Sorcerer trailer: A film by William Friedkin

[tazzzie333]

I am looking for a loanable 35mm print for SORCERER 1977 the newly restored version. If any of you guys know what studio or film archives has this film please let me know. I will truly appreciate it. Need it by the first week of November for a private screening.

Thanks,

Maria

[Sati1979]

Anyone know where to get ahold of the soundtrack - I've checked ITunes, Amazon and other sites like Napster to try and get ahold of but no such luck! The only version I can find is LP on ebay.

[JimSVoit]

@Sati1979 The soundtrack is by Tangerine Dream. I hope that helps! :)

[TheJetaway]

Did you notice the resemblance between the sculpture @ 0:24 and the truck @ 2:17 ?

[ROTEsimplemachines]

Best re-make ever

[YaesuFT736R]

Saw this in the theatre...they don't make them like this anymore.

[MrLive2win]

Do you think a movie like that could be made today? Wow, this is why I go to the movies, or used to.

[bigbiscuit100]

i love the use of sound in this movie. friedkin's style here is exquisite.

[1kocicyu9]

septimussignum

[pedroscottspielberg]

@tma291 It was released worldwide in 1974 it was released on decemeber 26 1973 in limited theaters and 5 days away from the new year.

[justinlittle2004]

Yeah "Wages of Fear" is a great film (I've also seen Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Les Diaboliques" which is fantastic) but I think Friedkin's remake is as good. Frankly, I was shocked at how good "Sorcerer" was the first time i saw it. Again, the original is an all-time classic, but I think "Sorcerer" is Friedkin's masterpiece. Maybe I need to watch them both again back to back?

[jackiebeat]

WAGES OF FEAR is far better!

[TheChapaqua]

I do think the trailerr gives away perhaps a little too much. Friedkin's a genius.

[5tonyvvvv]

Underrated classic !!

[sturoc0]

I was searching the record album racks in 1979 and saw the soundtrack lp for this movie. The fact that it was done by Tangerine Dream sold me right then and there !

The cover was a shot from the wooden bridge crossing.

Seeing the movie years later finally, I was on the edge of my seat all they way thru it.

Slightly slow to start the first 30 min lays necessary groundwork for later. And the soundtrack couldn't be more spot on.

TD did the soundtrack before seeing the film.

[rare12inchsingles]

This film suffered from limited exposure...Any film that opened at theaters when Star Wars was still hot was doomed..Back then alot of movie theaters were single screen (not the multiplexes we have today) and no theater was going to deviate from their cash cow George Lucas Sci-fi blockbuster.

[zillsburyy]

GOOD MOVIE!

[MrCJSuperbad]

Based on the far superior "The wages of fear" directed I believe by Henri georges Clouzot? The film is okay but it is simply not in the same league as Friedkin's other great movies,it's almost like the work of a journeyman director.I remember hearing that the production was fraught with horrendous conditions in Latin America.

[ReformedPastorJude]

This came out when i was a kid and i begged my folks to take me to see it but they wouldnt. i saw it years later on video, but not sure where you would get it today. ebay, maybe?

[kcolpaer]

Excellent existential film, tragically ignored.

[GermanStraight1]

well ...

it´s a lovely mivie , a remake of a french movie but still ... lovely indeed :-)))

Brgds

GSO

[humbleradio]

Excellent remake of Wages of Fear. Different enough, yet similar enough to be a tribute and stand on its own. Very haunting flick.

[pedroscottspielberg]

One of the masterpieces of the 70's revolution in filmmaking. To bad it came out the same weekend as Star Wars. Damn it George Lucas your movie was suppose to come out Christmas of 76 not summer of 77 man.

[300minus]

I like I like to show this film to folks who drop by for a bbq and watch their jaws drop open in wiln disbelief that  they've never heard of it.

Then I put on WAGES OF FEAR upon which this was based and totally blow their minds.

One thindg i appreciate is that the perils faced by the folks in each movie are entirely different so you get the same movie twice without repetition. How cool is that?

[pedroscottspielberg]

@300minus That's cool man. I think im gonna start doing that on my next bbQ

[TheJomogogo]

This movie was largely ignored when released and I've never seen it on TV , don't know why. I wish someone would post the entire film it really is a lost gem.

[anonymousjoe9]

I saw this movie like 100 times in the 80's on Showtime and or HBO,actually it may have been on both networks back then.

