Sorcerer
A hallucinatory journey into the heart of darkness, William Friedkin’s 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 the New Hollywood. In a remote Latin American village, four desperate fugitives—a New Jersey gangster (Roy Scheider), a Mexican assassin (Francisco Rabal), an unscrupulous Parisian businessman (Bruno Cremer), and an Arab terrorist (Amidou)—take on a seemingly doomed mission: transporting two trucks full of highly explosive nitroglycerin through the treacherous jungle. Aided by Tangerine Dream’s 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.
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack approved by director William Friedkin
- Alternate 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
- Friedkin Uncut (2018), a documentary by Francesco Zippel featuring interviews with Friedkin; screenwriter Walon Green; filmmakers Wes Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola, and Quentin Tarantino; and others
- New conversation between filmmaker James Gray and film critic Sean Fennessey
- Archival audio interviews with Green and editor Bud Smith, from the collection of Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan, author of William Friedkin (2003)
- Conversation from 2015 between Friedkin and filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn
- Behind-the-scenes footage of Friedkin on set
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Justin Chang
New cover by Nessim Higson
4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES
- New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack approved by director William Friedkin
- Alternate 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
- One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
- Friedkin Uncut (2018), a documentary by Francesco Zippel featuring interviews with Friedkin; screenwriter Walon Green; filmmakers Wes Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola, and Quentin Tarantino; and others
- New conversation between filmmaker James Gray and film critic Sean Fennessey
- Archival audio interviews with Green and editor Bud Smith, from the collection of Giulia D’Agnolo Vallan, author of William Friedkin (2003)
- Conversation from 2015 between Friedkin and filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn
- Behind-the-scenes footage of Friedkin on set
- Trailer
- English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Justin Chang
New cover by Nessim Higson
Cast
- Roy Scheider
- Scanlon/“Dominguez”
- Bruno Cremer
- Victor Manzon/“Serrano”
- Francisco Rabal
- Nilo
- Amidou
- Kassem/“Martinez”
- Ramon Bieri
- Corlette
- Peter Capell
- Lartigue
- Karl John
- “Marquez”
- Fredrick Ledebur
- “Carlos”
- Chico Martinez
- Bobby Del Rios
- Joe Spinell
- Spider
- Rosario Almontes
- Agrippa
Credits
- Director
- William Friedkin
- Produced by
- William Friedkin
- Screenplay by
- Walon Green
- Based on the novel The Wages of Fear by
- Georges Arnaud
- Film editor and associate producer
- Bud Smith
- Production designer
- John Box
- Photographed by
- John M. Stephens
- Photographed by
- Dick Bush
- Sound recorded by
- Jean-Louis Ducarme
- Original music composed and performed by
- Tangerine Dream
- Art director
- Roy Walker
- Set decoration
- Bob Laing
- Draftsman
- Lesley W. Tomkins
A scene from Sorcerer
