Friday February 8 - Thursday February 14
“The Exorcist”
Will Make
Premiere
“The Exorcist,” the Academy
Award-winning motion picture,
and one of the biggest box office
hits ever, and its sequel, “Exorcist
II: The Heretic” will be presented
for the first time on network
television as special movie pre
sentations" on Tuesday, February
12 at 8:30 p.m. and Wednesday,
February 13 at 9 p.m., respective
ly, on WBTV, Channel 3.
“The Exorcist,” starring Ellen
Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Lee J.
Cobb, Kitty Winn, Jack MacGow
ran, Jason Miller and Linda Blair,
earned an Academy Award for
producer and screenwriter Wil
liam Peter Blatty, who was
honored for his script, which he
based on his own best-selling
novel. The motion picture was
nominated for an additional eight
Academy Awards, including best
picture, best actress, best support
ing actor and best supporting
actress. •
Exorcist II: The Heretic” stars
Linda Blair, Richard Burton,
Louise Fletcher, Max von Sydow,
Kitty Winn, Paul Henreid, James
Earl Jones and Ned Beatty.
“The Exorcist” is the story of
Regan (Linda Blair), a young girl
stricken by a mysterious affliction.
Her worried mother (Ellen Bur
styn) seeks medical and psychia
tric help, but the experts can find
no rational explanation for the
increasingly bizarre turn of
events. As a last resort, two
priests, the aged Father Merrin
(Max von Sydow), and a skeptical
young psychiatrist. Father Karras
(Jason Miller), approach the case:
as possible instance of demonic
possession.
What follows is a titanic life-and
death struggle between the forces
of good and evil for the possession
of the young girl's mind, body and
soul.
“Exorcist II: The Heretic” picks
up the story four years later.
Regan, played again by Linda
Blair, is now a teen-ager, seem
ingly normal although she is
troubled by nightmares.
Paul Henreid stars as a Cardinal
who tells Father Lamont (Richard
Burton) to Investigate the death of
Father Merrin, who was a tragic
victim of Regan’s exorcism.
Father Lamont calls upon child
psychologist Dr. Tuskin (Louise
Fletcher) for her help and the pair
learn the worst-thie evil spirit
Pazuzu still lurks within Regan.
The eyes and television sets of the world will be focused on the little town of Lake Placid, N.Y., Feb. 12-24, when the XIII
Winter Olympic Games come to town. In 51 hours of coverage, ABC Sports will showcase the competition, drama and
ceremony, which are so much a part of this prestigious athletic event.