[erelf47]

this was not the failure of the film but the failure ıf the audiences of that time not to aprreciate the money and effort spent on such an amazing film. even the trailer the music used is able to show that this movie deserved much more attention. it's just the victim of in the wrong place at the wrong time.

[omegamann71]

The French Connection , The Exorcist and Sorcerer are three of the greatest movies

ever made ! William Friedkin is a brilliant director !

[QuatermassMan]

That music sounds familiar. Where have I heard it before??

[richardaiken1]

@QuatermassMan

it was in the Mad Max trailer, and I'm pretty sure that it was in The Warriors.

[anonymousjoe9]

All Tangerine Dream music sounds the same, but it's all good

[bluesgurugod]

This is an outstanding film. I prefer it to the original (which is also excellent) the french film "wages of fear".

Great performances, excellent settings and terrific directing. Quite possibly Friedkin's best film. Check it out.

[tuber766]

The soundtrack by Tangerine Dream in the flick is so rad.

[bluecoatscheesypoofs]

this movie was full of suspence. One of my favorites. plus cool trucks!

[shallowtiger]

liked this movie ,just didn't get the title being a remake of another good movie.

[matthewFordd]

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[WetKant]

trippy trailer

[thefriendsociety]

does anybody know where I can watch this?

[USTUBE4000]

You can actually buy it cheap from Amazon. I got it for $12

[doomantia]

Awesome

[jojoy87]

wow the music is pure and finest electro,what a song anyone know the name?

[surroundFM]

@jojoy87 It's Betrayal by Tangerine Dream (original soundtrack)

[pedroscottspielberg]

William Friedkin did three masterpieces in a row with The French Connection, The Excorcist, and Sorcerer.  Sorcerer is his best out of the three as far as im concern.

[wojtxnh69]

A great movie. Saw it a lot of times. It didn't deserve it's fate

I have a question is the "Sorcerer" truck modified for the film or there really where trucks like that. If yes what is it's brand

[filmtodeath]

A truly great film, I wanna see a fuckin Blu-Ray!

[idiotboxx999]

awsome soundtrack

[BipolarPics]

mind blowing

[BipolarPics]

One of the great lost movies from the 70's. mind bowing. Friedkin is a genius.

[mooville32]

Finally saw Wages Of Fear and I have much respect for the film but this was a superb remake and in a 70's class of its own.

[strumsky]

Tangerine Dream did soundtrack. Composed sight unseen, obviously expected an Exorcist sequel. Listen to the s/t by itself... You'll see a different movie. It's that visual.

[JohnCope]

Sorcerer is a masterpiece. Can you imagine this on blu-ray?

[pedroscottspielberg]

They are gonna make a blu-ray dvd of the movie once the blu ray and the dvd market picks back up.

[mooville32]

That would be awesome!

[ufuckfacesonofabitch]

It's a shame it bombed so majorly back in 77.

[Shanethefilmmaker]

@ufuckfacesonofabitch the only reason why it bombed was because they released it on the same year Star Wars gained a cult following aside from that it was a good movie

[pedroscottspielberg]

@Shanethefilmmaker even worse than that it was released the same weekend.

[KaitainCPS]

A cult following??

[Shanethefilmmaker]

@KaitainCPS you never noticed it? right now star wars fans are trying to make "jedi" a real religion

[KaitainCPS]

I hear what you're saying, but I don't think that the 20th biggest-selling movie of all time can be classified as having a "cult following".

[Shanethefilmmaker]

@KaitainCPS ya but back then it wasn't the entire trilogy, the prequels or the animated spin offs it was just one movie, plus merchandise.

[DeathToAllReligions]

Gellman should stick to Harry Potter. Sorcerer is easily the most underrated Friedkin film. The scene of the truck crawling across the rope bridge over a river rivals the part in Das Boot where the submarine bottoms in the ocean. The suspense is nearly lethal!!!!!

Classic "must-see" 70s suspense picture.

[olascar]

Sorcerer is a great movie. Gellman is a moron.

[darkprose]

I agree with the positive comments. I have always enjoyed this film.

[pseudanko]

A great film, in it's way as good as a remake can be.

