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Article: Listening line helps people to exorcise their fears ; Thirty-five years ago a film on general release in Britain was causing great controversy. The Exorcist was hugely popular. Sadly some people found that, having seen the film, they were disturbed, distressed and many sought help from others.
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- Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
- Article date:
- July 4, 2009
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Thirty-five years ago a film on general release in Britain was
causing great controversy. The Exorcist was hugely popular. Sadly
some people found that, having seen the film, they were disturbed,
distressed and many sought help from others.
In anticipation of this when it was known that the film was
coming to Plymouth one person decided to take positive action.
Gordon Wright collected together like-minded friends and, as people
left the cinema, they handed out cards which simply invited those
who needed to talk to someone, having seen the film, to phone a
number where a trained volunteer would be available to listen to
them and help by simply being there.
The response was overwhelming. ...