Good movie for a rainy nite ! I remember seeing this the first time on TV, and thinking; where did this movie come from, why have I never heard of it? Roy Scheider ought to have drawn interest, and it was a good movie to-boot. It seems like a truck like that would never make it over a bridge like that though. I guess that's what makes it interesting.
I saw this in the theater... the scene where they were crossing the bridge was a "pee holder." It WAS scary. Friedkin did a great job, and Scheider was magnificent, but Tangerine Dream's music was perfect!!!
Sorcerer! I saw it long time ago and I think I would need to watch it again. That movie is the american remake of a french film called: "Le Salaire de la peur" (The Wages Of Fear - 1953) but in the french version the trucks had to cross the desert not the jungle like in the Friedkin's movie. Tangerine Dream also wrote another great partition for Michael Mann's "Thief" (1981) with James Caan.
This movie is so freakin great. I must have watched it a billion times. It's like being sucked into another world. Seriously, I watch it and I forget who and where I am, it just completely hypnotizes me. My favorite part is when they get stuck by the fallen tree and they have to blow it up.
Guys of course the "wages of fear" was awesome, but what really made this version was the soundtrack and Friedkin's brand of direction. If Mcqueen has taken the lead roll they would have called this brilliant. (but in my humble opinion Scheider was the best choice) Hopefully it will come out in blue ray. Thanks.
The trucks are the "stars" of the show, especially the one with the creepy-looking front end! Overall, a great movie with some of the most suspenseful scenes ever filmed. This is one movie which certainly deserves a lot more attention than it received when it was first released.
Thanks so much for putting this Roy Scheider tribute together; a great actor (often underrated, I think)--an important part of so many great seventies pictures, from Jaws to Marathon Man to French Connection, on and on. I remember not having heard of Sorceror before seeing it in college, and being pretty much blown away by it! My wife is also a huge fan of Seaquest, and we just watched his very memorable performance as Dr. Benway in Naked Lunch a little while ago. Thanks again!
@topeconqueso Let's not forget the "7 Ups". One of the best car chase scenes ever and Roy got to play the "tough cop" this time. Definitely one of the best actors of his time. And this is a film I almost forgot about and just remembered how good it was seeing it, for the first time, to this music. Two thumbs way up!
I remember seeing the original version of this at school. Our French teacher was going through a phase of screening these old French movies. (Also saw "Les Quatre-Cent Coups", but that's neither here no there. . . ) It was a terrific movie, really my style of thing - these desperate men transporting nitroglycerine on their trucks to blow out a fire. Great story.
awesme news zero, the coming release in blueray; for now I am content renting it through netflix; also I have seen the original french version, very amusing movie at times and also a thrill, the truck parts, but not quite the same.. cheers!
yeah zero, thanks for your reply; I was just a little kid when I saw this movie for the first time (79 or 80?), and It got stuck in my head, especially the part when they blow up the tree and of course the bridge part. You did a great job with this tribute. I hope they will bring this movie back for new generations to see (in theathers) because these kinds of movies you do not get to see these days.
...saw it as a kid too, around the same time as u did and it haunted me since then. Fantastic film...heard the BluRay will be the unedited version supervised by maestro Friedkin...lets cross fingers.
hey me too. saw this film around 79 - 80 as a 3 or 4 year old on TV. Was haunted by certain scenes (trucks, truck over bridge, blowing up tree, dynamite). As i grew older i searched for the film but never found it. I searched everywhere. Up until about 5 or 6 years ago i'd totally forgotten about it. One day while looking at a poster displaying classic movies i saw a pic of the truck crossing the bridge and i knew it was it. I can't explain how much it means to me to find this film.
F*UCK*&ING MASTERPIECES!; both the movie and the music. Thank you Mr. Friedkin and thank you Tangerine Dream. These two masterpieces were meant to be together as a whole.
Thank you also Zerocomma for this awesome tribute to Mr. Roy Scheider.
As a lifelong fan of William Friedkin, it is truly great to see that so many of you appreciate this wonderful film! To Zerokomma: you did a truly tremendous job for this tribute clip!! I salute you! For those who are interested, Friedkin's "The Exorcist" is being released on Blu-Ray on Oct.5th; he has indicated that, in fact, he is considering giving both "Sorcerer" and "Cruising" the Blu-Ray treatment in the near future, although no official dates have been set.
Friedkin is the best, no director can compare to him. Good news about the BluRay, would be great to watch Sorcerer in its original form and in good quality. Thank u for the comment and i salute u too for your good taste in films.
