Sorcerer (1977) (Criterion Collection) (4K + Blu-ray Digipak) [USA]

[C.C. 95]

Release Date: June 24, 2025
Prices and Links:
Criterion- $39.96 (4K+Blu-ray) , $31.96 (Blu-ray only)
Amazon- $49.95 (4K+Blu-ray)
DiabolikDVD- $34.99 (4K+Blu-ray)

Director: William Friedkin
Writers: Walon Green, Georges Arnaud
Starring: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Ramon Bieri

• United States
• 1977
• 121 minutes
• Color
• 1.85:1
• English, Spanish, French, Arabic, German

A hallucinatory journey into the heart of darkness, William Friedkin’s pulse-pounding reimagining of the suspense classic The Wages of Fear was 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 fugitives—a 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 Dream’s otherworldly synth score, Friedkin turns each bump in the road into a tour de force of cold-sweat tension—conjuring 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 D’Agnolo Vallan, author of William 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

ORIGINAL THEATRICAL TRAILER

 

[TheWildEye]

Amazing film. So glad it's getting a 4k.
Not sure if we'll get this over in Europe. Is it Studio Canal here?
Maybe they'll do a deal with Criterion or something.

 

[K1SK1S]

Amazing film. So glad it's getting a 4k.
Not sure if we'll get this over in Europe. Is it Studio Canal here?
Maybe they'll do a deal with Criterion or something.

Looks like eOne did the UK release for 40th Anniversary (now owned by Lionsgate). I believe that was the first time the US version was available internationally though. Not available on any streaming platform in the UK, so who knows now! Where did you see about Studio Canal mate?

 

[TheWildEye]

Looks like Eone did the UK release for 40th Anniversary (now owned by Lionsgate). I believe that was the first time the US version was available internationally though. Not available on any streaming platform in the UK, so who knows now! Where did you see about Studio Canal mate?

I was just taking a guess at it. I'm sure I saw a copy on eBay a few years back with Studio Canal on it. It was a Digibook.
Maybe I'm wrong. I often am

 

[K1SK1S]

I was just taking a guess at it. I'm sure I saw a copy on eBay a few years back with Studio Canal on it. It was a Digibook.
Maybe I'm wrong. I often am

Nah you might be right pal, maybe they had rights to the international version.

 

[TheWildEye]

Nah you might be right pal, maybe they had rights to the international version.

I just had a quick look see. The Digibook I mentioned, looks to me to be Canadian or US and was Universal.

So. I was totally wrong.

 

[K1SK1S]

I just had a quick look see. The Digibook I mentioned, looks to me to be Canadian or US and was Universal.

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So. I was totally wrong.

No need to ever open it now

 

[C.C. 95]

Looks like eOne did the UK release for 40th Anniversary (now owned by Lionsgate). I believe that was the first time the US version was available internationally though. Not available on any streaming platform in the UK, so who knows now! Where did you see about Studio Canal mate?

Le Convoi de la Peur Released a few editions in France including this blu ray box set in 2015