Talk:The Exorcist

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Contents 1 1949 2 Raw eggs? 3 was this every real? 4 Trivia 5 The "You Bet Your Life" thing

[edit] 1949

The information from the external link for the 1949 case could have its own section or even its own article.

[edit] Raw eggs?

"[...] and was reported to have eaten raw eggs [...]"

Does anyone have any sources for this as (everyone should know) eating raw eggs will give you salmonella? If she did, she wouldn't have been filming the movie. --Kilo-Lima 17:06, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Yes, I think it's in Mark Kermode's BBC documentary that was also included on the UK DVD (don't know about elsewhere). And raw eggs do not automatically give you salmonella. There'd be a lot of very sick bodybuilders in the world if that was true. Cardinal Wurzel 20:36, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] was this every real?

Or completly made up?

Pece Kocovski 08:59, 20 March 2006 (UTC)

Browse through this. He makes it clear that the original kid just wanted attention, that a "shaking bed" isn't too hard to do when it has rollers, and that the priests weren't really there with the kid the whole time.

[edit] Trivia

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Exorcist&diff=prev&oldid=51702734

Hi, does the trivia section contain any info added by the edit above? I find some of the bits difficult to believe. (Rome?) --Kjoonlee 04:55, 6 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] The "You Bet Your Life" thing

According to Blatty's article, it says he won $500; here, it says $10,000. The citation only mentions the incident as an urban legend - can anyone find a reliable source, or get rid of it? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.14.72.182 (talk) 22:46, August 24, 2007 (UTC)