Dates and Times
- Friday, Jul 4, 2025 8:45pm
- Tuesday, Jul 8, 2025 9:15pm
- Wednesday, Jul 9, 2025 9:15pm
Details
Filmmaker William Friedkin followed THE EXORCIST with this gripping thriller based on the same source novel that inspired the French classic THE WAGES OF FEAR (also playing this week in a new 4K restoration). Friedkin ratchets up the tension in this story about four stateless outlaws (Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal and Amidou) hauling explosives over 200 miles of dangerous South American road in the hopes of gaining citizenship and a cool $10,000. Released on the heels of STAR WARS’ landmark debut (to which it lost the Academy Award® for Sound, its sole nomination), with a title that made audiences expect a supernatural film, SORCERER proved to be an utter disaster both critically and commercially. Over the subsequent decades, the film was critically reappraised for its gritty, suspenseful atmosphere and is now considered one of Friedkin’s finest outings and a masterpiece of the New Hollywood. Among its most celebrated aspects is the synth-laden score by pioneering electronic/krautrock outfit Tangerine Dream, who became prolific soundtrack composers in the subsequent decades. DIR/PROD William Friedkin; SCR Walon Green, from the novel “The Wages of Fear” by Georges Arnaud. U.S., 1977, color, 121 min. RATED PG
