Right after I arrived in Austin today, and as I was paying for my salad, my Dick Tracy began a singing, and I turn on the screen to see Billy Friedkin's smiling face to greet me. Being a tad shocked I made a smiley face and said hello. Turns out that he had just gotten the news from the Warner high ups that this special super duper amazing edition of THE EXORCIST, with all sorts of fantastic added material, will be playing at a theater near you beginning on SEPTEMBER 22nd, 2000. Billy tells me that it will be opening up on 400 to 500 screens, and if performance goes as well as expected, Warners plans on having the film on 2000 screens by Halloween. Billy wanted me to tell all of you, that he feels that we (you and me) made all the difference in getting this done. It seems that Warner Brothers is going to kickstart a huge promotional campaign to support the film, and that this is going to be pretty darn big.

As for me, I can tell you that simply... You have got to see this when it plays at a local cineplex. You must see the film in the absolute best sounding theater you can find. You MUST see the film while wearing a crucifix (better safe than sorry). So... pat yourselves on the back, and hope and pray this does well enough that Warners gives SUPERMAN, which is getting some serious fixing up treatment, the same hoopla. If nothing else... We got this immaculate new theatrical experience of THE EXORCIST to a theater near you.