Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist (2005)

Country of Origin: USA
Year of Production: 2002 - 2003
Running Times: 117 mins
Format: colour     Univision
Ratio:
Sound: DTS     Dolby Digital     SDDS

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Company: Morgan Creek International
Executive Producers: Guy McElwaine, David Robinson
Producer: James G. Robinson
Production Supervisor: Zakaria Alaoui

SCRIPT
Script: William Wisher Jr, Caleb Carr
Novel: The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty

DIRECTION
Director: Paul Schrader
2nd Assistant Director (Italy): Filippo Fassetta

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Vittorio Storaro

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editor: Tim Silano

MUSIC
Music: Angelo Badalamenti, Dog Fashion Disco, Trevor Rabin
Songs: Nic tenBroek, Devon Loizeaux (Stardust Room); Todd Smith, Jason Stepp, Michael Oliver, Jeff Siegel p/k/a Dog Fashion Disco (Satan's March); Devon Loizeaux (Back to Me)
Songs Performed By: Devon Loizeaux (Stardust Room; Back To Me); Todd Smith, Jasan Stepp, Michael Oliver, Jeff Siegel p/k/a/ Dog Fashion Disco (Satan's March)
Song Produced By: Mitchel J. Greenspan (Stardust Room)
Music Consultant: Richard DeMatteo

SOUND
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Supervising Sound Editor: Mathew Waters

COSTUMES AND MAKE-UP
Make Up: Fabrizio Sforza
Costume Designer: Luke Reichle

SPECIAL MAKE UP EFFECTS
Prosthetic Make Up Supervisor: Jake Garber

SPECIAL EFFECTS
Special Effects Coordinator: Danilo Bollettini

VISUAL EFFECTS
Visual Effects Supervisors: Paolo Zeccara, Tom Mahoney
Visual Effects Producer: Fabrizio Storaro
On Set Visual Effects Supervisor: Michael D. Most
Visual Effects: Salvo Severino
Digital Artist: Giulia Infurna
Digital Compositors: Fabio Luongo, Fabio Zaveti
Pre-Visualization: Giuseppe Squillaci

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Art Director: Andy Nicholson, Marco Trentini

STUNTS
Stunt Coordinator: David Ambrosi

CAST
Stellan Skarsgård (Father Lankester Merrin)
Gabriel Mann (Father Francis)
Clara Bellar (Rachel Lesno)
Billy Crawford (Cheche)
Ralph Brown (Sergeant Major)
Israel Aduramo (Jomo)
Andrew French (Chuma)
Antonie Kamerling (Kessel)
Julian Wadham (Major Granville)
Eddie Osei (Emekwi)
Ilario Bisi-Pedro (Sebituana)
Niall Refoy (Corporal)
Lorenzo Camporese (Private)
Burt Caesar (Dr Lamu)
Marcello Santoni (Dutch farmer)
Griet van Damme (teenage Dutch girl)
Simon McLinden (Corporal)
Pet Chege (Sebituana's wife)
Hamadi Mwapachu (convulsive worker)
Evelyn Duah (Mara)
Rick Warden (Corporal Williams)
Michele Mariotti (German sergeant)
Ben Meyjes (soldier 2)
Oliver Maltman (soldier 3)
Omari Carter (James)
Adrian Black (Joseph)
Nick Komornicki (gun-firing soldier)

AVAILABILITY

USA
Theatrical Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures Inc

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

USA
Rating: R (for strong violence and disturbing images)

TIMELINE

2002
November
11: USA - filming begins

2003
March
Day Unknown: USA - filming ends

2005
March
18: Belgium - world premiere at the Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Films

May
20: USA - theatrical release

June
14: Netherlands - shown at the Amsterdam Fantastic Film Festival

July
Day Unknown: Netherlands - theatrical release
20: Belgium - theatrical release

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

Exorcist: The Beginning - early title
Exorcist: The Original Prequel - early title
Paul Schrader's Exorcist: The Beginning - early title
Paul Schrader's Exorcist: The Original Prequel - early title

LINKS

SEQUEL TO
The Exorcist (1973)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
The Exorcist III (1990)

SEE ALSO
Exorcist: The Beginning (2004)

REFERENCES

MAGAZINES

Entertainment Weekly no.817 (6 May 2005) pp.16-17 (USA)
illustrated article (Exorcise Plan by Missy Schwartz)

Entertainment Weekly no.821 (27 May 2005) pp.117-118 (USA)
review (Dominion: Prequel To The Exorcist: From the pit of Hollywood Hell comes another Exorcist film by Owen Gleiberman)

Screen International no.1490 (25 February - 3 March 2005) p.3 (UK)
illustrated note

KEYWORDS

africa, the devil, exorcisms, prequels

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008