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Sony Pictures released the trailer for the upcoming film about Father Gabriele Amorth.
The film entitled “The Pope’s Exorcist,” follows the life of Rome’s former chief exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth.
Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe will portray Father Amorth.
Father Amorth was Rome’s chief exorcist from 1986 until his death in 2016 at age 91. As of 2013, he reportedly performed approximately 160,000 exorcisms during his career.
In 1990, the Italian priest co-founded the International Association of Exorcists. The organization now has several hundred members.
Father Amorth spoke about the many ways in which the demonic affects the world, including attacks on politicians and the family.
He also said invoking St. John Paul II is a powerful weapon against the demonic, explained that “ISIS is Satan,” and discussed St. Padre Pio’s battles with demons. He personally knew Padre Pio for 26 years before the saint’s death.
Sony Pictures said they based “The Pope’s Exorcist” on Father Amorth’s writings, including his exorcism accounts.
According to the movie’s official website, they based the film’s story on Father Amorth’s books, including “Fr. Gabriele Amorth: An Exorcist Tells His Story” and “An Exorcist: More Stories.”
Australian screenwriter and director Julius Avery, who directed the project, obtained licensing from Loyola Productions and producer Michael Patrick Kaczmarek of Jesus & Mary.
Watch the trailer below: (warning – disturbing images)
Continued below.
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The film entitled “The Pope’s Exorcist,” follows the life of Rome’s former chief exorcist, Father Gabriele Amorth.
Academy Award-winning actor Russell Crowe will portray Father Amorth.
Father Amorth was Rome’s chief exorcist from 1986 until his death in 2016 at age 91. As of 2013, he reportedly performed approximately 160,000 exorcisms during his career.
In 1990, the Italian priest co-founded the International Association of Exorcists. The organization now has several hundred members.
Father Amorth spoke about the many ways in which the demonic affects the world, including attacks on politicians and the family.
He also said invoking St. John Paul II is a powerful weapon against the demonic, explained that “ISIS is Satan,” and discussed St. Padre Pio’s battles with demons. He personally knew Padre Pio for 26 years before the saint’s death.
Sony Pictures said they based “The Pope’s Exorcist” on Father Amorth’s writings, including his exorcism accounts.
According to the movie’s official website, they based the film’s story on Father Amorth’s books, including “Fr. Gabriele Amorth: An Exorcist Tells His Story” and “An Exorcist: More Stories.”
Australian screenwriter and director Julius Avery, who directed the project, obtained licensing from Loyola Productions and producer Michael Patrick Kaczmarek of Jesus & Mary.
Watch the trailer below: (warning – disturbing images)
Continued below.
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But not out of character for those kinds of movies, frankly. I have watched a lot of those "demonic possession" movies, and in my humble opinion, less is more. You don't need bodies sailing through the air or gouts of blood squirting like garden hoses to display evil. The Exorcist is the standard template, of course, and you can see elements of that film in Crowe's latest presentation: the low, demonic voice coming from a female child; the levitations; the wounds and scars on the victim's body, etc. All that comes from William Friedkin's 1973 offering, and it's been copycatted ad nauseam ever since.
