#Owen Roizman, Cinematographer on ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 86

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Owen Roizman, Cinematographer on ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 86 Owen Roizman, the five-time Oscar-nominated cinematographer who partnered with director William Friedkin on the gripping movie classics The French Connection and The Exorcist, has died. He was 86. Roizman, who also teamed with director Sydney Pollack on five films, including Three Days…

#Is ‘The Exorcist’ a true story? What happened to Ronald Hunkeler

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“#Is ‘The Exorcist’ a true story? What happened to Ronald Hunkeler” Ronald Edwin Hunkeler was a NASA engineer who patented a special technology to make space shuttle panels resistant to extreme heat, helping the Apollo missions of the 1960s that put US astronauts on the moon in 1969. But Hunkeler also had another claim to…

#Blue Chips is One of the Great Basketball Movies of the 1990s – /Film

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“#Blue Chips is One of the Great Basketball Movies of the 1990s – /Film” Welcome to The Quarantine Stream, a new series where the /Film team shares what they’ve been watching while social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.) The Movie: Blue Chips Where You Can Stream It: Hulu The Pitch: Dedicated college basketball coach Pete Bell…

#How They Shot the Sorcerer Bridge Scene

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“#How They Shot the Sorcerer Bridge Scene” Welcome to How’d They Do That?, a bi-monthly column that unpacks moments of movie magic and celebrates the technical wizards who pulled them off. This entry explains the making of the scene in William Friedkin’s ‘Sorcerer’ where two enormous trucks cross a rotting suspension bridge. William Friedkin‘s nihilistic…

#Behind the Scenes of A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Exorcist, and More – /Film

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“#Behind the Scenes of A Nightmare on Elm Street, The Exorcist, and More – /Film” The Morning Watch is a recurring feature that highlights a handful of noteworthy videos from around the web. They could be video essays, fanmade productions, featurettes, short films, hilarious sketches, or just anything that has to do with our favorite…

#The Exorcist Documentary Heads to Shudder – /Film

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“#The Exorcist Documentary Heads to Shudder – /Film” Alexandre O. Philippe has already explored classic horror films with his documentaries 78/52: Hitchcock’s Shower Scene and Memory: The Origins of Alien, and now he’s done it again with Leap of Faith. This latest doc delves into The Exorcist, William Friedkin’s iconic classic about a little girl possessed by a demonic…