Sorcerer (1977)
Based on the French film Salaire de la peur, Le (1953), this production begins with the individual beginnings of outcasts of different backgrounds who are forced by fortune to work in a remote oil drilling operation in South America (imdb)
Genres: Drama, Suspense/Thriller, Action, Adventure
Country: USA
Directed By: William Friedkin
Written By: Walon Green, Georges Arnaud
Starring: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Ramon Bieri, Joe Spinell, Amidou, Peter Capell, Francisco Rabal
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1. Edgar Wright 1000 Favorite Movies (Aug 2016) (public: moderated by Aron Ericson - 13 stars)
2. Films available in HD (public: moderated by kubricksucks - 12 stars)
3. New Hollywood (public: moderated by saudade - 12 stars)
4. Remake (public: moderated by td888 - 8 stars)
5. Synth soundtrack or score (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer - 8 stars)
6. Epic (public - 6 stars)
7. The Gentlemen's Guide To Midnight Cinema Podcast (public: moderated by Coheed - 6 stars)
8. South America (public: moderated by td888 - 4 stars)
9. Remake of a French film (public - 2 stars)
10. Decent Remakes (public: moderated by DavidB - 2 stars)
11. Sound Design (public: moderated by paulofilmo - 1 star)
12. Stuart Wellington Recommends (public: moderated by lexwhitfield - 1 star)
13. aflickering searches for new capital F favorites (public: moderated by AFlickering - 1 star)
14. Roger Ebert's Top 10 Films of 1977 (public)
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This is a mysterious, odd, textured, enchanting movie. It's a simple enough concept, but there are questions in the details, and the pacing doesn't stop to answer those questions. There is an unknowable quality here that keeps it from greatness, but it is an original ride that I can fully recommend.
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its a movie i guess
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Hadn't seen Wages of Fear going into this (although I want to now), so I didn't have a reference point. This was good, very good; genuinely tense, effectively cast, and beautifully shot. It felt like the protagonists were on a different planet at times. Always had a soft spot for Tangerine Dream. I think this one might prove divisive, but for me this is one that Friedkin got right.
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Under Quarantine Film Reviews #20: An overlooked gem of the New Hollywood era. No heroes nor villains, just 4 down on their luck dudes on a stressful road trip across the jungle.
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Rapid cuts and sparse character introduction, leading to a high-intensity driving sequence. Gradually gets more haunting towards the ending.
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trippingly | 80 52% |
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shalev | 86 85% |
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Gripping and suspenseful, beautifully shot and with inspiring stunt work.
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Uneven though meticulously shot, staged and acted. The bridge scene couldn’t be better. And just look at that poster!!
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Although a laudable effort, Sorcerer ultimately doesn't deliver the goods as a whole. The photography and lighting are fantastic, the effects and stunts are among the very best I've seen, the acting is good all around and there are riveting scenes, locations and suspense, but something is amiss. Problems with the structure of the film aside, Sorcerer would have benefited from additional use of music. The great but seldom heard theme song underscores the lost possibilities in this area.
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A stunning and exciting remake which holds up to the original, if only for the lush jungle scenery, the pulsating score, the delirious editing and sound design towards the end, and the triumphantly staged and shot bridge sequence. Takes even longer than the original to get going (with character back-stories less interesting than it thinks they are), but the band grouping together to escape against the odds of survival is so palpable -- the troubled production really added that extra element.
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I knew a lot about this film's history, William Friedkin's follow up to a couple of huge hits... initially not well received, now critically reappraised, but I knew almost nothing about the actual film. Motley crew end up in a terrible place, and take on a dangerous job. (The French foreign legion reference early is very appropriate in some ways.) There are so many amazingly tense scenes, the most famous one is even on the poster. It's gripping, and excruciating.
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Bizarre for Friedkin to follow up his big hits with such a B-movie. It's pretty nonsensical stuff about volatile cargo being trucked through the Amazon. Hard to believe any of it, particularly as the characters are a bunch of bland but strange fruit, and the atmosphere is lacking in all but the most high-concept of tension-building scenes. And I kept waiting for the sorcery. Had potential, but whatever creepy magical realism horror vibe was intended, it didn't come off. Brutal, but boring.
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Viewed July 23, 2017.
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The whole movie is just me saying 'oh my God! Oh fuck!' That's some good shit.
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One of the most tactile films I've ever seen; every frame seems to drip with rain, sweat, grime, mud, and blood. The environment, so hostile and overwhelming to the protagonists, seems to pulse off the screen. It takes a while to get going, but boy, once it does...that bridge sequence is jaw-dropping.
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Soderbergh says "Anybody I know who's any good is always stealing from SORCERER." Now I know why. It's truly a existentialist masterpiece.
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