William Peter Blatty

Made films the shows talk about.

Counted as director, the making department they hold the most credits in. The films the hosts said they directed, which the two lists below run through too: The Exorcist III (1990); The Ninth Configuration. Count them as writer (2 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

The Exorcist: 2 lines

  1. lineage (lineage) · through The Exorcist III (1990), which they directed: The Exorcist ⇒ The Exorcist III (the host's read). Blatty directed Exorcist III after the horror show of Exorcist II.
    “after the horror show that happened with Exorcist II, directed Exorcist 3”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:20:00 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage) · through The Exorcist III (1990), which they directed: The Exorcist ⇒ The Exorcist III (the host's read). Blatty returned to the world of The Exorcist thirteen years after the second film, with the original's evil.
    “William Peter Blatties, you know, returned to the World of the Exorcist with a lot of the original kind of evil of the 1st one.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:25:38 · Chris Ryan (0.70 sure it was them)

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Directing (3) everyone in directing

Writing (3) everyone in writing

What was said about them, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): William Peter Blatty → The Ninth Configuration. Blatty's directorial debut, with Stacy Keach.
    “Have you seen the ninth configuration, William Peter Blotti's directorial debut?”
    The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:21:07 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

None.