Sorcerer (film)
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| Directed by | William Friedkin |
| Produced by | William Friedkin David Salven |
| Written by | Georges Arnaud (novel Le Salaire de la Peur) Walon Green |
| Starring | Roy Scheider Bruno Cremer Francisco Rabal |
| Music by | Tangerine Dream Keith Jarrett Charlie Parker |
| Cinematography | John M. Stephens Dick Bush |
| Editing by | Bud Smith Robert K. Lambert |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures (USA) Paramount Pictures (non-USA) |
| Release date(s) | June 21 1977 U.S. release |
| Running time | 121 min |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $22,000,000 (estimated) |
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Sorcerer is a 1977 film produced and directed by William Friedkin, starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal and Amidou. It is a remake of the 1953 French film Le Salaire de la Peur (Wages of Fear).
Sorcerer is noteworthy for being a major commercial failure following on the heels of Friedkin's highly successful films The French Connection and The Exorcist. The budget was estimated to be over $22 million, with a gross of just $12 million. Also notable is the electronic score by Tangerine Dream. This film was a co-production of Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures, with Universal handling U.S. distribution and Paramount handing the international release.
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[edit] Plot
Four expatriates living in South America are given a risky opportunity to earn enough money to escape their self-imposed exiles by driving a pair of trucks through the jungle carrying dangerously unstable nitroglycerin in order to put out an oil fire.
[edit] Reaction
The film today is more positively received by film critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives the film 88-percent fresh on its Tomatometer.
[edit] Spoofs
An episode of The Simpsons entitled "Mr. Plow" featured a parody of this movie as Homer crosses a rickety bridge. The short scene is scored with very Tangerine Dream-like music.
[edit] DVD release
The DVD has been released in the U.S. and Canada in a pan and scan, non-widescreen version. Currently, there are no plans for further releases.
[edit] External links
- Sorcerer at the Internet Movie Database
- Wages of Fear at the Internet Movie Database
- Interview: William Friedkin
- On Wages of Fear and Sorcerer
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