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Plot sounds familiar but the title doesn’t. Was it black and white?
Thanks for the recommendation. I love The Exorcist.
Interesting. Never even heard of it but now I’d like to see it.
A big part of the appeal of the movie is Tangerine Dream’s score.
I fell asleep during the French Connection’s fight scene.
Is this the one where the bus or truck had to traverse that creaky wooden bridge over a gorge?
I once dated a guy who really liked this movie, so I probably watched it at some time. He was really into the soundtrack as it was done by Tangerine Dream.
William Friedkin blames Star Wars for the failure of Sorcerer. I’m not sure if he has a point in literal terms, although Sorcerer did come out right as Star Wars fever was gripping the nation, debuting a month after Luke first blew up the Death Star, but he’s certainly right in a larger sense. Star Wars heralded the end of the 70s Golden Age of film, and Sorcerer was the last movie of that wave to make it through, but when it was released it found the entire movie landscape had changed.
Maybe some of the problem came from the title; despite being called Sorcerer the movie has nothing to do with magic. Audiences could have been confused, thinking that the director of The Exorcist was back in the paranormal world and, seeing that it’s a movie about driving trucks in the jungle, been turned off.
But most of the problem, I think, came from the changing times. Friedkin’s movie is tough and smart, expertly crafted and thrillingly shot, but it doesn’t capture the feel-good matinee theatrics of Star Wars. After a decade of rough-edged movies about difficult men and existential crises, America had enough. Sure, Sorcerer is an adventure movie set in the jungle, but audiences wanted a lighter kind of adventure, and they’d happily visit the jungle with Indiana Jones in a few years, but they didn’t want to take this death trip with Roy Scheider.
Saw it in the theater back then, great film.
It’s funny that just two days ago I found out about this film and now I see a post about it.
Originally Freidkin wanted Steve McQueen in the title and wrote the film with him in mind. McQueen wanted to do it but on the condition that there be a role in for Ali McGraw who he was married to at the time. So no deal.
Also tried to get Clint Eastwood and Jack Nicholson for the role.
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The French Connection? The Exorcist? The Sorcerer? Have never seen any of them.
Star Wars? Saw it in theaters about a dozen times before buying the video. Now own the Blue Ray in a large set.
Movie trailer.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMof5PuQF7w
Who needs it! We got WAGES OF FEAR, a much better movie!
OT a bit, but I’m sure you’ve seen ‘Children of Paradise.’ I stumbled upon it totally by accident and it has always stayed with me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GfqRRYDLKS8
‘Love is so simple.’ ;)
I saw this film when it was first released. It was excellent.
I saw it in the theater on its original release - I have the film and the soundtrack. This movie left a lasting impression on me about the ways of men. Re-watched it just a month ago. I highly recommend this film.
I remember wanting to see this movie went it came out but didn’t. . Then seeing it at a party at 3am with the sound off while wasted ... just after it went to hbo....
i recall it seem good.. but then again .. it was one of those partys