William Peter Blatty

William Peter Blatty (born January 7 1928), the American writer, probably most famous for his novel The Exorcist (1971) and the subsequent screenplay version, which he won an Academy Award for

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Legal name, Full name
"William Peter Blatty"
Born
1928, January 1928, January 7th 1928, the United States, New York City,  …
Starred in
The Ninth Configuration
Wrote
The Exorcist; Legion; Elsewhere; Twinkle, Twinkle, \"Killer\" Kane; The Ninth Configuration
Directed
The Exorcist III, The Ninth Configuration, The Exorcist series
Wrote for Screen
The Exorcist; Exorcist II: The Heretic; Exorcist: The Beginning; The Exorcist III; Dominion;  …
Producer of
The Exorcist, The Exorcist series
Occupation
Screenwriter
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Peter_Blatty
Won, Nominees
Best Adapted Screenplay (1973)
Gender
male
Nationality
american
Residence
New York City
Educated
Georgetown University
Last Name
"Blatty"
First Name
"William"
Organisations
Arab
Main Occupation
writer
Class
person; actor; film producer; film director; writer;  …
Featured in
Hollywood Ghost Stories
Religion
Roman Catholicism
Born During
1920s
Attributes
Arab, male, roman catholic
Related Websites
http://captainhowdy.com, http://www.kruegerbooks.com/books/sig/blatty-william-peter.html, http://www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/authors/William_Peter_Blatty.htm, http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/blatty.htm, http://www.theninthconfiguration.com
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DBPedia URI
http://dbpedia.org/resource/William_Peter_Blatty
Middle-name
"Peter"
Birthday
the 7th of January
Quotes
"Well, the research into it affected me. And the novel, it very much strengthened my faith."; "I tried to make every bit of it as creepy as I could. And I had the same response you do. I feel the same way. The hospital scenes, that procedure was so real."; "I have never read horror, nor do I consider The Exorcist to be such, but rather as a suspenseful supernatural detective story, or paranormal police procedural."; "Horror does not interest me, and so I know little of its practicioners, old or current."; "Bantam Press. And they commissioned me to write it. And when that was completed, they sold it to Harper and Row. And then I put it out to every movie studio in town. And they all turned it down.";  …
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