“Sorcerer” stars Roy Scheider, who was also in “The French Connection” and was fresh off the success of “Jaws,” as one of four men whose lives have taken sudden turns that necessitated leaving and ...

When director William Friedkin died this week, he left a gaping hole in a Hollywood that had been shaped and reshaped by his films, including The Exorcist, The French Connection and To Live and Die in ...

Four fugitive criminals are hired by an oil company to drive two lorries filled with nitroglycerin through the jungle to a burning oil well. Caution is paramount, as the slightest jolt could set off ...

Also screening at Cannes this year will be two of Friedkin’s movies, 1977’s “Sorcerer” and 1985’s “To Live and Die in L.A.” Based on the Georges Arnaud novel “The Wages of Fear,” “Sorcerer” was a flop ...