Sorcerer is a 1977 thriller adventure film, produced and directed by William Friedkin, starring Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal and Amidou. It is the second remake of the 1953 French film Le Salaire de la Peur . Sorcerer followed Friedkin's highly successful The French Connection and The Exorcist. The budget was estimated at over $22 million, a substantial sum at the time. The film gained a fairly positive critical reception but with a reported gross of $12 million, the film did not recoup its costs. The film was co-produced by Universal Pictures and Paramount Pictures, with... Universal handling U.S. distribution and Paramount handling the international release. Sorcerer is notable for its electronic score by Tangerine Dream, which was the group's first Hollywood film score and led to their becoming popular soundtrack composers of the '80s. Four international criminals on the run from the law hide out in a remote village in Nicaragua whose economy is dependent on a major oil company. An oil well over 200 miles away has caught fire and can be extinguished only with explosives.
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| Release date: | June 24, 1977 |
| Directed by: | William Friedkin |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 121 Minutes |
| Producer: | William Friedkin |
| Editor: | Bud S. Smith, Robert K. Lambert |
| Music by: | Tangerine Dream, Keith Jarrett, Charlie Parker |
| Cinematography: | Dick Bush, John M. Stephens |
| Screenplay by: | Walon Green |
| Estimated budget: | $22,000,000 |
| Adapted from: | The Wages of Fear |
| Genre: | Action, Adventure, Thriller |