favorite 'Exorcist rip offs' are Audrey Rose, The Cursed Medallion, Cathy's Curse, Bewitched Child (1975),.. even the Turkish remake of the Exorcist, haaaa

@@SofRegina The Haunting of Julia is an excellent little ghost story. Another fun Exorcist rip off is House of Exorcism/Lisa and the Devil.

@@johnyzero2000 I've seen parts of Lisa and wasn't enjoying it much. ; ) It lacks a creepy lil girl/child protagonist, which is a requirement for me ahaha.

@@SofRegina L'anticristo 1974 is another good one

I added audio to their exchange. Check out the video, Deleted Birthday scene - With Voiceover : )

Those tv shows you mentioned have been my favorites since childhood, 😅and Little House can be a very dark show at times. I can see why Regan's Birthday Trip scene would slow the movie down and be better suited in a tv series adaptation of Blatty's book. It's a powerful scene in the novel, it adds more depth to Chris and Regan as we learn that Regan can sense Chris's thoughts without her putting them into words, and for the first time we see a change in Regan's disposition.

@@SofRegina Michael Landon was a Satanist and some of his ideas for the show came from demons that`s why it`s "very dark at times."

@@jack2breeze I heard stuff like this 😬

Aaw, sorry Rachel! Thanks for telling me.

@@SofRegina That scene she was in was from episode 632 so at least now you have that. :)

@@ShadowsofthePastTheater I forgot to tell you, I managed to find all the dvd rips of Dark Shadows! : D

@@SofRegina Awesome!

Even though I love this scene.. fue una escena mais poderosa no livro. A versão do filme realmente no le hizo justicia.

I wrote the name in the description.. Music theme by Colin Towns.

I've always wanted at least a 5 hour miniseries version of Blatty's novel. Which is what I'm trying to accomplish with my Sims 4 adaptation. :3 I agree, my favorite scenes are the early scenes of normal-Regan and in the film, the cuts from those scenes to the next scene happen too quickly. I made a fan edit in which I “extended” these scenes. I disagree that Friedkin's film is no masterpiece. The atmosphere is perfect, chilling and ominous, excellent cinematography, there is a slow character development - although I wish for an even slower pace, it is much better than most horror movies' character development. And so on..

@@SofReginaI agree there are some excellent things about the film like special effects,atmosphere,acting and photography but in my mind it is still not a masterpiece. The first half of Friedkin's theatrical cut is very dry,shallow and poorly structured.Friedkin's cutting of twenty minutes created these flaws in the film.There is no gradual onset of Regan's possession in the first half of the film.Regan asks her mother what is wrong with her and her mother says it nerves just like the doctor said.What doctor?The first doctor scene is not in the theatrical cut.Regan urinates on the carpet,her bed shakes and she is strapped to her bed looking like a monster.Absolutely ridiculous that it would happen so fast.I have the original screenplay of the workprint version of the film.So many interesting scenes that were cut.It's unbelievable how much better the original cut of the movie was.The workprint version was a masterpiece--not the the overrated theatrical cut.William Peter Blatty hated the theatrical cut and was furious with Friedkin for butchering the original cut.Thankfully,they were able to put some of the cut scenes back into the extended cut.I'm glad I have a copy of the book in my possession.In my opinion the book is far superior to the theatrical and extended cuts of the film.

@@loren7551 Yep, many years ago I uploaded my Exorcist collection on here and I have Blatty's book, From Novel to Film which features his first draft screenplay. As he mentioned, the original theatrical version ran almost 3 hours. Film studio executive and producer John Calley was the one who suggested Fredkin to delete many scenes. At first he was taken aback, but eventually agreed. I blame John Calley ; ) for deleting the more gradual onset scenes. Sure the novel is superior, as is the case with most books and I used to sound like you first time I read Blatty's book.. However, to each their own. For me, no matter which version of the film is shown, it will always be a masterpiece.