Sorcerer (4K UHD, #1267)

A hallucinatory journey into the heart of darkness, William Friedkins pulse-pounding reimagining of the suspense classicThe Wages of Fearwas dismissed upon its release, only to be recognized decades later as one of the boldest auteur statements of the New Hollywood. In a remote Latin American village, four desperate fugitivesa New Jersey gangster (Roy Scheider), a Mexican assassin (Francisco Rabal), an unscrupulous Parisian businessman (Bruno Cremer), and an Arab terrorist (Amidou)take on a seemingly doomed mission: transporting two trucks full of highly explosive nitroglycerin through the treacherous jungle. Aided by Tangerine Dreams otherworldly synth score, Friedkin turns each bump in the road into a tour de force of cold-sweat tensionconjuring a hauntingly nihilistic vision of a world ruled by chance and fate.

4K UHD + BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES

• New 4K digital restoration, with 5.1 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack approved by director William Friedkin
• Alternate 2.0 surround DTS-HD Master Audio soundtrack
• One 4K UHD disc of the film presented in Dolby Vision HDR and two Blu-rays with the film and special features
• Friedkin Uncut(2018), a documentary by Francesco Zippel featuring interviews with Friedkin; screenwriter Walon Green; filmmakers Wes Anderson, Francis Ford Coppola, and Quentin Tarantino; and others
• New conversation between filmmaker James Gray and film critic Sean Fennessey
• Archival audio interviews with Green and editor Bud Smith, from the collection of Giulia DAgnolo Vallan, author ofWilliam Friedkin(2003)
• Conversation from 2015 between Friedkin and filmmaker Nicolas Winding Refn
• Behind-the-scenes footage of Friedkin on set
• Trailer
• English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• PLUS: An essay by film critic Justin Chang

  New cover by Nessim Higson