Slipcover Sorcerer - 40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition (Blu ray Slipcover) [UK]

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40th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
Entertainment One
1977
122 min
Directors: William Friedkin, Bud S. Smith
Writers: Walon Green, Georges Arnaud
Starring: Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri

Exiled from their home nations, four strangers from separate corners of the earth agree to undertake a dangerous mission to transport unstable dynamite through the dense jungle of South America in order to earn their passage home.

When the slightest bump in the road could equal instant death, the real question is not whether these men will survive this nerve-shredding ordeal but who will they have become if they return at all?

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After the success of The French Connection and The Exorcist, William Friedkin began work on his biggest project to date. Seizing the moment, he embarked on an ambitious and lengthy shoot in the dense jungles of the Dominican Republic and like Werner Herzog with Fitzcoraldo and Francis Ford Coppola on Apocalypse Now, Friedkin battled the elements, came face-to-face with nature and emerged victorious.

Now, 40 years since its release, Sorcerer is regarded by critics and filmmakers alike as a true lost cinematic masterpiece - a feat of filmmaking that encapsulates the revolutionary artistry of 1970s American cinema that is a triumph to behold.


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Special Features
Sorcerers
- A Conversation with William Friedkin and Nicolas Winding Refn (74 minutes)
The Mystery of Fate - A letter from director William Friedkin
Newly commissioned artwork to celebrate the 40th Anniversary
Reversible sleeve containing the newly commissioned and original theatrical artwork
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Video

Codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.85:1

Audio
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1

Subtitles
English SDH
Slipcover in original pressing
Reversible cover
Region B
 
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awesome! :) thanks @C.C. 95 :thumbs:, great to hear this is getting a new release. i'm assuming it's not a remaster, but even so: bring it! :watch:

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Yeah, such a great film. More people need to know about it. So, the more releases the better!
It certainly wasn't karmically fair that it got released in the wake of Star Wars and Close Encounters in 1977. (Just bad luck)
Any other year, and this would have been a huge hit.
 
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