[DanielBowden1975]

I have never seen this mainly to due everyone saying its shit, i think its about time to make up my own mind

Think for yourself and all that

[Genchmen]

the music is super. it is used in many Turkish movies. to me, it goes well with Turkish movies.

[thx291]

This trailer was cut a lot faster than most of the trailers were at that time.

[sbcruiser3]

Absolutely a GREAT movie!!!

[mordred36]

Really, one of the greatest American films ever made. If you haven't seen it, you should. It's like a Hemingway story.

[pullybrit]

I think that the main reason that this movie flopped at the box office is that Billy Friedkin was just simply way ahead of his time in 1977.

I think the movie going public would've been more receptive of it if it were released 10 years later as the MTV-ish 1980's was more amicable to films that fused music and film in such a calculating way (a la Michael Mann). Also, this was after all the first film that Tangerine Dream scored, so there were plenty of "firsts" and experiments in it.

[pedroscottspielberg]

I think your right. The movies is almost a documenatry in terms of its look and feel. Love it, but my only problem i have is the title. It should have been called by the original title: the wages of fear.

[darlingelf]

This was supposed to be a complete flop. I saw a documentary about Hollywood directors last night and it said so. I don't know, I haven't seen the film yet. But I did listen to the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream. It is disturbing in a strange, oppressive sort of way. I fell asleep while listening to it and engorging a bag of candy, and you know how sugar makes you tired and dizzy in the head. The music and the sugar-induced stupor gave me a half-waking nightmare like I can't tell you.

[Yonnyjohn]

I saw the film when it came out - I was 18, and went with my friends. We loved it, and its soundtrack. It's a truly great film - a director I often work with loves it as well. I'll tell you why it flopped, though, and another comment nailed it partly, by commenting on the title. At the time "The Exorcist" was still a big phenomenon, and everyone was expecting a sequel including, I think, the critics. When they saw it wasn't one, they weren't willing to have an honest look at it, and it died.

[sagorevach]

what is this shitty movie

[kyle30bech]

@ sagorevach

Sorcerer, AWESOME movie. This dumb fuck probably likes movies like Transformers....Probably has the I.Q. of a tic-tac.

[sagorevach]

And you are some kind of fucking fossil living a life 50 years ago, get a time machine fucking faggot

[gellman]

Go back to watching "Dude Where's My car." A deep film by your standards I'm sure.

[543564356]

No doubt. anyone who says Sorcerer is a shity movie must be a certified moron! One of my favorite movies ever!

This guy sagorevach should be sucking dick in an alley.

[sagorevach]

This guy sagorevach fucks you in your bitchy face in the middle of an alley, how do you like that piggy boy? lol, lol

[electromicidiotransd]

One of my favorite movies. Neither big special effects nor computer programs but an amazing story, great actors and location. They were going to film this movie in Ecuador but the authorities of that time asked them excessive amounts of money, stupid politics!...

[5tonyvvvv]

so true..great film

[jordantalknyc]

I think Super Mario is inspired in the original movie by Clouzot. Mario and Luigi are main characters, and the argument is about obstacles.

[prognosticatore]

One of the great films of the seventies which was a remake of the Clouzot original titled the Wages of Fear-also an excellent film. When will there be a decent digital transfer of this classic to DVD? The current one sucks!

[pedroscottspielberg]

That's what i was saying, they need to make a special edition dvd for this film. The current one does suck.

[oldfordtruck149]

I saw this 20 years ago and it still has some of the best off-road driving footage ever filmed. And I've driven tucks like this from La paz to Coroico.

[facey65]

I HAVE to see this film.

[smalllove1]

I wasn't aware of this film. So it's a remake of the Le Salaire de la Peur/ The Wages of Fear? This trailer looks good. Is it a good remake? Worth hunting down?

[zoidmangle]

Yes. Brilliant film.Well worth the hunt!

[kronstand]

gran pelicula, y mejor banda sonora...

[Kdusenra]

Tangerine Dream!!

[leeroynaggins]

love movies from the 70s!

[LolonMatinez]

I'm a big Friedkin fan

[StriderIsAragorn]

Back in 2005 I was just getting into Tangerine Dream a lot, so I downloaded the soundtrack and rented the movie on the same day. I still remember a lot of cool scenes, and the music and trailer here bring back memories of how good Sorcerer was. I need to own it.