@zerokomma, i think i figured it out! i've never seen the movie!! do you know whrere i can get a copy? never see them in stores! just saying. peace! shazam1059
How true, movies are becoming shallow and profit oriented. CGI may be great if used wisely, but recent examples show that CGI and moral message are not enough to make a movie fly. If the plot is simplistic and full of cliches, no 3D CGI can turn it into a masterpiece, no matter how much money it makes. Sorcerer is a fine example of great moviemaking, and there isn't a hint of CGI in it either. Plot, acting, suspense, . . . (continued)
(continued) . . . and MUSIC !!! Just fantastic. Some people may think Sorcerer doesn't stand up to today’s super action movies, but all action and no subtlety is not what makes a movie great. Which Sorcerer is. And so are Scheider and TD. The original Wages of Fear was made in a different era, when movies were coming of age, and Sorcerer is one of those rare examples when a remake is actually better than the original. Thanks for the clip zerokomma.
Not that I'm saying super hero and scifi DON'T have a right to exist, but use CGI as a tool, fo God's sake and raise the mininum marketing age for summer movies to at least 16.
@cosmicdingo ...i know what the heck happened to movies? all this ghetto rap shit...thugs and gangster wannabes....i cant even go to the movies anymore
One of the great movies of all time. Aside from a few gaps in logic and continuity it is almost a perfect movie in my opinion. I may be the only one that thinks it is much better than the French original, "The Wages of Fear". Friedkin's version is much more intense and really captures the desperation of the central characters.
youtube, you should have a love button here! this was the first tangerine dream ALBUM, yes, kiddies, ALBUM, and i feel in love with it!!! my wife called it nightmare music !! ah, memories..... shazam1059
Thank you for this video. My father show me this picture many tears ago, i was 6 or 7. This picture is one of the best i saw. Greetings from Oaxaca, México. Thanks again.
Thank you Mr. Zerokomma for posting a great tribute to my favorite actor, Roy Schieder. This film is on one of my top lists! The haunting soundtrack of Tangerine Dream is fitting. (I'm a big fan of TD). Over all - great performance!
Wages Of Fear is better, but Friedkin gave a great version of it. With T.Dream atmospheres. Gritty edge seat tragedy-drama. Another interesting psyche-scare film is 'Jacobs Ladder'.(after)life of an American vet and his 'excursions'.
This is great movie-making. Real. Gritty. A Jersey thug, a cold-blooded hit man, a Palestinian terrorist, and a banker with major legal problems - all trying to survive in a jungle hell. Scheider is terrific. If you liked this, you might watch another lesser-known film - "At Play in the Fields of the Lord."
I love this movie to death.... I just want to know what the HELL happened to the supposed restored DVD that they were supposed to come out with.... the audio and visual on the DVD that is out sucks, at least on my TV and DVD player.
Personnellement je préfère le film de Henri-Georges Clouzot "Le salaire de la peur", difficile de passer après un tel chef d'oeuvre, mais William Friedkin a tout de même fait un excellent film, et la musique de Tangerine Dream est saisissante !
I love this movie ... in my mind, the bridge scene alone was worth the price of admission. Talk about being on the edge of your seat! Will miss you, Roy ...
with Yves Montand which Freidkin used as the basis for this film but I've no doubt WoF is a claasic in its own right. In the late 1970s the American motorcycle drag racer Russ Collins built a monstrous dragbike using a homebuilt
V-8 using two Honda CB750 engines and a supercharger. This 800 pound 8 feet long nitromethanol fueled horror with Collins on board ran 8.02 @199.96 mph.
a great movie from friedking but unfortunately misunderstood and misjudged by critics who never forgive him for the exorcist. Wages of fear was a great adventure movie, sorcerer is a journey on our deepest fears,
This is one of those films that blurs the line between fact and fiction. Much like Aguirre Wrath of God, the production crew and actors actually had to do all the things that were required to make the fiction come to life. So isn't it real in the end? Great movie.
Spot on comment. Always Thought Werner Herzog should try his hands on a remake or retelling for the exact reason you mentioned. And i am all against the recent shity remake wave. Thanks for the comment bud.
I believe William Friedkin made the truck to represent each of the characters. They seemed to have a soul of their own, or so I remember from the movie. Yeah they looked menacing, lustful for risk, weathered but resilient and seemed to have an inability to fail.
Your Right! The grille looks like the aztec demon face in the movie, and also has only one headlight. Like a one eyed cyclops. The trucks name was actually "Sorcerer".
I only discovered this movie for the first time a week ago, and loved it, and was fascinated by it.
one of my favorite all time movies ... only friedken could make a film like this... schieder is fantastic and the music is awesome.... the very ending when the guys come for him in the diner and that haunting music starts ,, gives me chills
I thought this treasure was lost forever. I saw it when it was released and was blown away. I bought the VHS but someone "borrowed" it and it was lost. Just the bridge crossing scene alone literally had me on the edge of my seat. Thanks for this wonderful tribute to "Sorcerer" and Roy Scheider.
Zerokomma: Thanks for this tribute. It's strange to see people finally coming around to give this film it's due credit -- it has been ignored for years, and you are correct - it is a masterpiece.
It was simply far ahead of its time.
Clouzot's film was fine, but never really went to the darkness, and this is Roy's best moment onscreen, by far.
( I hear Clouzot so liked Friedkin he let him have the rights for $1 )
You mention Fitzcarraldo - man against the dark forces within...I like your taste!
