{"id":57534,"date":"2023-08-07T22:41:54","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:41:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=57534"},"modified":"2023-08-07T22:42:15","modified_gmt":"2023-08-08T02:42:15","slug":"william-friedkin-director-of-french-connection-and-exorcist-dies-at-87","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/07\/william-friedkin-director-of-french-connection-and-exorcist-dies-at-87\/","title":{"rendered":"William Friedkin, Director of \u2018French Connection\u2019 and \u2018Exorcist,\u2019 Dies at 87"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_57535\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57535\" style=\"width: 666px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-57535 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/William_Friedkin_Festival_de_Sitges_2017.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"666\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/William_Friedkin_Festival_de_Sitges_2017.webp 666w, https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/William_Friedkin_Festival_de_Sitges_2017-300x182.webp 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 666px) 100vw, 666px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-57535\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Filmmaker William Friedkin, photographed during the 2017 Sitges Film Festival Photo: Guillem Medina<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>William Friedkin died in Los Angeles on Monday. No cause of death has yet been confirmed. The director was said to have suffered health issues in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Friedkin died before his latest movie, <em>The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial<\/em>, could hit screens at the Venice Film Festival beginning on 30 August.<\/p><div id=\"morty-2284292292\" class=\"morty-content\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Though his career started in the early 1960s, his most notable success came in the following decade with the release of 1971&#8217;s <em>The French Connection<\/em>.\u00a0The film&#8217;s five Oscars included best picture and best actor for Gene Hackman.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Exorcist<\/em>, released in 1973, had audiences horrified and entranced by the story of a 12-year-old girl possessed by the devil. News media at the time reported cinemagoers fainting and vomiting in their seats, and people leaving the theatre shaking and screaming.<\/p>\n<p>His other films included the drama <em>The Boys in the Band<\/em> (1970), the thriller <em>Sorcerer<\/em> (1977), the crime comedy-drama <em>The Brink&#8217;s Job<\/em> (1978), the crime thriller<em> Cruising<\/em> (1980), the neo-noir thriller <em>To Live and Die in L.A.<\/em> (1985), the psychological horror film <em>Bug<\/em> (2006), and the black comedy <em>Killer Joe<\/em> (2011).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Friedkin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">-READ MORE-<\/a><\/p><div id=\"morty-3870022730\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>William Friedkin died in Los Angeles on Monday. 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