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| Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist | |
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| Directed by | Paul Schrader |
| Produced by | James G. Robinson David C. Robinson Wayne Morris |
| Written by | William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist |
| Starring | Stellan Skarsgård Gabriel Mann |
| Music by | Angelo Badalamenti Dog Fashion Disco Trevor Rabin |
| Cinematography | Vittorio Storaro |
| Editing by | Tim Silano |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Morgan Creek |
| Release date(s) | May 20, 2005 |
| Running time | 117 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30,000,000 |
| Gross revenue | $251,495 |
| Preceded by | Exorcist: The Beginning |
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Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist is a 2005 horror/thriller film directed by Paul Schrader.
This is the original version of the third sequel to The Exorcist. The film was basically completed, and then shelved by Morgan Creek. Renny Harlin replaced Schrader as the director of Exorcist: The Beginning and a new film was made, using the same plot and much of the same footage, attempting to make it more of a horror story. After the poor response to the second (Harlin's) version, Morgan Creek allowed Schrader's original version of the film to be released under the title Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist.
The basic premise is similar to the theatrically released Exorcist: The Beginning, but the approach and the plot are different. The mood is more thoughtful, and the direction is less action-film oriented.
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Plot
The young Father Lankester Merrin (played by Skarsgård, who played the same part in the 2004 prequel) travels to East Africa. He intends to rebuild his faith, which had faltered after witnessing some of the atrocities of World War II.
He meets up with a team of archaeologists, who are seeking to unearth a church that they believe has been buried for centuries. Merrin helps them, and the ensuing events result in an encounter with Pazuzu, the demon who would return in The Exorcist.
Cast
- Stellan Skarsgård as Father Lankester Merrin
- Gabriel Mann as Father Francis
- Clara Bellar as Rachel Lesno
- Billy Crawford as Cheche
- Ralph Brown as Sgt. Maj. Harris
- Israel Aduramo as Jomo
- Andrew French as Chuma
- Antonie Kamerling as Kessel
- Julian Wadham as Maj. Granville
- Mary Beth Hurt (uncredited) as Voice of Cheche
Trivia
- While Exorcist II: The Heretic showed Merrin's African exorcism in flashbacks, neither the Schrader film or the Harlin film use or refer to that version of the story.
- It is shot in Univisium (2:1) aspect ratio, although it was theatrically presented in 2.39:1.
- Schrader's son Sam suggested Dog Fashion Disco do the score for the last 20 minutes of the movie. They also composed the end credit song titled "Satan's March", which was the first time that the band created a song based around a cello part, an element which re-appeared on their 2006 album "Adultery".
- This is the first Warner Bros. film to have an original (but scrapped) version of a sequel / prequel to be released ( Warner Bros is only the distributor of this film, though; Morgan Creek financed this film). The next film to have the same treatment was Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut, only to be a straight-to-DVD release. That film was released on November 28, 2006.
- Paul Schrader was only given $2 million to finish visual effects and post-production(which explains the shoddy CG and inconsistent audio quality).[1]
- Liam Neeson was cast first when John Frankenheimer was the director, but due to scheduling conflicts Neeson had to step down as Father Merrin before Paul Schrader was hired to direct the film.
- At the very end of the end credits, after the last production company logo has faded out and the screen is entirely black, a demon voice grumbles "I am perfection."
- Mary Beth Hurt (Paul Schrader's wife) does the uncredited voice of Cheche.
Goofs
- When Major Granville shoots himself, you clearly see that there is only a small bit of blood on the top of his head, but when the body bag is pulled back so Rachel can identify the body, the entire top of his head is blown open.
- In the scene where the flag is being taken down and folded, you hear "Taps" playing in the background. "Taps" is an American military song, and is not played by the British Army. "Last Post" would have been the appropriate music to be played.
DVD release
The DVD was released on October 25, 2005 by Warner Home Video. The DVD included deleted scenes, an audio commentary by Paul Schrader, and a photo gallery.
On October 10, 2006, Dominion was released with The Exorcist, The Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen, Exorcist II: The Heretic, Exorcist III, Exorcist: The Beginning in The Exorcist: The Complete Anthology.
External links
{http://www.schradersx.com
- Official site
- Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist at the Internet Movie Database
- Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist at Allmovie
- Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist at Box Office Mojo
- Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist at ComingSoon.net
- Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist at Box Office Prophets
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