Sorcerer (Modern Trailer)

Sorcerer (1977)
Tribute/Fan/Updated/Modernized Trailer Edit by Dan McBride
Part of my trailer project - breathing some new life into older, forgotten or overlooked films.
Mainly to spread awareness of these great films and hopefully inspire more people to
seek them out.
Director - William Friedkin
Synopsis - Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle.
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[@xtraspecialmango]

William Freidkin himself rated this trailer. Congratulations. 😀👍

[@hatersgotohell627]

Wait where?

[@DMEdit]

RIP William Friedkin. You were one of the greats, truly. A few years back, he had tweeted this little fan trailer of mine a few times saying how much he loved it. It still brings a smile to my face knowing that, as well as knowing that I've helped steer at least a few people towards this masterpiece that might not have known it existed otherwise. If you are a fan of this modern trailer, consider subscribing to my channel - I try to shine a light on an underrated, obscure, or forgotten classic every month with an updated trailer! kzbin.info Also please consider supporting my work by buying me a coffee! www.buymeacoffee.com/dmedit

[@tk80mufa5]

You're a legend for that! How cool man!🙌👍

[@princegobi5992]

Wow, if that’s a sign to keep doing what you’re doing idk what is. Praise from the man himself! Cheers.

[@anxioussamurai9017]

Being able to impress Friedkin with anything is incredibly impressive! Most people can only dream of getting a tip of the cap from one of the greats. Well done!

[@sharonwatt788]

Holy shit, I want to watch this right now! Amazing job 👏🏼

[@chrissychaos]

Friedkin is one of my favourite film-makers of all time. Such a cool story, what an awesome experience that must have been! Big fan of your work, so Friedkin's feedback regarding your trailer recut was very well deserved. Keep up the good work man!

[@yanwain9454]

this is not a "modern trailer" this is so much better than modern trailers, it should never be called that. a "modern trailer" has the stupid mini trailer before the trailer and then it says "trailer.....starts....NOW" and then they play some unfitting music from the 50s or 60s and proceed to blow every big surprise that the movie might hold.

[@markandremy]

That's hilarious 😂😂

[@select_input]

Just wanted to say, this trailer made me watch this movie, and then watch it again with multiple people and it was incredible. Thanks for making this.

[@MrCarpen7er]

Really ?! Lol

[@ericmulkey]

Oh my gods, dude. You have done film fans a great service by making this awesome trailer. My wife wanted me to show her a trailer of Sorceror before she’d watch it with me and I knew the old-school trailer would make the movie seem to cheesy for her. You really did this gem of a movie sweet justice!

[@DMEdit]

Thank you so much! In fact, many of my trailers began life because I would show my girlfriend the (original) trailer and that would just not convince her to watch it. So I truly appreciate this comment more than you know!

[@lizzyobrien2376]

I came here to say the same thing. My friends didn’t want to watch this movie because it was an ‘old movie’. I showed them your trailer and that convinced them otherwise! Truly, truly superb work! Now they’re asking me about other old films like ‘Jaws’ and ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’. XD

[@ericmulkey]

@MySweetAudrina Holy cow, I forgot to show her, but I'm gonna show her as soon as she gets off the phone! What inspired you to make this awesome trailer? Are you a film student or something of the sort? (-:

[@Aviatorproduction]

Dude… this trailer is incredible.

[@MrCarpen7er]

*Sorcerer

[@jimmerhardy]

Absolutely his masterpiece. Now we know.

[@williamlindler7953]

I saw the original trailer for this when I was watching the movie “Wizards” in Charleston SC in 1977, about a month before I joined the Navy. I saw it the first night it played. I kept a fuzzy, pan and scan VHS tape of this that I recorded from HBO for 30 years before I finally found it on Blu-ray. My all-time favorite movie and one of the most underrated and underappreciated of all time.

[@releasethekraken3603]

Wizards. Amazing. Probably Ralph Bakshi's finest film and a course on how to use rotoscoping correctly to create a unique piece of filmmaking.

[@algaedrone1833]

Thank you so much! The original, historical trailer was literally indecipherable. No wonder people didn’t see the film, no one knew what the movie was about!

[@EbolaSandwich]

Sorcerer was tipped to become one of the biggest movies of 1977. Sadly, a little sci-fi movie named Star Wars was released about a month before Sorcerer and completely overshadowed it. Plus the original trailer alluded that it may be related to The Exorcist

[@rickeccles7893]

This trailer is an absolute masterpiece. Only saw the film itself the first time a few days ago and it absolutely blew me away. This trailer makes me just want to rewatch it all over again.

