❉ Major update on bonus features for Scream Factory’s 2-Disc Blu-ray Collector’s Edition of ‘The Exorcist III’
Scream Factory’s Facebook page has confirmed the final list of bonus features for their upcoming 2-Disc Blu-ray Collector’s Edition of the third instalment in ‘The Exorcist’ franchise.
DISC ONE:
❉ The Exorcist III (Theatrical Cut) – New 2K scan of the inter-positive
❉ Vintage featurette
❉ Deleted Scene/Alternate Takes/Bloopers
❉ Deleted Prologue
❉ Vintage interviews (featuring behind-the-scenes footage) with writer/director William Peter Blatty, George C. Scott, Jason Miller, Ed Flanders, Grand L. Bush, executive producer James G. Robinson, production designer Leslie Dilley, Larry King and C. Everett Koop
❉ Original Theatrical Trailers
❉ Original TV Spots
❉ Photo Galleries
DISC TWO:
❉ Legion (Original Director’s Cut of The Exorcist III) 105 minutes*
❉ NEW Audio interview with writer/director William Peter Blatty
❉ NEW A “Wonderfull” Time – interviews with producer Carter DeHaven, actors Clifford David and Tracy Thorne and production assistant Kara Reidy
❉ NEW Signs of the Gemini – an interview with Brad Dourif
❉ NEW The Devil in the Details – interview with production designer Leslie Dilley, assistant designer Daren Dochterman and illustrator Simon Murton
❉ NEW Music for a Padded Cell – an interview with composer Barry DeVorzon
❉ NEW All This Bleeding – a look at the re-shoot and makeup effects with production manager Ronald Colby, editor Todd Ramsay, effects artists William Forsche, Mike Smithson, Brian Wade and actor/body double Charles Powell
In speaking to the process of creating the Legion Director’s cut, Blu-ray producer Cliff MacMillan explains:
“We conducted an exhaustive search through a pallet of film assets from the original shoot to re-create William Peter Blatty’s intended vision. Unfortunately, that footage has been lost to time. To that end, we turned to VHS tapes of the film’s dailies to assemble the director’s cut. However, even some of that footage was incomplete, so scenes from the theatrical re-shoot were used to fill in the gaps. This director’s cut is a composite of varying footage quality from the best available sources.”
No news of a UK region release ?