Sir, you're a man of style and wisdom! Agreed 100%. Kudos! Would love to see werner herzog attempting to remake Sorcerer...such a timeless story resrved for the best directors only
amazing that everyone has failed to mention or doesnt know this film is a remake of WAGES OF FEAR with Yves Montuad from 1953. drected by henri clouzot who did DIABOLIQUE!
So glad someone else sees this film as what it is and always has been -- a masterpiece! Lovely video, very nice, thank you. I have just shown a group of friends this film and it properly thrilled them. This film needs to be restored and reunited with Friedkin's two previous films as the classic it deserves to be.
As a child in the 80's I grew up associating Roy Scheider with no other film than JAWS. But Scheider was one of my favorite actors. He starred in films when movie cinema was so original & this film, The Sorcerer, is certainly no exception. I've strongly been much remiss on Scheider's passing but his cinema domain for if none other but me alone still persists on he surely is a true cinema masterpiece to whom of which I shall never let fade. Thanks for the memories Roy! Your movies keep me young!
roy scheider one of the coolest actors to grace our screens..privilelged i am sir,great tribute,beautiful composition by tangerine dream.and the video executed with precision...did tangerine dream do street hawk theme?
yeah! i can speak english!!!(not terrible, but i try!!) , if you like the soundtrack movies, i suggest you the music from the great film "nosferatu" (herzog's version) by popol vuh. a great soudtrack for a great classical movie!!
This GREAT movie is a metaphor for where humanity is heading; collapsing economies, plagues, religious & Political fanatics on the rise....No doubt a hitler waiting in the wings to gather the pieces....We're all about to take that one last, all or nothing, one way trip down a potholed jungle track over raging torrents in old trucks full of unstable nitro....Buckle yer chin strap...It's gonna be a harrowing ride & we're not all gonna make it....
Why this film is not better known is beyond me. It ranks right up there with "Fitzcarraldo" and "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" as one of the best films ever made.
It breaks my heart that this movie bombed at the box office but at the same time I like the feeling of being part of a small but passionate group of people who truly love this movie! Well done!
I bought the soundtrack CD years and years ago, I was a huge fan of Tangerine Dream back then... I was so happy a few years back when I found the movie on DVD.... it's VERY odd in parts, but that's Friedkin's style, I think... if you can, watch the movie, it's VERY VERY good!
He was great in Marathon Man too.
dosecjm 1 month ago
Fantastic hidden gem.
f8te1 4 months ago
If they filmed this today the bridge sceen would be in CGI.
japittrich 5 months ago
Roy Scheider is....the stapler.
crazywillie 5 months ago
they don't make great movies like this anymore...damn shame...great actor Mr Schneider..God rest his soul
Tiebor12 6 months ago 4
@Tiebor12
cheers man. Completely agree
zerokomma 6 months ago
@Tiebor12
Scheider was an atheist, but thanks for the sentiment.
aegisgfx 3 months ago
Youd need to be a bloody sorcerer to drive across that
kinkabala 6 months ago
Good movie for a rainy nite ! I remember seeing this the first time on TV, and thinking; where did this movie come from, why have I never heard of it? Roy Scheider ought to have drawn interest, and it was a good movie to-boot. It seems like a truck like that would never make it over a bridge like that though. I guess that's what makes it interesting.
Kookysnake 7 months ago
i need to get off my duff and buy a copy of this. so many great scenes in this film and such beautiful filmmaking.
bigbiscuit100 7 months ago
Yep, overlooked masterpiece... brilliant, atmospheric and tense. Love it, nice one!
LIMINALsounds 7 months ago
Can't believe this movie is not shown more often.
Diogenes1360 7 months ago
Oh my god ! this is so scary ! Terrible scene with the bridge !
MultiCathy1 8 months ago
Had the album since 1977. Better on CD :-)
clemstevenson 8 months ago
it does not get any better than this roy and zero,a perfect match..great stuff..seems like yesterday when my brain exploded watching this
ZINCOVIX8754 9 months ago
show me people, who can continue that way??? hands up?!!!
ARAMATEA 9 months ago
I saw this in the theater... the scene where they were crossing the bridge was a "pee holder." It WAS scary. Friedkin did a great job, and Scheider was magnificent, but Tangerine Dream's music was perfect!!!
bobbyfozz 10 months ago
cool for a remake.... 'Wages of Fear'
AntiMusick 11 months ago
Excellent movie, i went to see this back in 1978 and it's Fantastic ! Roy's Fantastic
dmljm2 11 months ago
Any chance you could re-upload this in a higher resolution (480p or 720p)?