[@thebrownlizard3988]

this trailer is fricking amazing and serve this masterpiece well i am just shocked how the hell this movie was made or shot !!! it`s just out of this world, and in that era,, ,,, truly a masterpiece

[@catfishcooler1566]

A forgotten classic that a lot of people have never seen. The movie is about fate and how no amount of struggling will allow you to escape what is (or isn't) coming to you.

[@MrCarpen7er]

Definitely not forgotten at all...

[@darrylgraham2003]

I saw this film in a theater on the East Coast when it was first released. I have been smitten with it ever since. I couldn't understand how such a masterful work could remain so obscure for so long. Then I realized that it was released the same year as Star Wars. The hub bub about the Lucas film buried everything else then. See it now as it's just as powerful as it was over 40 years ago. (One of the best soundtracks from those days, too.)

[@CarlHH777]

I'd say its not-so-great initial reception played a bigger part in its commercial failure but time has been kind to it.

[@Anon-nv7bp]

same week even. Star Wars is overrated as hell. Haven't seen this one before (or heard of it before today), I'm gonna give it a watch.

[@faschwank]

I saw this in 1977 when I was 17. I didn't see star wars until it was on television in the late 1980's. Not a star wars fan or science fiction for that matter. Didn't care about star wars then and still don't. Maybe if they used a better trailer (Sorcerer), they would have had more interest in this movie.

[@kalament1969]

TANGERINE DREAM did the soundtrack...of course it's excellent!!

[@obscure.reference]

@@Anon-nv7bp star wars is classic stuff, there’s no reason to put it down like that. it’s an entirely different type of movie.

[@doacarnage]

This is actually a remake of “ The wages of fear” but with this new title a lot people expected a supernatural type of movie. This movie is one of my favourites, excellent soundtrack by tangerine dream too. Crossing the bridge and blowing up the huge log are the best scenes.

[@jazcole12]

Friedkin insisted over and over that it's an adaptation of the book Wages Of Fear was based on. Why do people not educate themselves?

[@releasethekraken3603]

One of Tangerine Dream's best Soundtracks. Makes you bite your nails without even seeing the movie.

[@davidgoins5417]

People today are overwhelmed with CGI special effects and don't always appreciate the old method of filmmaking. This movie was an impressive work.

[@thewedge8823]

Damn, nothing beats the quality of analog film. WOW

[@taarna73]

Holy crap! I got goosebumps watching this trailer. Well done.

[@humansymbiote]

LEGIT. made me want to rewatch it right now. great job

[@winsomehax]

I've always remembered the premise for this film since I saw it as a kid... but couldn't remember the name until years later and google came along. It really deserves a re-release and this is the kind of trailer that could bring it a new audience.

[@luismunoz8935]

TANGERINE DREAM´S MUSIC SOUNDTRACK MAKES THE MOVIE SUPERB AND SET THE ATMOPSPHERE AND TENSION AT AN INCOMPARABLE WAY

[@darrylgraham2003]

Truly fits the movie like a skin. Enhances the movie greatly if you have a good sound system.

[@andragg]

Don't forget that Keith Jarrett's pipe organ music was used throughout the film, sometime being mixed with Tangerine Dream's music.

[@martinstaller9118]

Love this movie so much! I would rate this movie as highly at Friedkin’s The Exorcist.

[@afs6889]

It's a remake of "le salaire de la peur" who won the cannes festival in 1953! really good film

[@stevejorfi9086]

This movie runs circles around any movie they're putting out now cgi or whatever this is a true classic of the seventies.

[@lordskeletor7246]

Such a great and underrated movie.

[@JakesJoy31]

The most underrated classic.

[@MichaelMcCormackMusic]

This is beautiful. Maybe hook Roy Scheider up again and do trailers for “All That Jazz” and “Blue Thunder.” Great work!

[@jironthunder7519]

2nd for Blue Thunder.. a fav of mine growing up

[@ericouellette3076]

Great edit. Movies today compared to masterpieces like these have zero atmosphere. Movies like this transport you right into the screen with the actors.

[@dmitrymedvedd]

Another underrated masterpiece of Friedkin

[@janpuhar9614]

Possibly the best trailer I've seen in my entire life. Genius work here.

[@demacolapoo777]

Okay buddy calm down

[@duster7469]

The best movie you never saw!

