Sorcerer is a 1977 American action thriller film produced and directed by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. It is the second adaptation of Georges
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Veracruz town square, Mexico – a location used for the first prologue sequence, featuring Nilo, although it was filmed as the last during the production
Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in New Mexico, used as a backdrop in the film's hallucinatory climax
William David Friedkin was an American director, producer, and screenwriter who was closely identified with the New Hollywood movement of the 1970s. Beginning his career in documentaries in the early
Sorcerer (film)
…Sorcerer is a 1977 American action thriller film produced and directed by William Friedkin and starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, and Amidou. It is the second adaptation of Georges Arnaud's 1950 novel The Wages of Fear…
From left: Friedkin, Owen Roizman and William Peter Blatty on set of The Exorcist
Friedkin at the 2012 Deauville American Film Festival
Friedkin with wife Sherry Lansing in 2012