TheRealNormanBates 1 year ago
@TheRealNormanBates ...gonna post a download link for the higher resolution later this month. Cheers..
jerrylives1965 1 year ago
GOOD MOVIE
zillsburyy 1 year ago
tangerine dream is incredible.
liquidpyramid 1 year ago
Very well done! One of my favorite films ever.
cinemavirtualis 1 year ago 11
@cinemavirtualis
...thanks. One of my faves too.
zerokomma 1 year ago
will this movie ever come down under
danny1ruse 1 year ago
Sorcerer! I saw it long time ago and I think I would need to watch it again. That movie is the american remake of a french film called: "Le Salaire de la peur" (The Wages Of Fear - 1953) but in the french version the trucks had to cross the desert not the jungle like in the Friedkin's movie. Tangerine Dream also wrote another great partition for Michael Mann's "Thief" (1981) with James Caan.
RobinSandza 1 year ago
@RobinSandza They also did a great sound track for "The Keep". Really freaky movie.
Booger6995 1 year ago
@Booger6995 TRUE!! I love that Michael Mann's movie like all his movies anyway!
RobinSandza 1 year ago
This movie is so freakin great. I must have watched it a billion times. It's like being sucked into another world. Seriously, I watch it and I forget who and where I am, it just completely hypnotizes me. My favorite part is when they get stuck by the fallen tree and they have to blow it up.
JamesTKirkCobain 1 year ago
Saw it when I was about 12 and it has stuck with me. Im 44 and still can remember flashes of this movie
swordsman466 1 year ago
Awwww yeah! I absolutely love Sorcerer. I saw it when I was 11 back in the 70s. It set the foundation for my love of powerfully dramatic films.
bozzutoman 1 year ago
Guys of course the "wages of fear" was awesome, but what really made this version was the soundtrack and Friedkin's brand of direction. If Mcqueen has taken the lead roll they would have called this brilliant. (but in my humble opinion Scheider was the best choice) Hopefully it will come out in blue ray. Thanks.
rustshac72 1 year ago
The trucks are the "stars" of the show, especially the one with the creepy-looking front end! Overall, a great movie with some of the most suspenseful scenes ever filmed. This is one movie which certainly deserves a lot more attention than it received when it was first released.
frtw4428 1 year ago
Thanks so much for putting this Roy Scheider tribute together; a great actor (often underrated, I think)--an important part of so many great seventies pictures, from Jaws to Marathon Man to French Connection, on and on. I remember not having heard of Sorceror before seeing it in college, and being pretty much blown away by it! My wife is also a huge fan of Seaquest, and we just watched his very memorable performance as Dr. Benway in Naked Lunch a little while ago. Thanks again!
topeconqueso 1 year ago 13
@topeconqueso
....yer welcome. Roy was one of the best.
zerokomma 1 year ago
@topeconqueso Let's not forget the "7 Ups". One of the best car chase scenes ever and Roy got to play the "tough cop" this time. Definitely one of the best actors of his time. And this is a film I almost forgot about and just remembered how good it was seeing it, for the first time, to this music. Two thumbs way up!
HerculesTAK 11 months ago
"Shooted" in Jersey? Ha Ha... must be from Jersey with that grammar.
neoperseus 1 year ago
original film called 'Wages of Fear' 1953
neanderman 1 year ago
I saw the movie when it first came out. I recognized the New Jersey locations right away.
ecbalko 1 year ago
@ecbalko shooted in jersey? you mean the part with the gang gun-fight..right?
depy222 1 year ago
@depy222 Yes, the robbery, car chase, shoot out.
ecbalko 5 months ago
I remember seeing the original version of this at school. Our French teacher was going through a phase of screening these old French movies. (Also saw "Les Quatre-Cent Coups", but that's neither here no there. . . ) It was a terrific movie, really my style of thing - these desperate men transporting nitroglycerine on their trucks to blow out a fire. Great story.
PS: RIP Roy Scheider. You are missed, man.
RamBam3000 1 year ago
awesme news zero, the coming release in blueray; for now I am content renting it through netflix; also I have seen the original french version, very amusing movie at times and also a thrill, the truck parts, but not quite the same.. cheers!
DB
DippBlue 1 year ago
@DippBlue
does the french version have the prologue as flash-backs in the movie...is that the one bud or am i wrong.
Cheers
zerokomma 1 year ago
yeah zero, thanks for your reply; I was just a little kid when I saw this movie for the first time (79 or 80?), and It got stuck in my head, especially the part when they blow up the tree and of course the bridge part. You did a great job with this tribute. I hope they will bring this movie back for new generations to see (in theathers) because these kinds of movies you do not get to see these days.
DB.
DippBlue 1 year ago
@DippBlue
...saw it as a kid too, around the same time as u did and it haunted me since then. Fantastic film...heard the BluRay will be the unedited version supervised by maestro Friedkin...lets cross fingers.
zerokomma 1 year ago
hey me too. saw this film around 79 - 80 as a 3 or 4 year old on TV. Was haunted by certain scenes (trucks, truck over bridge, blowing up tree, dynamite). As i grew older i searched for the film but never found it. I searched everywhere. Up until about 5 or 6 years ago i'd totally forgotten about it. One day while looking at a poster displaying classic movies i saw a pic of the truck crossing the bridge and i knew it was it. I can't explain how much it means to me to find this film.