[@ThomasSellers]

Another classic I've never seen but WANNA! How many Roy Scheider fans out there!!! Scheider kicks SO! MUCH! ASS!!! HOLLER IF YOU AGREE!!!

[@ArtbyPaulPetro]

totally!

[@rufuspipemos]

catch ya later, sport

[@pixelotix]

Damn you really captured how exciting this film is. 😎

[@quietside3734]

I really dislike modern trailers. They always feel too cheesy and they overdo everything. This, on the other hand, is superb. Well done indeed. I love this film, and this trailer suits it perfectly.

[@scottroffman2325]

Had they used THIS trailer in 1977...this movie would have been a box office smash!

[@TD_JR]

It was up against Star Wars - every movie then was doomed to be a loser.

[@gustavrodriguez910]

@@TD_JR Sadly Capeshit is incredibly popular.

[@obscure.reference]

@@gustavrodriguez910 that word doesnt describe star wars

[@toonbat]

I distinctly remember back in the late 80s or early 90s reading a Donald Duck comic where he has a job as a truck driver driving a trailer full of nitroglycerine through a terrifying mountain pass, and over a rickety rope bridge, and now I'm wondering if it was inspired by this movie. I tried to see if I could find info about this comic online, but Google completely failed me. Now I'll never know if that comic was inspired by this movie, or this movie inspired by this comic.

[@gergster6899]

They didn't include Tangerine Dream's fantastic music in the trailer!?! WTF!!! The music is indispensible to this great movie!!

[@winterphoenix09]

Yah, I thought the trailer was doing great until the thing ended with ZERO Tangerine dream. The original score is integral to the film. This music sounded generic. Nice editing anyway.

[@rickenbackerboy4123]

News of Friedkin's death prompted my wife to ask my favorite film of his. Without a moment's hesitation I replied "Sorcerer". She'd never heard of it, and so I pulled up this trailer, and ... I immediately got chills, seeing these images from years ago when the film was first released. I remember it was the ultimate edge-of-your-seat movie and Vangelis' score was mind-blowing. Definitely my favorite Roy Scheider film. Thank you for posting this incredible trailer. We'll be watching the movie tonight over popcorn and a couple of Mike's Hard Mango 😎

[@trevorrapp7227]

This trailer is awesome!! Great work!!

[@AymanJj_]

plz , don't stop making those trailer. They are a work of art

[@stewartschuster]

This is SUPERB. A trailer that really exemplifies how great this film really is.

[@OrangeRauy]

Brilliant work! A wonderful tribute that should help lift this underrated masterpiece into the 21st century.

[@MrHeadbanger366]

This movie is underrated. Maybe it would've done better at the box office with this trailer.

[@SgtFaustWargames]

Goosebumps! Pat yourself on the back. And your didn't even have to resort to "In a world where..."

[@duanevp]

I rewatch the movie quite regularly as it's one of my favorites, even among other excellent Friedkin films. This is an excellent revised trailer.

[@ronaldh8446]

Very well done. Does the actual movie justice.

[@clemensnolke2891]

My all time favorite movie. Thanks for posting.

[@hatersgotohell627]

There's no way! The characters I didn't give one crap about.. excellent cinematography but characters no one is caring at all about

[@davefischer7189]

They need to bring this movie back onto the big screen........Intense, suspenseful with world renown actors and a surprise ending featuring a great guy as the hitman......the background music adds to the suspense........

[@Shadowman4710]

Magnificent film. You did an excellent job with this trailer.

[@efrainocasiojr2965]

Trailer was awesome! But it's not the same without tangerine dream score playing in the background.

[@greglapointe1311]

Fantastic trailer, makes me want to pop it into the dvd player right now!

[@tompodlux]

Great job, this is the kind of trailer that saves the cinema culture, motivating younger ones to watch all the classics ! Would have been also nice to work this out with some Edgar Froese ( Tangerine Dream ) scores or also Protector 101 "Summer Heat", without the tires screechs fx.

[@DMEdit]

Hey I appreciate your comment, thank you! If even one person discovers a film from one of my trailers, that's a really cool thing. The Tangerine Dream score is actually one of my favorites of all time, but I ended up not using it because I didn't want to simply rehash the original trailer (which is great in it's own right). Thank you for supporting these!

[@andragg]

Don't forget that Keith Jarrett's pipe organ music was used throughout the film, a lot of it being mixed in with Tangerine Dream's music. That was a big reason the film had an ethereal quality to it. Not many people I know who saw the film knew this, even to this day, KZbin reviewers get it wrong saying the entire score was done by Tangerine Dream. By the way, Keith Jarrett is widely known to be one of the greatest pianists in the world, playing Jazz and Classical.

