33 The Exorcism of Emily Rose Trivia Questions & Answers

Answer: James Van Hopper

Erin Bruner, a criminal defense lawyer, was approached by the Archdiocese to represent a pastor of theirs named Father Richard Moore. Father Moore had been accused of being negligent in Emily Rose's death, and was charged with negligent homicide. They discussed how they were impressed with how Erin got James Van Hopper acquitted of murder charges since it appeared like she would have lost Van Hopper's case. Erin agreed to defend Father Moore. Midway through the film, Erin saw on a television set in a bar, that Van Hopper was in the news and was suspected of killing someone else.

Answer: Emily's exorcism

Father Moore was on trial for negligent homicide since Emily died after he attempted to free her from demonic forces. Father Moore didn't really care if he was sent to prison; his primary concern was telling the story of what really happened to Emily.

Answer: The medical examiner

After a few minutes, we learned that the title character, Emily Rose, had died, and not from natural causes. Because of this examination, the police arrested Father Richard Moore.

Answer: Jennifer Carpenter

Jennifer offered an intense and haunting portrayal of young Emily Rose. She can also be seen in the Wayan brothers' film "White Chicks". Laura Linney, who played Erin Bruner in the movie, said she suggested Jennifer because they'd done a play together, "The Crucible", along side Liam Neeson.
Linda Blair played the possessed child Regan in "The Exorcist".

Answer: Emily's mom

Near the beginning of the film, Erin went to talk to Emily's mother, and they spoke about their lives and the case involving Father Richard Moore. Erin mentioned that her father died when she was a little girl, and her mother was a school teacher so they did not have a whole lot of money. Emily's mom said that Emily's dream was to be a teacher and she was heartbroken that Emily could not live that dream since Emily died.

Answer: German

Once Father Moore had begun the Lord's prayer, Emily's red eyes opened and she smacked her father with a doll roughly. She then told him in German "Dolls and kisses and crosses and wishes, you think that can save your little girl?"

Answer: her dorm room

Emily had been left alone at school because her roommate had gone home. She awoke at three in the morning and thought she smelled something burning. She went into the hall, but found no evidence of a fire. She was either attacked at 3:02 a.m., or had her first seizure.

Answer: Facts

Erin gave her closing statements after the defense rested, and discussed a lot about the difference between facts and possibilities. She brought up some scenarios, regarding how Emily could have died (either by possession or not taking medication for epilepsy), and mentioned they were all possibilities. She went on to say that facts leave no room for possibilities and that facts led to verdicts. Erin admitted that the only thing she knew for a fact, was that Father Richard Moore loved Emily with all of his heart. She told the jury that, in her line of work, she had represented many bad people but Father Moore was not one of them, and that they should not send an innocent man to prison.

Answer: Telling Emily's story

Erin Bruner was meant to talk Father Moore into accepting the deal the judge had offered him so that he didn't take the stand, but he insisted that he must testify, as only he can tell what really happened to Emily. Erin accepted, getting her partner/boss and the archdiocese very mad at her.

Answer: to make senior partner in her law firm

Karl Gunderson explained to Erin that the Catholic Arch Diocese wanted her to defend Father Moore because she'd been able to get James Van Hopper acquitted. She told Karl that she'd take the case if he made her a senior partner. She wanted her name on the door of their office, right next to his own.

Answer: Brewster

Her last name was not mentioned a whole lot, but there were a few scenes when the judge's last name was stated as "Brewster." Also, her name plaque was visible in several scenes throughout the film. Judge Brewster was stern and upright, but she was also fair. In some scenes, she got annoyed with some actions that Erin Bruner (defense attorney) and Ethan Thomas (prosecuting attorney) took and warned them to behave. At the end of the movie, the jury found Father Moore guilty and recommended that his sentence be time already served (For the entire trial, Father Moore resided in jail since he did not make bail). Judge Brewster asked if there were any objections, from Ms. Bruner and Mr. Thomas, and neither objected so Brewster entered the judgment into the record. She turned to Father Moore and told him he was guilty but that he was free to go.

Answer: Fell into a deep sleep

The exorcism had failed and Emily was taken back to her room where she fell asleep. Father Moore thought about asking permission to perform another exorcism, but Emily didn't want him to.

Answer: Emily's dorm room

Emily's mother had told the doctor to call Emily at a pay phone at her school. Emily had sobbed uncontrollably for several moments, then calmed down sufficiently to explain what happened.