[argus91]

Great movie, one of my favourites by Friedkin, but it's a remake of a french movie called "Le Salaire de la Peur" by Henri-Georges Clouzot with Charles Vanel. What I particulary like in this movie is the soundtrack by the german band Tangerine Dream.

[sidburnd1]

that looks awesome

[Lazaro5000]

Don't suppose anyone knows anything about the supposed restored version of this; I mean, has it been made, will it ever be made? I'd kill for a restored picture, enhanced soundtrack, widescreen, etc. of this marvelous flick.

[OtherView2]

I love this movie. I think it's better, than the original. And totally different from it...

[jackiescanlon]

For true fans of the film the song that the Scanlon boys sing in the car before the nasty car crash is called "Goodbye Mrs Durkin" by the Irish Rovers. Great song!! Check it out!!

[realbadger]

This feature will be shown Saturday November 15 (2008) at Midnight at the New Beverly Cinema, 7165 West Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036.

(323) 938-4038

[aylmer666]

lol, I was there. I was the guy who shouted out "Phase IV!" when the trailer came on. :P

[cmichael4]

Absolute proof that the taste of the general film-going public is fickle at best. This is, hands down, one of the best, most suspenseful films I have ever seen...period. And try making a film today with an ending as downbeat and destitute as this film. Never happen.

[mthai66]

Favorite soundtrack eva!

[tempusfugit68]

For the life of me I can't understand was this film flopped. Great theme song too.

[apeandbirdgang]

i believe it came out around the same week as star wars...

[arschkrampenuwe]

i cant find the trailer as a torrent for download

[arschkrampenuwe]

can i download this trailer anywhere???

[realmrl3londe]

you can download this trailer with bitcomet or pull it off the dvd

[TheChapaqua]

@arschkrampenuwe If you download 'Realplayer', from Google that'll enable you to download it from Youtube.

[AntinousIsGod1]

On the simpsons did they steal the bit from the movie when homer's blow is crossing the bridge to save barney?

[thetenia]

yes, even the music was a nod to the tangerine dream soundtrack.

[yellowwasp09]

people who likie this so much should see the original Wages of fear. and this music was also used in the warriors trailer

[Staralfurz]

yea i remember that. I wish they used tangerine dream in the movie.

[sakara18235]

it's waaaay too easy to imagine steve mcqueen in this movie. supposedly, the studio wanted steve mcqueen, and friedkin even regreted not getting him, when movie was a $ flop. 2studios involved with this movie; not the hit "towering inferno" was with 2 other studios-and # big-name actors.

[realmrl3londe]

Steve McQueen? Yikes! The movie's too intense as it is! I like Tangerine Dream in Near Dark and Risky Business too.

[KaitainCPS]

Yeah, Near Dark has one of my favourite soundtracks. Love those warm synth sounds that used to come from Roland synths in the 80s. Lends the film a dream-like quality, the same way Vangelis's score does to Blade Runner.

[jennifersman]

Right, McQueen loved the script but wanted it shot in the USA because he knew his wife would leave him if he went away and Friedkin insisted it be done in South America.

[pullybrit]

Actually, I believe this was filmed in the Dominican Republic.

argus91: yes, the soundtrack definitely went with the film. Billy Friedkin said that if he met Edgar Froese any earlier, then Tangerine Dream would've been hired to score The Exorcist.

FYI: "The Wages of Fear", the 1950s French film upon which this film is based is available on Criterion.

[eami111]

@sakara18235

The only reason why this movie flopped was because it came out the same day as a little movie called Star Wars!

[coolguyfromhollywood]

Tangerine dream's film soundtracks are brilliant. I hope that this film comes out on DVD region 2 with special features (the same for Michael Mann's The Keep). This theme was also used for the trailer to "The Warriors" (1979).

[Scorsesiano]

T'es la ?? vas y degage ...

[Scorsesiano]

J'plaisante... Ce film la je l'attend avec impatience depuis des années , je me demande si ils vont le sortir un jour ...

[sspdirect02]

The film was both a critical and box office disaster that Firedkin never recovered from.

[Starsky5000]

One of my favorite movies of all time. A truly UNDERRATED Gem!

[subcin]

A great trailer for a true classic that is one of my 5 favorite films of all time. Check Youtube for several full length scenes that Ive posted from it. Long live Hurricane Billy!

[tone143]

Masterpiece!