Possessed is the name of a 2000 Showtime original movie starring Timothy Dalton, based on events appearing in the book Possessed by Thomas B. Allen which inspired the novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty.
The film was released on DVD in the USA on October 2, 2001.
William S. Bowdern (Timothy Dalton) is a WWII veteran who was severely affected by a bad experience in France on All Saints’ Day in 1944. In the first scene of the movie, we flash...
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Possessed is the name of a 2000 Showtime original movie starring Timothy Dalton, based on events appearing in the book Possessed by Thomas B. Allen which inspired the novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty.
The film was released on DVD in the USA on October 2, 2001.
William S. Bowdern (Timothy Dalton) is a WWII veteran who was severely affected by a bad experience in France on All Saints’ Day in 1944. In the first scene of the movie, we flash-back through one of Bowdern's dreams to where he was trying to escape from a German advance as SS soldiers execute wounded American soldiers. A wounded soldier calls Bowdern, the chaplain, to give him the Last Rites; Bowdern at first denies him so he can escape. Bowdern rethinks the matter and does his duty but is bayonetted by an SS soldier. He becomes an alcoholic, tormented by his injuries and the guilt of refusing a dying man's last wish.
Years later, Bowdern is teaching his students at St. Louis University (SLU) when, at the end of the...
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