Radicdj 1 year ago
F*UCK*&ING MASTERPIECES!; both the movie and the music. Thank you Mr. Friedkin and thank you Tangerine Dream. These two masterpieces were meant to be together as a whole.
Thank you also Zerocomma for this awesome tribute to Mr. Roy Scheider.
DippBlue
DippBlue 1 year ago
@DippBlue
yer welcome mate....yer freakin right about the masterpiece part in your comment. Completely agree and The Roy rules.
zerokomma 1 year ago
Methinks the Z is the Sorcerer, mesmeric!
sinbad0910 1 year ago
@sinbad0910
merci mate...but the Sorcerer is one of them freakin trucks.
zerokomma 1 year ago
Wow, excellent video!!!
Possedee 1 year ago
@Possedee
thank you.
zerokomma 1 year ago
great video... gongratulation to the maker...
depy222 1 year ago
@depy222
thanks
zerokomma 1 year ago
As a lifelong fan of William Friedkin, it is truly great to see that so many of you appreciate this wonderful film! To Zerokomma: you did a truly tremendous job for this tribute clip!! I salute you! For those who are interested, Friedkin's "The Exorcist" is being released on Blu-Ray on Oct.5th; he has indicated that, in fact, he is considering giving both "Sorcerer" and "Cruising" the Blu-Ray treatment in the near future, although no official dates have been set.
friedkin 1 year ago
@friedkin
Friedkin is the best, no director can compare to him. Good news about the BluRay, would be great to watch Sorcerer in its original form and in good quality. Thank u for the comment and i salute u too for your good taste in films.
zerokomma 1 year ago
awesome movie thanks
d1c1c1 1 year ago
@d1c1c1
yer welcome
zerokomma 1 year ago
This was an explosive movie!!!
DetroitLove4U 1 year ago
thanks for making this video....I had no idea Roy passed in 08 :(
GS2266 1 year ago
good looking out, bro, but i can't download, this is a ps3 i'm working with. it's fun, but can't do computer stuff. thanx! shazam1059
shazam1059 1 year ago
@zerokomma, i think i figured it out! i've never seen the movie!! do you know whrere i can get a copy? never see them in stores! just saying. peace! shazam1059
shazam1059 1 year ago
i have the cd, but i keep getting drawn to this clip. excellent work, whatever you do to enhance it. keep on keepin' on , my brother!!!! shazam1059
shazam1059 1 year ago
@shazam1059
thanks brother...glad u enjoy my vids. Cheers.
zerokomma 1 year ago
How true, movies are becoming shallow and profit oriented. CGI may be great if used wisely, but recent examples show that CGI and moral message are not enough to make a movie fly. If the plot is simplistic and full of cliches, no 3D CGI can turn it into a masterpiece, no matter how much money it makes. Sorcerer is a fine example of great moviemaking, and there isn't a hint of CGI in it either. Plot, acting, suspense, . . . (continued)
Taengren 1 year ago
(continued) . . . and MUSIC !!! Just fantastic. Some people may think Sorcerer doesn't stand up to today’s super action movies, but all action and no subtlety is not what makes a movie great. Which Sorcerer is. And so are Scheider and TD. The original Wages of Fear was made in a different era, when movies were coming of age, and Sorcerer is one of those rare examples when a remake is actually better than the original. Thanks for the clip zerokomma.
Taengren 1 year ago
@Taengren
you are more then welcome and i agree with u completely. Thanks for the great comment.
zerokomma 1 year ago
Not that I'm saying super hero and scifi DON'T have a right to exist, but use CGI as a tool, fo God's sake and raise the mininum marketing age for summer movies to at least 16.
cosmicdingo 1 year ago
@cosmicdingo
...so true.
zerokomma 1 year ago
Hollywood is run by accountants nowadays, who are only interested in making huge profits,not huge movies like this.
Sherwoodhoodbud 1 year ago
Back when movies and music were good. Thanks.
cosmicdingo 1 year ago
@cosmicdingo
you are welcome.
zerokomma 1 year ago
@cosmicdingo ...i know what the heck happened to movies? all this ghetto rap shit...thugs and gangster wannabes....i cant even go to the movies anymore
bobbya16 1 year ago
@bobbya16
same here, same here...cheers.
zerokomma 1 year ago
What's the movie about?
Dannymusic1999 1 year ago
One of the great movies of all time. Aside from a few gaps in logic and continuity it is almost a perfect movie in my opinion. I may be the only one that thinks it is much better than the French original, "The Wages of Fear". Friedkin's version is much more intense and really captures the desperation of the central characters.
brucelamo 1 year ago
Nice work, really good montage
royaltenenbaum23 1 year ago
@royaltenenbaum23
thanks mate, glad u liked it.
zerokomma 1 year ago
part two ... i meant that this was the first tangerine dream ALBUM that i bought, sorry about that slight .... shazam1059
shazam1059 1 year ago
@shazam1059
....mine too...vinyl rocks. Fantastic score and film...thanks for the comments.
zerokomma 1 year ago
youtube, you should have a love button here! this was the first tangerine dream ALBUM, yes, kiddies, ALBUM, and i feel in love with it!!! my wife called it nightmare music !! ah, memories..... shazam1059
shazam1059 1 year ago
Thank you for this video. My father show me this picture many tears ago, i was 6 or 7. This picture is one of the best i saw. Greetings from Oaxaca, México. Thanks again.
oaxpituco73 1 year ago
@oaxpituco73
yer welcome mate.
zerokomma 1 year ago
Looks great. I think over here in the UK, it was only shown twice on TV.
