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Exorcist IV?

posted 16 years ago by Dr_RoButtnik
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On the marquee when they leave the movie there's a thing for Exorcist IV. I thought this just came out a couple years ago.

[–] turtletommy 16 years ago

Maybe a joke. I've seen films that spoof other films in theatre marquees the same way- like showing Rocky XVII or whatever. In this case even Exorcist III didn't come out until 1990 so I'm sure it was just a joke. I mean we know from the script that he ended up in approx 1979 San Francisco as if you couldn't tell from the look of everything anyway! (-:

[–] Dr_RoButtnik 16 years ago

Yea, but that is odd considering the movie came out in 1979... it's not like the movie was set in the future. I agree with you, but the fact that it came out the same year it was set made me question it. Maybe it was an in-joke or something. But if no one has heard anything about it (and it's not in the trivia) i'm imagine you're correct.

[–] turtletommy 16 years ago

Yes Time After Time came out in 1979 and its modern day scenes were meant to be set in that approx. year. So if you're correct about the "IV" in the Exorcist title on the marquee it's probably just a joke thing. Or possibly they changed the Exorcist sequel number to avoid copyright or legal issues, who knows!

[–] hallogallo 15 years ago

It's just a joke, like the King Lear starring Arnold Schwarzenegger video shop display in Jurassic Park 2.

"I think you're a load of old crap too, Mr Mulligan."

[–] koppmeier_kevin 13 years ago

The Exorcist and Time after Time were both Warner Bros films, so they went with a title on the marquee that the wouldn't have to pay for. In the novel the film they see is Star Wars.

[–] pferreira86 12 years ago

That is one explosive film they went to see, it didn't come across that they'd just watched a horror movie.

[–] esskayess 12 years ago

It was a joke. BTW, the movie Amy takes him to in the novelization is Star Wars, which enthralls him.

[–] jschillig 11 years ago

Yup. I guess they couldn't get the rights. In the novel, Wells is enthralled by the movie itself, but a little uneasy over the subject matter--which is, after all, war.

Shame it couldn't have been Citizen Kane, in either the book or the movie. I could see Wells saddened by the fact that greed for money and power still exists in what he hoped would be a socialist Utopia, but fascinated by the psychological depth of the story and the artistry of the film. (And they could get a joke out of the fact that he's the only one in the audience that DOESN'T know It Was His Sled.)

And then as they leave, Amy mentions how Orson Welles had scared the daylights out of the country with that radio adaptation he did of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds...and the wheels in H.G.'s mind start turning...

(Matter of fact, I don't know HOW Nicholas Meyer resisted the temptation to have one of the radio clips in the time travel montage be from the infamous Orson Welles broadcast.)

[–] sisterdebmac 11 years ago

Great post. I like the way you think, jschillig.
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