William Friedkin took all of his built up moviemaker credit from doing The French Connection and The Exorcist back to back and made Sorcerer, a movie that was immediately wiped off the face of the ...

Lew Wasserman slammed his open palm on the slick surface of his mahogany Chippendale desk. The desk, free of all objects, as always, rested on an oriental rug. He glared at me through black horn ...

William Friedkin’s Misunderstood 1977 ‘Sorcerer’ Getting Re-Release (Exclusive) The "Wages of Fear" remake nearly sank Friedkin's career when it hit theaters ...

In 1977, he released a movie he would later call the best of his career: "Sorcerer." But "Sorcerer" was a bomb, grossing only $6 million worldwide — short of its $21 million budget — and ...

The only thing funky about this ‘70s gem is its misleading title. “Sorcerer” is a moody, beautifully shot and tensely scored character study with a simple premise executed perfectly. And it has ...

Paramount/Universal Blu-Ray The opening title card for "Sorcerer." Director William Friedkin couldn't have been on more of a hot streak: "The French Connection, " released in 1971, won five Oscars ...

Sorcerer; For the next two Fridays and Saturdays at midnight, the Music Box will screen a new restoration of Sorcerer, William Friedkin’s 1977 remake of Henri-Georges Cluzot’s The Wages of ...

Director William Friedkin discusses the challenges he faced to get his 1977 thriller "Sorcerer" made. Plus Icon Film Plus Icon TV Plus Icon What To Watch Plus Icon Music Plus Icon Docs ...

It was released in 1977 to great fanfare, but a couple of weeks after “Star Wars,” which changed the zeitgeist as no other film before. “Sorcerer” got bad reviews and was a box office flop.