Sorcerer
Blu-ray - 2025
A hallucinatory journey into the heart of darkness, William Friedkin₂s pulse-pounding reimagining of the suspense classic The Wages of Fear was dismissed upon its release, only to be recognized decades later as one of the boldest auteur statements of New Hollywood. In a remote Latin American village, four desperate fugitives a New Jersey gangster, a Mexican assassin, an unscrupulous Parisian businessman, and an Arab terrorist take on a seemingly doomed mission: transporting two trucks full of highly explosive nitroglycerin through the treacherous jungle. Aided by Tangerine Dream₂s otherworldly synth score, Friedkin turns each bump in the road into a tour de force of cold-sweat tension conjuring a hauntingly nihilistic vision of a world ...ruled by chance and fate.
- Subjects
- Genres
- Fiction films
Feature films
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Films de fiction
Thrillers (Films) - Published
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[United States] :
The Criterion Collection
[2025]
- Language
- English
Arabic
French
German
Spanish - Other Authors
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- Edition
- Criterion collection
- Item Description
- Title from sell sheet.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1977.
Based on the novel "Le salaire de la peur = The wages of fear" by Georges Arnaud.
Remake of "The wages of fear = Salaire de la peur" (1953).
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features: Friedkin Uncut (2018), a documentary; new conversation between filmmaker James Gray and film critic Sean Fennessey; archival audio interviews with Green and editor Bud Smith (2003); conversation from 2015 between Friedkin and filmmaker Nicholas Windinf Refn; Behind the scenes footage of Friedkin on set; trailer. - Physical Description
- 2 videodiscs (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- Format
- Blu-ray, wide screen (1.85:1); DTS-HD master audio 2.0, 5.1; requires Blu-ray player.
- Audience
- MPAA Rating: PG.
- ISBN
- 9798886072907