Sorcerer (1977)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

William Friedkin

Escritores:

Georges Arnaud (novel)
Walon Green (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

24 junio 1977 (USA)

Género:

Suspenso

Plot:

A group of outcasts from different backgrounds/nationalities are forced by misfortune to work in a remote oil drilling operation in South America...

Plot Keywords:

Fire | Jungle | Nitroglycerin | Fate | Remake Of French Film

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

unforgettable

Reparto

Roy Scheider	...	Jackie Scanlon / "Juan Dominguez"
Bruno Cremer	...	Victor Manzon / 'Serrano'
Francisco Rabal	...	Nilo
Amidou	...	Kassem / 'Martinez'
Ramon Bieri	...	Charles Corlette
Peter Capell	...	Lartigue
Karl John	...	Marquez
Friedrich von Ledebur	...	Carlos
Chico Martínez	...	Bobby Del Rios
Joe Spinell	...	Spider
Rosario Almontes	...	Agrippa
Richard Holley	...	Billy White
Anne-Marie Deschott	...	Blanche
Jean-Luc Bideau	...	Pascal
Jacques François	...	Lefevre

También conocida como:

Wages of Fear
Carga maldita (Spain) [es]

Duración:

121 min | Sweden:93 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Francés | Español | Alemán

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Stereo

Clasificación:

UK:AA (1978) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 (1978) | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | Netherlands:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Angel Peak National Recreation Area, Bloomfield, New Mexico, USA

Compañía:

Film Properties International N.V.

Trivialidades:

Due to the subtitles at the beginning of the film many theater patrons began complaining, believing that they had unknowingly paid to see a foreign film. In order to alleviate that, special posters were quickly printed up and posted in the theater lobby which stated the following. "YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE. To dramatize the diverse backgrounds of the principal characters in "Sorcerer", two of the opening sequences were filmed in the appropriate foreign languages - with subtitles in English. Other than these opening scenes, "Sorcerer" is an English-language film."

Errores:

Continuidad: The monetary amount paid to the drivers is inconsistent throughout the film. The oil company first says they will pay "8,000 pesos to each driver". The driver's later demand double that amount (which would be 16,000 pesos). Later when Scanlon crosses the rope bridge he boasts that the two of them will get "double shares of 20,000 apiece" (double shares would actually be 32,000 apiece). At the end, Scanlon is given a check for 40,000 Pesos which would only amount to 10,000 per driver.

Citas:

Scanlon: You read about this place in the travel brochures?
"Serrano": I heard it had a healthy climate.
Scanlon: Not what you expected though?
"Serrano": It was exactly what I expected!

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Easy Riders, Raging Bulls: How the Sex, Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll Generation Saved Hollywood (2003)

Banda de Sonido:

I Remember April

unforgettable

Being a huge fan of Friedkin,i wanted to see "sorcerer" for a long time;after several months of researches,at last,i could on an old videotape and ,immediately,it emerged as one of the best movies i've ever seen.I must be one of the rare who don't consider it's title so inapropriate,even it's been chosen for obvious commercial reasons (the exorcist/the sorcerer).The sorcerer,it's this fate which gathers 4 men of 4 different countries together;they have nothing in common but will be obliged to collaborate for the same reason;it's too an evil nature which,a little bit like in "deliverance",seems to make everything it cans to make the mission fail.There's a subtext ,"man vs nature",which, from Friedkin's words,was wanted from the beginning,and that,to my mind, considerably enhances the film. The systematic comparisons between the 52's version and this one don't appear to me valuables;i prefer seeing it more as a second adaptation of Arnaud's novel than as a remake.In fact,it's much more close to "the treasure of the sierra madre": the painful irony of the ending and Scheider with his hat looks exactly like Bogart.According to me,even it's a good flick,the original version is very-too much?-faithful to the novel and so,quite easy to foresee (for instance,before the mission, one of the truck is sabotaged so we're sure it's gonna explode at a moment or another). One said,including Friedkin,it bombed the box-office because was no star like Steve mc Queen to attract the audience,but nothing is less sure;first of all,it's unfair for Roy Scheider who previously starred in "the french connection" and "jaws" and was quite famous and,then,it's above all a question of concept:the audience of 77 didn't want to see that kind of movie anymore,-pessimistic,ironic,with an all-male cast and unhappy ending,-and was rather ready to enjoy Lucas and Spielberg's movies. I could speak highly of its qualities for hours: cast and crew,the work on the sound,the Tangerine dream's score,the sequence of the bridge,the surreal atmosphere of the last scenes,but it's already been described in other comments;let's say it's a very special,precious and unforgettable film to me.Hoping now there will have in next months a beautiful dvd edition like those of "to live and die in L.A.",and a serious rehearsal.It deserves it.