Heard it was a ‘masterpiece’.
Tried watching it a couple times. Was finally able to finish it. I couldn’t seem to get on its level.
.. not to mention the music by the amazing Tangerine Dream.
Just saw an interview with Friedkin who had done the French Connection and the Exorcist who spoke about Sorcerer, where 4 criminals try to redeem themselves. He was frustrated by the timing. He was very honest and open.
I just saw the movie last month on Rumble, and it was good but had been swamped by Star Wars.
Friedkin was a great story teller.
The Exorcist was arguably the greatest horror movie ever made.
The scene where the truck is going over the rope bridge is incredible.
There isn’t even a wizard or magician in it, let alone a sorcerer. Any chance there’s a leprechaun?
This movie suffered greatly because it was released when Star Wars first hit the movie scene. I happened to see it, because when my friends and I went to the theater to see Star Wars, it was sold out. We decided to watch Sorcerer instead of going to the arcade. Happy I missed Star Wars that day.
I wouldn’t say lost. I mean it made no money, and cost and way too much. But it’s always been available in the age of home movie ownership. It’s a good movie. Probably shouldn’t have blown all that money to film it on location, but that was the auteur era for you. The guys in charge of Hollywood didn’t understand how these directors were making hits, so they just started giving them blank checks. Inevitably there was going to be one blank check too far. And that was Sorcerer. Also the name probably didn’t help it get marketed.
excellent film
original was “the wages of fear”
Sorcerer was OK, hardly a masterpiece. I saw it on TV in the ‘80s, never thought it was worth seeing again.
Lost film? Nonsense. People don’t care for it because it is a remake of a far better film THE WAGES OF FEAR.
I saw it years ago and thought it was not worth my time.
Before long, these four volunteer for a very dangerous job to drive cases of very old and sensitive dynamite to a burning well site so the company can extinguish the fire. The money they are offered is enough to get out of that country and start someplace else.
The movie involves driving those trucks very, very carefully past obstacles, cliff faces, bandits, fallen trees and across a rickety bridge the hundred miles or so to the fire.
I won't blow (get it?) the ending but it is a nerve-wracking fingernail biter from start to finish.
My dad and I watched it together and he was so nervous he giggled - something I've never seen him do before!
One of my top 10 movies for photography, character development, and sustained tension.
I worked at a theater where it played, and I don’t know how many refunds we gave to people who thought they were coming to see a horror movie; because the publicity emphasized it being from the director of The Exorcist and featuring the star of Jaws.
Although I actually like The Wages of Fear better (of which it was a remake), I have to give Sorcerer credit for ratcheting up the tension to the point where I nearly had to walk out because I wasn’t sure I could handle a second bridge scene (those who have seen it will know what I’m referring to).
Always liked Roy Scheider though.
7.7 / 10 on imdb
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I worked in a three-screen movie theater when both movies came out. We had Star Wars playing in both of the large theaters and Sorcerer played in the small theater. Sorcerer often played to an empty theater.
On a night off I went to see Sorcerer, and I still remember how tense I was during the movie. My shirt was drenched from sweat by the end of the film.
I can't recall any other movie that did that to me.
-PJ
I love the soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.