Exorcist: The Beginning

Revealing mistake: The two workers to the right of the entrance are fake digging. Their picks never touch the ground. (00:27:20)

Revealing mistake: After the power goes out at Sarah's hospital, she lights a candle. While she's walking along with it, it's obvious it's not made of wax. It looks like it's made out of plaster.

Revealing mistake: When entering the tomb there are quite a lot of shadows on the walls and statues. We are supposed to be in a sealed tomb. Where is all the light coming from? You can tell by the shadows that light is coming from multiple locations, not just the priest's lamp.

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Mistakes

Continuity mistake: In the original film, several priests discuss who should do the exorcism. Merrin was chosen because he had experience (supposedly this film), and that the exorcism lasted a month and it nearly killed him. In this film, the exorcism appeared to have lasted only a few hours and, although I'm sure he was in very real danger, he didn't seem the worse for wear after it was over.

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Trivia

Trivia: Stellan Skarsgard, at age 53 when filming this movie, is nearly a decade older than Max von Sydow was at the time of filming the original movie (age 44), but is playing a younger version of the character.

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Questions

Question: When first entering the church, Father Francis wonders about the weapons depicted pointing down. What is the significance of where the weapons are pointing?

Answer: Weapons on statues in conventional churches point upwards in veneration. The weapons here are pointing downwards in an offensive gesture.

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