The Exorcism of Emily Rose
- PG-13
- Year:
- 2005
- 119 min
- 1,784 Views
Emily!
You're the medical examiner?
Mr. Rose?
I'm sorry, Mr. Rose...
...but I cannot state conclusively...
...that the cause of death | was natural.
Your daughter, she...
Excuse me, Father?
Father Moore.
You'll have to come with me.
- Father Moore! | - Will you plead guilty?
- Tell us about the exorcism! | - Over here, Father Moore!
We're at Crescent County Courthouse. | We show you Father Richard Moore...
- They're not talking to the police.
Do we charge them?
he ran the show.
We need a Christian on this.
Preferably a Catholic.
Somebody that knows this sh*t | inside out...
...and who the public will see | as unbiased.
We're going after a holy man here.
Ethan Thomas.
He's not Catholic, though. | Methodist, I think.
But the guy practically lives at church. | Choir, teaches Sunday school.
He's no choirboy in the courtroom. | I've seen him tear people up.
He's a shrewd son of a b*tch.
All right, pull him off whatever | he's doing. He's lead prosecutor.
There's ambition. She never stops. | She even works while she drinks.
- Gentlemen, you know Erin Bruner. | - Of course.
- Hello. | - I was so sure Van Hopper would fry...
...but you proved me wrong, lady.
The system worked, that's all.
Gentlemen, you'll excuse us, | will you?
Have you seen the news | about this priest?
I heard something about an exorcism | gone bad, but I don't know the details.
The DA charged him | with negligent homicide.
They offered a very reasonable plea | bargain, but the priest turned it down.
Do not ask me to take this...
The archdiocese | specifically requested you.
- Why me? | - They followed the Van Hopper trial.
They think you're smart...
...and convincing.
They want you to ask the priest | to reconsider.
Well, what if he won't?
This sounds like a quagmire. | If I'm smart, I'll leave it alone.
Erin, the Van Hopper case | got you back on the fast track.
Once again, you're a rising star.
- Chivas, neat, please. | - Tanqueray martini, dry.
- What are you saying? | - I'm saying, you do this for me...
...and the rising star keeps rising.
The case is yours.
And just how high | do I get to rise this time?
I've been junior partner | for too long now, Karl.
- It's not like other firms haven't called. | - Erin...
I want my name on the door, | right next to yours.
Okay.
Try to get the deal.
If the priest won't | and this goes to trial...
...the archdiocese feels he could | be an embarrassment.
So under no circumstances | is he to testify.
No, of course. | If I'd put Van Hopper on the stand...
...he'd be marking time on death row | instead of sunbathing in Miami.
His tab.
Good morning, I'm Erin Bruner.
May I sit down?
They brought the chair | for my public defender.
I guess they left it when they decided | I wasn't going to kill myself with it.
My firm represents the archdiocese.
Yes.
Yes, I was expecting them | to send someone.
- Why did they choose you? | - I wanted this case.
- So you like the spotlight? | - I'm used to it.
And now you've come | to further your celebrity.
No.
I'm here to make senior partner | at my firm.
- Are you a Catholic? | - No.
I'm an agnostic, I guess. | I'm not really sure.
If you're not sure, then you are one.
I don't think you're the right attorney. | I'll stick with my public defender.
He can't get the DA | to get you a better deal. I can.
I won't be making | any plea agreement.
If you don't, the archdiocese | won't post your bail.
You'll be stuck in here for the trial.
Do you understand how long | they can put you away?
It's been explained to me.
The DA's office doesn't like it when | religion holds itself above the law.
And this prosecutor, | Ethan Thomas?
You're gonna need somebody | hungry and smart...
...and aggressive | to even have a chance.
What would your strategy be to defend | me against such a formidable man?
- That depends. | - On what?
On how you wanna be defended.
What's your main concern, | other than staying out of jail?
- Is it how you're being portrayed? | - I don't care about my reputation.
I'm not afraid of jail.
What I care about | is telling Emily Rose's story.
I want people to hear | what only I can tell.
And what is that?
What really happened to Emily...
...and why.
If I let you defend me...
...will you promise to let me testify and | tell the truth about what happened?
And what is the truth you would tell? | That the ritual killed her?
- Was it your fault she died? | - No.
All right. | Then I'll let you tell her story.
But only if you agree to let me do | whatever else it takes to win.
You're not used to | this kind of place.
I'm sure our life is very strange | to you.
Not so strange.
I grew up in a little town.
But our house wasn't as nice | or as big as this.
My mother, she raised me alone.
She was a schoolteacher, | so we had very little money.
That was Emily's dream, | to be a teacher.
That's why she went away | to the university.
A lot of cats live here.
There are...
...11 now, I think.
Emily always brought them home.
Ever since she was a little girl, | she couldn't leave a stray abandoned.
Before these troubles began...
Oh, yes.
Before she went away | to university...
...my Emily was so very happy.
What is going on...? Girls!
Mama.
Is it...?
It's a scholarship, Mama.
They pay for it. | They pay for everything.
This is your dream, Emily.
You'll be leaving us.
It's okay.
I'll be okay.
I'm gonna show this to your father.
- Counselor. Thanks for meeting me. | - Sure.
Can I buy you a drink, Mr. Thomas? | He makes an excellent martini.
Just water for me, please.
So...
...the judge thinks we should offer | a new plea agreement.
She feels the community might be | better served without this trial.
How do you feel about it?
Personally.
My job is to represent | the interests of the people...
...and make an effort to be objective.
I ask because I know | you're a churchgoer.
Now you're set to prosecute | a man of God.
...and a young girl is dead.
If he's a man of God, then, personally, | I think he's even more subject...
...to the laws of moral behavior. | If it were up to me, he'd get no deal.
And forgiveness and compassion? | Isn't that part of your creed?
Or does that just get in the way | of your work?
If you have compassion | for your client...
...you'll persuade him to accept this:
Charges reduced | to reckless endangerment.
Twelve months in a county jail.
Reducible to six, plus probation, | if he stays out of trouble.
Somehow I expect | he can manage that.
But please understand me. | If he refuses, I will seek the maximum.
Father Moore has made it clear | there will be no plea agreement.
He will not lie or admit to something | he is not guilty of.
- And he was never neglectful of Emily. | - "Never neglectful"?
Have you seen | the postmortem photographs?
We'll go to trial. My client wants | the public to know the truth.
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