The Exorcist (film) shot that obscured his face, as Friedkin felt that Vandis's face would be connected with his previous role in the Woody Allen film "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask)". Vandis had previously played Milos Stavros, an Armenian shepherd who was in love with a sheep. Warners had approached Arthur Penn, Stanley Kubrick, and Mike Nichols, to direct, all of whom turned the project down. Originally Mark Rydell was hired to direct, but William Peter Blatty insisted on Friedkin instead, because he wanted his film to have the same energy as Friedkin's previous film,
Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted to Hear by Rush... But You Were Afraid to Play suites: "Overture/The Temples of Syrinx" from 2112's "2112", and "Bacchus Plateau" from "Caress of Steel"'s "The Fountain of Lamneth". The basic track list was later used for the 1979 German compilation, "Rush Through Time", but substituting the then-more recent and popular tracks "Cinderella Man" and "Closer to the Heart", for "Lakeside Park" and "Bacchus Plateau", respectively. Side 1: Side 2: Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted to Hear by Rush... But You Were Afraid to Play Everything Your Listeners Ever Wanted to Hear by Rush...But You Were Afraid to Play is a rare, promo-only LP by the Canadian rock band Rush,