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\nExorcist 4: The beginning - Stellan Skarsgård, Gabriel Mann, James D\'Arcy, Paul Schrader
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\nGod is not here today, priest.
\nFather Lankester Merrin thinks that he has glimpsed the face of Evil. In the years following World War II, Merrin (Stellan Skarsgård) is relentlessly haunted by memories of the unspeakable brutality perpetrated against the innocent people of his parish. In the wake of all he has seen, both his faith in his fellow man and the Almighty have deserted him. He can no longer honestly call himself a man of God.
\nMerrin has travelled far from his native Holland in a desperate attempt to escape the horrors that he witnessed there. While drifting through Cairo, he is approached by a collector of rare antiquities to join a British archaeological excavation in the remote Turkana region of Kenya. They have unearthed a Christian Byzantine church in inexplicably pristine condition - as if it had been buried on the day it was completed. The collector wants Merrin, an Oxford-educated archaeologist, to find an ancient relic hidden within the church before the British discover it.
\nBut beneath the church, something much older sleeps, waiting to be awoken. Madness descends upon the local villagers and the contingent of British soldiers sent to guard the excavation. Merrin watches helplessly as the atrocities of war are repeated against another innocent village - atrocities he had prayed never to see again. The blood of innocents flows freely on the East African plain, and the horror has only just begun.
\nIn the place where Evil was born, Merrin will finally see its true face.
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- Stellan Skarsgård .... Father Merrin \n
- Gabriel Mann .... Father William Francis \n
- James D\'Arcy .... Father Francis \n
- Izabella Scorupco .... Sarah \n
- Israel Aduramo .... Jomo \n
- James Bellamy .... James \n
- Ben Cross .... Semelier \n
- Alan Ford .... Jeffries \n
- Andrew French .... Chuma \n
- Antonie Kamerling .... Kessler \n
- Patrick O\'Kane .... Bession \n
- Eddie Osei .... Emekwi \n
- Roberto Purvis .... Corporal Finn \n
- Remy Sweeny .... Joseph \n
- Julian Wadham .... Major Granville \n
- William Peter Blatty... Author: The exorcist \n
- Caleb Carr .... Screenwriter \n
- William Wisher Junior .... Screenwriter \n
- Alexi Hawley .... Screenwriter \n
- Paul Schrader .... Director \n
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- Exorcist 4: The beginning official movie site \n
- Exorcist 4: The beginning film production notes \n
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- See also The Exorcist \n
- Studios and distributors: \n
- Warner Bros * Roadshow Films \n
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Intelligence analyst
\nSpecial Agent Matti
\nTheatrical report
\nMore of the same. Exorcist 4: The beginning is a pretty standard Hollywood supernatural horror flick with all the good bits from the original mixed up with some bits from The four feathers.
\nThere has been a renaissance of sorts involving stories set in the heyday of the British Empire: The league of extraordinary gentlemen, Steamboy,\nAround the world in 80 days, Shanghai knights. If you like the days before plastic was invented - when glass and iron and wood and rubber were all you had to remake the world - you\'ll be a fan of this genre. Unfortunately, that\'s about all Exorcist 4: The beginning has going for it.
\nSecurity censorship classification
\nMA 15+ (High level violence, horror theme, sexual references)
\nSurveillance time
\n113 minutes (1:53 hours)
\nNot for public release in Australia before date
\nFilm: 28 October 2004
DVD rental: 24 March 2005
VHS rental: 24 March 2005
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