poster folded William Friedkin's SORCERER 1977 ORIGINAL USA 27x41 ROY SCHEIDER

Description: Original Folded Theater one sheet poster (27 inches x 41 inches) STYLE B "White Title Style" sent to film cinemas, in envelopes for marketing purposes. Condition is GOOD+ to VERY GOOD. An unrestored poster that displays very well with good color and a very presentable age-appropriate appearance. The poster shows general signs of use like light edge wear, minor fold wear, or other very minor blemishes. See Photos. FAST & SAFE DELIVERY. SORCERER 1977. Directed by WILLIAM FRIEDKIN, novel by GEORGES ARNAUD ("Wages Of Fear"), Music by TANGERINE DREAM. TAGLINES : "WANTED. Four men willing to drive a cargo of death to escape a life in hell" "The only wages worth running for...dying for...killing for...are the wages of fear" - Four unfortunate men from different parts of the globe agree to risk their lives transporting gallons of nitroglycerin across dangerous Latin American jungle. A gangster, a crooked banker, a hit man and an Arab terrorist are stranded and on the run in a small village in South America. Their only chance of escape is to drive two trucks filled with unstable dynamite (leaking nitroglycerin) up a long and rocky mountain road in order to plug an escalating oil refinery blaze. With their deadly cargo likely to explode at the slightest bump, the four men must put aside their differences and work together to survive. Nominated for an Academy Award OSCAR. CAST includes Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer, Francisco Rabal, Amidou, Ramon Bieri, Peter Capell, Karl John, Friedrich von Ledebur, Chico Martínez, Joe Spinell, Rosario Almontes, Richard Holley, Anne-Marie Deschodt, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jacques François, André Falcon, Tom Signorelli. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : Besides internal on-set conflicts, William Friedkin said that approximately fifty people "had to leave the film for either injury or gangrene," as well as food poisoning and malaria. In The Friedkin Connection he added that "almost half the crew went into the hospital or had to be sent home." Friedkin himself lost fifty pounds (23 kg) and was stricken with malaria, which was diagnosed after the film's premiere. William Friedkin attempted to complete the picture "without relying on dialogue" and "telling the story through imagery" instead. In the film's pressbook Friedkin states that for him creating a film is multi-faceted experience: "Every film is actually three films. There is the film you conceive and plan. There is the film you actually shoot. And there is the film that emerges with you in the editing room." The film opened in America at Mann's Chinese Theater in Hollywood on June 24, 1977. Audiences were so anticipating it that the week of its release the lines at Mann's went around the block. However, a film called Star Wars (1977) was also released at about the same time. It had initially been released in only a few theaters across the nation, but when it was put into wide release it became a phenomenon and, by the second week of the release of "Sorcerer," the crowds in front of Mann's Chinese Theater had dissipated to almost nothing. One San Francisco movie house, which had broken box-office records when it showed "Star Wars," found that its business dwindled to nothing when "Sorcerer" replaced it for a week. In the end "Sorcerer" only recouped $9 million of its original $21 million budget making it a financial disaster. Despite its look, the rope bridge was actually quite elaborate in its construction and contained numerous safety devices as well as hydraulic lifts in order for the special effects crew to manipulate it into motion. It cost $1 million to build. After it was completed the original river for the scene (in the Dominican Republic) went almost completely dry for the first time in its history, due to a drought. The bridge had to be torn down and a new location was found in Tuxtepec, Mexico. It was then rebuilt at the cost of another $1 million. However, the raging river that the bridge was built over began to dry up. The crew had to put a 24-hour guard around the bridge because the superstitious locals threatened to blow it up believing it was the bridge and the "intruders" that caused the river to become shallow. By the time filming began the water was only 18 inches deep and looked completely nonthreatening. The crew didn't have the time or the money to find another location so William Friedkin decided to add an artificial current and rainstorm (using helicopters, wind machines, and men on towers with giant hoses). The bridge itself was so rickety that, despite the safety precautions, the truck (often with an actor inside of it) slid off the side and into the shallow water five times during rehearsals and filming. The entire sequence took three months to shoot. Friedkin stated it was by far the most difficult sequence he ever filmed in his career. The fourth prologue vignette, taking place in Elizabeth, New Jersey, contains a scene involving a car crash. It took twelve takes and approximately ten days to achieve what William Friedkin intended. The director recalls the sequence as seemingly "impossible to shoot." Having involved several stuntmen from New York the crew wrecked seven vehicles over the course of a week without satisfying the director's intents. Friedkin then put himself in the passenger seat to evaluate the negative aspects of the scene's execution. The director became fed up with the situation and decided to listen to David Salven, the line producer, who suggested that they employ a well-known specialist, Joie Chitwood Jr., whom Friedkin described as "short, stocky, part Indian, self-assured, and fearless." After Friedkin supplied him with all the necessary information about the set's infrastracture, Chitwood meticulously analyzed the surroundings himself and ordered the special effects technicians to construct a forty-feet long slanted ramp which would allow him to "drive the car at top speed on two wheels, flip it in midair, and crash into a fire hydrant." The construction took three days and the stunt was successful during its very first take. Part of a gallery of more than ONE THOUSAND LINENBACKED and more than 30,000 un-restored original rare paper items being offered for the first time to the eBay community. ALL PHOTOS of Rare Paper are ACTUAL ITEMS being sold. Please, ask questions before purchase, we will do our best to oblige you.

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