Banner1979 1 year ago
Why is so hard make a good movies whitout computers help ?
01161957 1 year ago
one of the best and my favourite movies. roy scheider at its best. music by tangerine dream (german band) is excellent aaswell.
the u.s. dvd is available on universal pictures. a german dvd is not available yet, but i got a tv rip in good quality.
11 of 10
dreckfirmada 1 year ago
one of the best and my favourite movies. roy scheider at its best. music by tangerine dream (german band) is excellent aaswell.
11 of 10
dreckfirmada 1 year ago
Thank you for the contribution! I have been looking for this film so long in vain.
ugayamtv 1 year ago
@ugayamtv
...yer welcome.
zerokomma 1 year ago
I want this film on DVD in PAL format, but can only find in NTSC. Any suggestions?
54MURAI 1 year ago
great track i have not seen the movie so thanks for sharing
keesvangelis 1 year ago
@keesvangelis
...yer welcome.
zerokomma 1 year ago
I was a snot brat 16 year old when I saw this, Wow what a memory, Nice 1
kosmischemyke 1 year ago
Great actor,great music
VOIDMK20 1 year ago
Star Wars prevented this film becoming a success. Both films were released in the same week.
cardinalvincent 1 year ago
fantastic brings back the good old days fromT.D.
many thanks for this masterproduct
gnoom50 1 year ago
I remember watching this film late one night. An unsung epic if ever I saw it; complemented by fantastic TD mucic.
MrRicky132 1 year ago
Thank you Mr. Zerokomma for posting a great tribute to my favorite actor, Roy Schieder. This film is on one of my top lists! The haunting soundtrack of Tangerine Dream is fitting. (I'm a big fan of TD). Over all - great performance!
MrChristian326 1 year ago
@MrChristian326
Roy's me fave too. Cheers and yer welcome.
zerokomma 1 year ago
IT is a CRIME that this movie and soundtrack have not been re released in the format that is befitting this masterpiece!!!
ThoughtTraveler 1 year ago
i've been told you can only get the dvd in america not in the uk how disapointed...:(
soundmanhaven1 1 year ago
Awesome Video!!!
This is one of my favorite movies of all time, I'm just disapointed that more people haven't seen it :) I always wanted one of those trucks...
287robot 1 year ago
Wages Of Fear is better, but Friedkin gave a great version of it. With T.Dream atmospheres. Gritty edge seat tragedy-drama. Another interesting psyche-scare film is 'Jacobs Ladder'.(after)life of an American vet and his 'excursions'.
pamjamedrum 1 year ago
This is great movie-making. Real. Gritty. A Jersey thug, a cold-blooded hit man, a Palestinian terrorist, and a banker with major legal problems - all trying to survive in a jungle hell. Scheider is terrific. If you liked this, you might watch another lesser-known film - "At Play in the Fields of the Lord."
chillyfreakinwilly 1 year ago
Hi guys i never seen this flim yet but the sounds of td is great..
soundmanhaven1 1 year ago
I love this movie to death.... I just want to know what the HELL happened to the supposed restored DVD that they were supposed to come out with.... the audio and visual on the DVD that is out sucks, at least on my TV and DVD player.
Lazaro5000 1 year ago
Great video as always !
Personnellement je préfère le film de Henri-Georges Clouzot "Le salaire de la peur", difficile de passer après un tel chef d'oeuvre, mais William Friedkin a tout de même fait un excellent film, et la musique de Tangerine Dream est saisissante !
davidfromlille 1 year ago
I love this movie ... in my mind, the bridge scene alone was worth the price of admission. Talk about being on the edge of your seat! Will miss you, Roy ...
MobiusTubes 1 year ago
Thank you ZeroK!!!
I have not seen "The Wages of Fear"
with Yves Montand which Freidkin used as the basis for this film but I've no doubt WoF is a claasic in its own right. In the late 1970s the American motorcycle drag racer Russ Collins built a monstrous dragbike using a homebuilt
V-8 using two Honda CB750 engines and a supercharger. This 800 pound 8 feet long nitromethanol fueled horror with Collins on board ran 8.02 @199.96 mph.
Collins called it "Sorcerer".....
IronMountainMan1 1 year ago
...cool info bud. Definitely watch WoF...a masterpiece. Thanks for yer comments. Appreciated
zerokomma 1 year ago
The most terrifying cinematic nightmare
since "The Birds" or "Psycho"!!!!
