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Sorcerer (1977) -- Open-ended Trailer from Universal

Overview

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7.4/10   2,220 votes
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Director:
William Friedkin
Writers:
Georges Arnaud (novel)
Walon Green (writer)
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Release Date:
24 June 1977 (USA) more
Genre:
Thriller more
Plot:
A group of outcasts from different backgrounds/nationalities are forced by misfortune to work in a remote oil drilling operation in South America... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
William Friedkin is Freaken Awesome more (72 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Roy Scheider ... Jackie Scanlon / "Juan Dominguez"
Bruno Cremer ... Victor Manzon / 'Serrano'
Francisco Rabal ... Nilo
Amidou ... Kassem / 'Martinez'
Ramon Bieri ... Charles Corlette
Peter Capell ... Lartigue
Karl John ... Marquez
Friedrich von Ledebur ... Carlos
Chico Martínez ... Bobby Del Rios
Joe Spinell ... Spider
Rosario Almontes ... Agrippa
Richard Holley ... Billy White
Anne-Marie Deschott ... Blanche
Jean-Luc Bideau ... Pascal
Jacques François ... Lefevre
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Wages of Fear
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Runtime:
121 min | Sweden:93 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

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Trivia:
Tangerine Dream wrote the musical score using only a draft of the script given to them by director 'William Friedkin'. At no time did they see any actual footage of the film. more
Goofs:
Continuity: The monetary amount paid to the drivers is inconsistent throughout the film. The oil company first says they will pay "8,000 pesos to each driver". The driver's later demand double that amount (which would be 16,000 pesos). Later when Scanlon crosses the rope bridge he boasts that the two of them will get "double shares of 20,000 apiece" (double shares would actually be 32,000 apiece). At the end, Scanlon is given a check for 40,000 Pesos which would only amount to 10,000 per driver. more
Quotes:
[after he has just killed Marquez]
Nilo: When the money's up, I'm just as good as any of you.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in A Decade Under the Influence (2003) more
Soundtrack:
I Remember April more

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William Friedkin is Freaken Awesome, 12 August 2009
9/10
Author: pacificcanoe from United States

I love this film, its my favorite William Friedkin film, and i believe its probably his best film ever. The film stays true to his style as an intense filmmaker, who wants everything to be reality based and realistic as possible. The only problem with the film is the title, it gives off the wrong image in peoples mind of what to expect. They should have call it "Wages of Fear." Another disappointment for me is i heard that a special edition digitized version of the movie was about to be released and over a year later nothing is even out. I love this movie and it should have gotten at least 5 Oscar nominations for 1977. I hope Friedkin makes another movie soon. Universal and Paramount needs to release the DVD now or I'm gonna cry.

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