Answer: Erin Bruner

After the trial concluded and court was adjourned, Father Moore and Erin Bruner went to Emily Rose's grave and paid their respects. They discussed how they both were saddened over her death, but that the jury made the right decision to not impose anymore punishment on Father Moore. Erin asked Father Moore if he would go back to his parish and he told her he would not. When the credits rolled, we found out that Father Moore went into seclusion and refused to appeal the verdict, saying that his punishment was up to God and not a court.

Answer: Emily spoke to the Virgin Mary.

Once Emily awoke from her deep sleep, she went out into the yard and encountered the Virgin Mother. Mary told her the demons were, unfortunately, staying put inside her, yet Emily could end her suffering by going with her. If she stayed, however, then the world would be awakened to the fact that there were divine forces in the world. Emily, sealing her fate, chose to stay.

Answer: Emily was nearly suffocated by an invisible presence on her

At 3:00 a.m., Emily awoke to the scent of something burning and left her empty dorm room to investigate. She saw no fire, but when she went back inside, she saw things moving on their own and an invisible weight pressed down on her for several long moments until the weight lifted and Emily fell out of her bed, sobbing. She then ran out, crying uncontrollably.

Answer: in a bar

James Van Hopper was the client in a high profile murder case in which Erin had been victorious. Not long after she took on Father Moore's case, James murdered a young couple who he was said to have known. She was having a drink in the movie's resident bar (seen several times in the film) when Channel 15's newscast reported the murder. This news left Erin visibly shaken. Director Scott Derrickson commented that the bar was located in Vancouver and did not actually have the skyline seen in the movie. It was projected via green screen and CGI.

Answer: Dr. Graham Cartwright

Dr. Cartwright was an eyewitness to the exorcism and he knew that Emily was indeed possessed by demons. However, he feared the demonic forces surrounding the trial and backed out of testifying. He was then hit by a car and killed.

Answer: A hypersensitive

Dr. Sadira Adani, a professor who studied what is known as the scientific study of possession, believed that Emily was a person who had a higher sensitivity to what is called "the separate reality". Hypersensitives, according to Dr. Adani, could see the dead or have visions of the future, and were more susceptible to invasion by an outside entity.

Answer: Campbell Scott

Scott, born in 1961 in New York City, landed the part of Ethan Thomas. Ethan was a prosecuting attorney who filed charges against Father Moore. He first met the defense attorney, Erin Bruner, at a bar and told her he would argue that Moore get the death penalty. Erin asked him why he, as a Catholic, wanted to send a man to Death Row, and Ethan said he represented the people. He argued that what Emily Rose suffered from was psychosis and epilepsy, not possession, and that it was through Father Moore's negligence that she died. In the end, Ethan technically won the case when the jury came back with a guilty verdict, but he lost when the jury recommended Moore's punishment be time served, and the judge agreed to that disciplinary action. Scott guest starred on the TV series, "Independent Lens", "L.A. Law", and "Family Ties."

Answer: university chapel

After leaving the hospital, Emily's condition rapidly worsened, despite being medicated for her presumed epilepsy. She saw demons on people's faces, saw faces melt, and even saw demons in windows. She ran hysterically from her classroom and out into a rain storm, and headed to the chapel. Jason spotted her running inside. He followed her and witnessed her bend backward, eyes black with red whites. The demons warned Jason not touch them, and then Emily collapsed to the floor of the church. She turned toward a shocked Jason and begged him not to leave her. He told Erin that he never left her from that day forward. He was with her when she died at her parent's home.

Answer: "...but how can they think that if I show them the Devil?"

Emily's mission in choosing to stay was to prove that because she had been touched by the Devil, there must have been a God as well. Unfortunately, the jury didn't believe it.

Answer: The demonic witching hour

To Father Moore and Erin, waking up at 3:00 a.m. was highly significant. When Father Moore noticed the demonic apparition, it nodded at him, which frightened him very much.

Answer: Jason

We learned, in the movie, that Emily was great friends with a man named Jason while she was away at college. Jason noticed that Emily behaved erratically and encountered her in a church one day, and saw that she was really sick. In the church, Emily had leaned down, like she was in a position to go under a limbo bar, and spoke in a scary voice. Jason testified, at Father Moore's trial, as to how Emily looked and behaved in her final days. Erin had Jason testify to persuade the jury that Emily's behavior and appearance was very similar to one who was possessed by a demonic spirit, and not of one who had epilepsy.

Answer: Gripping the barbed wire fence

Ethan Thomas played on the fact that Emily injured herself a lot and said she had received the stigmata from gripping the fence. No way to know for sure, of course, but it was his job to argue her condition was medical related.