[post_page_title]The Exorcist [/post_page_title]
The only reason The Exorcist made it from an unknown novel to the big screen (and the hall of horror movie fame), was luck. The writer William Peter Blatty wrote the novel in 1971, but despite it getting good reviews – no one was buying it. Trying to change that, he tried to get on as a guest on The Dick Cavett Show.
One night he got called by the show, and asked to come right away – as a more famous guest had cancelled last minute. That cancelation gave Blatty the opportunity to talk about his book for 45 minutes on national TV. Then he got the Hollywood executives’ attention.
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