[@smirking8457]

I just watched this movie for the first time a few months ago. Really fantastic film.

[@keatonereth3016]

You did a fantastic job with this trailer, hard to believe its fan made

[@unregisteredcoward]

such a great movie ... my dad dragged me to see it when it came out in the theatres

[@jazcole12]

Are you like 50 today

[@robert3III]

I just discovered this film and I loved it. This trailer is for lack of a better word, is Awesome!!!!

[@ZepplinOnFire]

Incredible eye.Perfectly edited. Tone and mood all in sync.

[@taylorkeel8739]

This is the trailer I show people to introduce them to Sorcerer. Excellent. Fantastic job

[@mario08133]

Came to see this from playing snowrunner. Thanks Reddit!

[@danielshishik9594]

This trailer is almost as good as film itself. Congrats.

[@thegrumpyoldgamertgog240]

Wow! Just wow! Thank you!

[@robbhahn8897]

Great trailer for a movie that should have gotten more recognition than it did when released.

[@rhettpeter83]

You brought the brilliance of the medium in the 1970s to present day and the result is a resounding triumph

[@DMEdit]

Thank you this comment means a lot to me!

[@sotasphere]

This trailer efficiently captures "Sorcerer" for the shorter attention span of today's audiences. Thank you!

[@jala1081]

Music is such a contrast to the older looking visuals. It's cool.

[@nevereverblink9303]

Absolutely outstanding video

[@SpasticAV]

This is a great cut !

[@abfabrabcab3506]

This is genius, and does what a trailer should do... make you want to see the film. I've shown your trailer to friends who originally showed no interest in this movie, only for them to go, "Wow!", especially when I add the fact there is *no* CGI in this movie. Great job.

[@DMEdit]

Love this! Exactly why I love sharing these trailers - hearing stories like that makes my day!

[@Peter_Schiavo]

Exceptional. Well done. I have this movie on DVD and this trailer does it justice.

[@anjelomichelangelo7726]

ROP William Friedkin 😕😕💛💛

[@09hunterboy8]

Great Trailer !

[@spoonlamp]

Amazing film. And the quality of the bluray genuinely makes it look as crisp and fresh as a new release

[@Barney0815]

Best Trailer i have ever seen 👌

[@momcilovujacic2856]

Wow, mate, your trailer is masterpiece also. Love it

[@madcat4563]

Glad I watched the trailer. The blu ray cover looked so intriguing. Going to get it.

[@MikeUIibarri]

Excellent.

[@LightningStrikesOfficial]

Masterpiece Man ! great!

[@penknight8532]

This movie would of done better if not for Star Wars. Damn You Luke!

[@lbarbados38]

Nicely done!

[@DarkFortressPictures_Official]

This makes the original trailer looks amateur. Awesome job brother! And it looks like you used the blue Ray for your source! I like! ❤️❤️❤️

[@EnriqueCardozo]

Great job!

[@MrTimoxa55]

О, американцы пересняли французский фильм «Плата за страх» (фр. Le salaire de la peur) 1952 года с Ивом Монтаном! Надо будет глянуть. Оригинал мне понравился.

[@KillerKrossChannel]

Absolutely sick 💯

[@brgreg8725]

Love this movie!

[@shiven513]

The best remake of all time, this is just as good as Wages of Fear.

[@123m83]

AMAZING

[@JesusBehindtheWheel]

William Friedkin doesn’t miss.

[@Randolo10]

A Damn Good Movie.

[@askanisathish9717]

Amazing 👏

[@4x4ManiacBadTimeGarage]

this is cool!

[@annoyedok321]

Watched the film because of this trailer. Amazing film, but I wish the truck scenes were longer. It just doesn't have the focus as say a film like "Duel".

[@jameskelly5672]

1 of the best films ever.

[@19gastonazo70]

beloved movie.

[@__hjg__2123]

still an under-rated classic in my book......

[@janofb]

SO much better.

[@spunkydunc]

Trailer's fucking dope, great job!

[@sidsuresh24]

Cinematic Excellence

[@yormaynbeni7387]

Super😊👏👏👏

[@arktzen]

this is so good. whoever did this, he must make more trailers

[@chipbrandstetter]

NICE.

[@afzals2007]

Is this a FanEdit trailer? It's amazing!

[@Billkeys123]

Cool