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William Friedkin obituary

American director behind two of the great film cult classics of the 1970s: The French Connection and The Exorcist

The Guardian - UK

The incredible creativity of William Friedkin: Oscars, box-office hits – and arthouse, experimental genre cinema

In 1972, American cinema was ablaze with the energy of what later came to be called “The New Hollywood”. This was a group of film directors who were bringing a radical kind of cinema to the movie mainstream – movies with big budgets, edgy content and transgressive politics, all for…

The Conversation

Francis Ford Coppola hails William Friedkin as ‘a deep-feeling giant of a man’

The Godfather director said Friedkin’s work ‘represents true milestones in cinema’ and that all of his films were ‘alive with genius’.

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The Exorcist director William Friedkin hailed as a ‘cinematic master’

Figures from the world of cinema have paid tribute to the Oscar-winning filmmaker and screenwriter following his death.

The Independent UK

William Friedkin, director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dead at 87

The Oscar winner's other credits include To Live and Die in L.A., Cruising, Rules of Engagement and a TV remake of the classic play and Sidney Lumet movie 12 Angry Men.

WEKU

William Friedkin created unforgettable horror and pleasure with equal brilliance

The 87-year-old director leaves behind a thrilling, high-wire career mastering different genres in films such as The Exorcist, The French Connection and Cruising

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William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, dies aged 87

Oscar-winning director was also best known for films including ‘Killer Joe’, ‘Cruising’ and ‘To Live and Die in LA’

The Independent UK

William Friedkin movies: remembering the late director's most famous work and how to watch

The Exorcist and French Connection director William Friedkin has passed away. Here is where you can watch his most famous movies.

WhatToWatch

William Friedkin: French Connection and Exorcist director dies aged 87

Oscar-winning film director William Friedkin, whose career included hits such as The French Connection and The Exorcist, has died aged 87.

Evening Standard

William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of ‘The Exorcist,’ ‘The French Connection,’ dies at 87

Friedkin was born and raised in Chicago, and graduated from Senn High School.

Chicago Sun-Times

William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of 'The French Connection' and The Exorcist,' dead at 87

William Friedkin, the Oscar winning director of two gripping film classics, “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist,” has died

The Independent UK

William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and The French Connection, dies at 87

The Oscar-winning film-maker has died in Los Angeles, leaving behind a career as one of his generation’s most admired talents

The Guardian - US

William Friedkin, Director Of The Exorcist, Dead At 87

Academy Award winner, and legendary Exorcist director William Friedkin, has been reported dead at age 87.

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The Independent UK

William Friedkin, director of The Exorcist and the French Connection, dies aged 87

Oscar-winning director rose to fame for his cutting-edge style of editing

The Guardian - UK

Venice film festival picks starry films despite actors’ strike

Hollywood films vying for Golden Lion include Bradley Cooper’s Maestro and Yorgos Lanthimos’s Poor Things, with non-competition films by Wes Anderson and Richard Linklater

The Guardian - UK

TV tonight: Ellie Simmonds’s deeply moving search for her birth mother

The swimmer reveals how she was given up for adoption shortly after she was born. Plus: an investigation into the costs of renewable energy. Here’s what to watch this evening

The Independent UK

The French Connection: Film fans fume as classic 1971 movie is censored without explanation

‘This is an absolutely unacceptable move,’ one person raged

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The real priest behind 'The Pope's Exorcist' was a fan of Hollywood horror films

On April 14, 2023, Sony Pictures released “The Pope’s Exorcist,” a horror film inspired by the life of the Rev. Gabriele Amorth. Amorth served as the exorcist for the Diocese of Rome from 1986 until his death in 2016 at the age of 91.

Los Angeles Times

Owen Roizman, ‘French Connection’ and ‘Exorcist’ cinematographer, dies at 86

LOS ANGELES — Five-time Oscar nominated cinematographer Owen Roizman, who shot landmark films including “The French Connection,” “The Exorcist,” “Network” and “Tootsie,” has died. He was 86.

Asharq Al-Awsat

‘Heat’-Ing Up: Michael Mann Writes Sequel-Prequel ‘Heat 2’

Decades after the release of Michael Mann’s “Heat,” the classic crime thriller has endured in the minds of fans, critics, peers and the director himself. He had so much left to say. “There’s always the sense of being shortchanged,” Mann said during a Zoom interview from his apartment in Modena,…

The Independent UK

'Heat'-ing up: Michael Mann writes sequel-prequel 'Heat 2'

Decades after the release of Michael Mann’s “Heat,” the classic crime thriller has endured in the minds of fans, critics, peers and the director himself

Inverse

You need to watch the scariest movie of the 20th century before it leaves Netflix this week

A can't-miss classic, 'The Exorcist' has surprising origins in the game show winnings of author William Peter Blatty.

Inverse

45 years ago, the worst Exorcist sequel almost killed the franchise forever

The Heretic was conceived as nothing more than a “low-budget rehash” heavily reliant on unused footage from The Exorcist.

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