![]() ![]() ![]() He had worked with Blake Edwards on a number of films: two comedies, “Pink Panther” sequel “A Shot in the Dark” (he and Edwards adapted a play by Harry Kurnitz) and Edwards’ “What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?,” plus “Gunn,” an adaptation of the “Peter Gunn” TV series that he co-wrote with Edwards, and Julie Andrews-Rock Hudson starrer “Darling Lili,” a romantic drama that he also co-penned with Edwards.īlatty’s other film credits prior to “The Exorcist” were broad political comedy “John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!,” starring Shirley MacLaine and Peter Ustinov, adapted from Blatty’s novel of the same name Arthur Hiller’s romantic comedy “Promise Her Anything,” with Warren Beatty and Leslie Caron and comedy Western “The Great Bank Robbery,” with Zero Mostel and Kim Novak.īlatty was uninvolved in the production of John Boorman’s 1977 sequel “Exorcist II: The Heretic,” which was critically drubbed. The TV series based on the story began its first season on Fox in September 2016.īlatty was an experienced screenwriter by the time he wrote the “Exorcist” screenplay. The film won several polls for scariest horror movie ever, and the Library of Congress designated “The Exorcist” for preservation as part of the National Film Registry in 2010. ![]()
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