Sorcerer 1977
Friedkin however has disagreed with this assessment.
Sorcerer 1977. Sorcerer is the second film adaptation of the 1950 french novel le salaire de la peur the first being the 1953 henri georges clouzot film the wages of fear. Is a 1977 american existential thriller film directed and produced by william friedkin and starring roy scheider bruno cremer francisco rabal and amidou. Sorcerer is a 1977 american adventure drama neo noir thriller film directed and produced by william friedkin and starring roy scheider bruno cremer francisco rabal and amidou the second adaptation of georges arnaud s 1950 french novel le salaire de la peur it has been widely considered a remake of the 1953 film the wages of fear. Seen on a big screen and in proper widescreen sorcerer was a gripping revelation.
Thoughts of scenes and images lifted into the mad maxs and apocalypse now also became noticed. The second adaptation of georges arnaud s 1950 french novel le salaire de la peur it has been widely considered a remake of the first adaptation the 1953 film the wages of fear. The full 121 minute version not seen in 1977 in its 93 min form leave off reels 1 and 2. Their only chance of escape is to drive two trucks filled with unstable nitroglycerin up a long and rocky mountain road in order to plug an escalating oil refinery blaze.