Long after all those worthless slasher shit movies have been burned up, "Sorcerer" will still be scaring the Hell out of audiences decades from now.
Freidkin and company smashed out a grand slam on this one.
IronMountainMan1 1 year ago 11
..agree.
zerokomma 1 year ago
hear, hear...
zerokomma 1 year ago
never saw this film but i have the soundtrack. great album.
madmomentsgo 1 year ago
makes me think of the ice road truckers
caprafryslan 1 year ago
a great movie from friedking but unfortunately misunderstood and misjudged by critics who never forgive him for the exorcist. Wages of fear was a great adventure movie, sorcerer is a journey on our deepest fears,
champalou 1 year ago 2
I want to see this version. I only recently saw "wages of Fear" the original and I would highly recommend it.
tmutazz 1 year ago
This movie, as a boy, thrilled me, now many years later it still has the same affect, maybe even more with the understanding of the story.
Thank you Roy......
GPOPKOG 1 year ago
The surroundings truly transported the story to a distant planet.. Tangerine Dream was basically giving Friedkin the best of their recent tours.
agnernai 1 year ago
Amazing film and extraordinary music.Perfect editing by the way
requinromantique 1 year ago
Merci
zerokomma 1 year ago
I saw this at the theater when it came out. I recall it was very intense, but what I really remembered from it was the great music.
BEFinAR 2 years ago
Eski Türk filmlerinde çalan unutulmaz müziklerden birtanesi.
Thank you sir :))
erdenar 2 years ago
You're welcome.
zerokomma 2 years ago
This is one of those films that blurs the line between fact and fiction. Much like Aguirre Wrath of God, the production crew and actors actually had to do all the things that were required to make the fiction come to life. So isn't it real in the end? Great movie.
ericberner 2 years ago 2
Spot on comment. Always Thought Werner Herzog should try his hands on a remake or retelling for the exact reason you mentioned. And i am all against the recent shity remake wave. Thanks for the comment bud.
zerokomma 2 years ago
I second you on the shitty remakes!
tmutazz 1 year ago
I believe William Friedkin made the truck to represent each of the characters. They seemed to have a soul of their own, or so I remember from the movie. Yeah they looked menacing, lustful for risk, weathered but resilient and seemed to have an inability to fail.
DennisFranz 2 years ago
At 1:15... I know it's only a truck but it looks absolutely frightful.
GamertownUSA 2 years ago
Your Right! The grille looks like the aztec demon face in the movie, and also has only one headlight. Like a one eyed cyclops. The trucks name was actually "Sorcerer".
I only discovered this movie for the first time a week ago, and loved it, and was fascinated by it.
PRE1959 2 years ago
the trucks stole the show
ripley450 2 years ago
Excellent film, excellent score, Sorcerer was one of the best of the decade.
blameline 2 years ago
SOMEBODY POST THE FILM....PLEASE!
n623abn 2 years ago
better if you get the dvd.still on the market
desdanova3 2 years ago
NETFLIX has it, I just finished watching it a week ago, and it's a great DVD.
PRE1959 2 years ago
Very nice tribute, great film and great soundtrack. Thanks
n623abn 2 years ago
Great movie, great tribute. Love it. Thanks Roy forever, we will not forget.
danykatz 2 years ago
Bud, thanks for the comment. Roy rules! Cheers!
zerokomma 2 years ago
one of my favorite all time movies ... only friedken could make a film like this... schieder is fantastic and the music is awesome.... the very ending when the guys come for him in the diner and that haunting music starts ,, gives me chills
buddysimms 2 years ago
..feel the same way. Thanks for the comment.
zerokomma 2 years ago
Mesmerizing, watched this a few a weeks ago but missed some of the finer details, due to crap laptop speakers. Superb!
sinbad0910 2 years ago
Thanks bud, glad you liked it. One of the criminally neglected masterpieces of the seventies.
zerokomma 2 years ago
you gotta be kiddin!
jutubaeh 2 years ago
Underrated masterpiece...Friedkin should have hired you for the editing antiparedrrr...you are the dude
falassarna 2 years ago
I thought this treasure was lost forever. I saw it when it was released and was blown away. I bought the VHS but someone "borrowed" it and it was lost. Just the bridge crossing scene alone literally had me on the edge of my seat. Thanks for this wonderful tribute to "Sorcerer" and Roy Scheider.
spacecowboy5000 2 years ago 2
You're welcome.
zerokomma 2 years ago
Zerokomma: Thanks for this tribute. It's strange to see people finally coming around to give this film it's due credit -- it has been ignored for years, and you are correct - it is a masterpiece.
It was simply far ahead of its time.
Clouzot's film was fine, but never really went to the darkness, and this is Roy's best moment onscreen, by far.
