Sorcerer (1977)
Directed by William Friedkin · Cinematography by Dick Bush, John M. Stephens
PG121 min57 frames
ThrillerAdventureDrama
Four men...outlaws thrown together by fate...share a fantastic adventure and risk the only thing they have left to lose.
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What is Sorcerer about?
Four men from different parts of the globe, all hiding from their pasts in the same remote South American town, agree to risk their lives transporting several cases of dynamite (which is so old that it is dripping unstable nitroglycerin) across dangerous jungle terrain.
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, following the 1953 French-language film. Although it is often considered a remake of the earlier film, Friedkin disagreed with this assessment, considering it another adaptation of the novel with an entirely different vision.
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What does the cinematography of Sorcerer look like?
Across 55 sampled frames, Sorcerer builds its coverage from wide compositions (38% of the sample), with close-ups (31%) carrying much of the rest. Cinematographer Dick Bush keeps 62% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame.
What is the color palette of Sorcerer?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Sorcerer (1977) are #31312c, #50534b, #0d0f0f, #31492d, #8b8b79, #d1cab0 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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