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.

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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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