( I hear Clouzot so liked Friedkin he let him have the rights for $1 )
You mention Fitzcarraldo - man against the dark forces within...I like your taste!
batmagoo 2 years ago
Sir, you're a man of style and wisdom! Agreed 100%. Kudos! Would love to see werner herzog attempting to remake Sorcerer...such a timeless story resrved for the best directors only
zerokomma 2 years ago
amazing that everyone has failed to mention or doesnt know this film is a remake of WAGES OF FEAR with Yves Montuad from 1953. drected by henri clouzot who did DIABOLIQUE!
Ern1940 2 years ago
yeah but this is far more realistic than the original. the original was kinda fake.
pedroscottspielberg 2 years ago
So glad someone else sees this film as what it is and always has been -- a masterpiece! Lovely video, very nice, thank you. I have just shown a group of friends this film and it properly thrilled them. This film needs to be restored and reunited with Friedkin's two previous films as the classic it deserves to be.
darkprose 2 years ago
Absolutely. Sorcerer is definitely in need for rediscovery. Thanks for the comment. Glad u liked it.
zerokomma 2 years ago
As a child in the 80's I grew up associating Roy Scheider with no other film than JAWS. But Scheider was one of my favorite actors. He starred in films when movie cinema was so original & this film, The Sorcerer, is certainly no exception. I've strongly been much remiss on Scheider's passing but his cinema domain for if none other but me alone still persists on he surely is a true cinema masterpiece to whom of which I shall never let fade. Thanks for the memories Roy! Your movies keep me young!
DetroitLove4U 2 years ago
Could not said it better!Thanks for the comment. Roy rules!
zerokomma 2 years ago
roy scheider one of the coolest actors to grace our screens..privilelged i am sir,great tribute,beautiful composition by tangerine dream.and the video executed with precision...did tangerine dream do street hawk theme?
ZINCOVIX 2 years ago
du grand william friendkin!!!!!! superbe version du "le canvoi" roy scheider est génial dans ce classique du cinoche.
MrSuedehead72 2 years ago
Dear friend from lovely France. Cant's speak a word of french but i completely agree! Thank you for the comment!
zerokomma 2 years ago
yeah! i can speak english!!!(not terrible, but i try!!) , if you like the soundtrack movies, i suggest you the music from the great film "nosferatu" (herzog's version) by popol vuh. a great soudtrack for a great classical movie!!
MrSuedehead72 2 years ago
Herzog and Popol Vuh are an awesome team. My faves, although i prefer Fitzcarraldo to Nosferatu.
zerokomma 2 years ago
This is, what Froese certainly makes angry..:-) But it's a fact. The Franke/Froese/Baumann years were the sorcerer`'s years. It never comes again...
Kroetoman 2 years ago
This GREAT movie is a metaphor for where humanity is heading; collapsing economies, plagues, religious & Political fanatics on the rise....No doubt a hitler waiting in the wings to gather the pieces....We're all about to take that one last, all or nothing, one way trip down a potholed jungle track over raging torrents in old trucks full of unstable nitro....Buckle yer chin strap...It's gonna be a harrowing ride & we're not all gonna make it....
Workinbus 2 years ago
Why this film is not better known is beyond me. It ranks right up there with "Fitzcarraldo" and "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia" as one of the best films ever made.
eatsandsleeps 2 years ago
Sir, you're a man o class! Imagine Werner Herzog doing a remake of Sorcerer. That would be something....and i hate remakes.
zerokomma 2 years ago
roy the man....
ZINCOVIX 2 years ago
It breaks my heart that this movie bombed at the box office but at the same time I like the feeling of being part of a small but passionate group of people who truly love this movie! Well done!
jackiescanlon 2 years ago
The Simpsons episode Mr. Plow featured an extremely brief tribute to TD and this movie.
chasebizzy 2 years ago
Wow! Well done for putting this together. Makes me want to watch the movie even more. Let's hope it gets a proper DVD release in the U.K. soon.
smalllove1 2 years ago
Thank you!
zerokomma 2 years ago
There were only 3 sorcerers in this world.
Edgar Froese
Christoph Franke
Peter Baumann
A.K.A. Tangerine Dream
alwerks1 2 years ago
so underrated this flick...roy simply outstanding...great tribute to the man..lovely editing
ELECTRONICTORTELLINI 2 years ago
Mr. Tortellini, your a man of class and impeccable style. Merci for the comment!
zerokomma 2 years ago
My favorite movie of all time. Friedkin & TD. YES!
anarchistnow 2 years ago
This my friend is brilliant!
BringBackTheEighties 2 years ago
Thank you
zerokomma 2 years ago
well arranged video with a sublime score and one of the greatest actors of any era..cheers
ELECTRONICTORTELLINI 2 years ago 5
Roy rules!Cheers to you as well
zerokomma 2 years ago
Love your work, well done
Blastbeatnick 2 years ago
Thanks
zerokomma 2 years ago
I bought the soundtrack CD years and years ago, I was a huge fan of Tangerine Dream back then... I was so happy a few years back when I found the movie on DVD.... it's VERY odd in parts, but that's Friedkin's style, I think... if you can, watch the movie, it's VERY VERY good!
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