Sorcerer (1977)
3 Boyz talk about 4 Men and 2 Trucks as they discuss Sorcerer.
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This movie is fucking breathtaking
Finally watched this. Audibly gasped and covered my mouth - Friedkin does it again!!
Please keep doing Friedkin movies just so I can hear that impression. It's a genuine delight
Finally got around to watching this movie the other night. Watched it literally 5 minutes after watching The Wages of Fear and I think the prologue stuff in Sorcerer took away from my enjoyment compared to the original. I liked not knowing why they were all in this shitty company town and that they would do anything to get enough money to get out.
Catching Sorcerer at a local indie movie theater. Always good to watch an ABZ movie on the big screen.
218 miles.
Hell yeah
Does anyone know where to get THE FRIEDKIN CONNECT audiobook? I’ve been looking for years and cannot find it anywhere. I’ve been putting off reading it myself because I just gotta hear Friedkin voice.
Very, very late reply here, but if you still haven't found a copy, shoot me a message and I'll email you the file (another janitor did the same for me a year or so ago).
Just watched this movie for the first time ever, for this episode. Genuinely one of my favorite movies now, incredible. And the episode is amazing so far as usual.
I’m the Stanger of my friend group, I too found Sorcerer going down the Tangerine Dream trail. After Thief it was all about more Mann(which lead to Manhunter and I somehow had never seen Mohicans, which is so good nobody talks about it anymore?) and Tangerine Dream: Sorcerer and Vision Quest ..totally forgot Friedkin did Blue Chips, that’s gotta be an episode if it hasn’t already? Vintage JT Walsh
Mohicans is the Mann movie women love in my experience
Goddamn this was good. Never heard of it before the Boyz. Needed this after a shitty week.
Paul Scheer mentioned on HDTGM that Ben has a new podcast coming out soon.
Tarantino and Coppola on Sorcerer... https://nofilmschool.com/sorcerer-practical-effects
This clip is not even 90 seconds!!! The headline should be: "3 Hilarious Lunatics Talk About Billy Friedkin's Sorcerer for 3+ Hours"
The non-existent movie I want to see most is the Marathon Man prequel that focuses on Roy Scheider and Willam Devane.
Roy Scheider was a great second banana but he also killed it in All That Jazz as the lead.
I used to deliver wine and beer here in the Bay Area. Once I had a delivery in Tahoe that was 1 bottle of wine worth $14k. I thought of this movie the whole time, especially going over Donner Pass in the snow. Rich fuck didn’t even tip. Great episode. Later.
Sacramento native here. That's by far the most terrifying drive I've ever done, and it never got easier. And fuck that guy.
The run of comments from the McDonald's Scalded Vagina lady up to Stanger's question about John Landis is why you guys will always get my money.
Bruised jaws and fake noses
Who were the guys with black shirts and red ties? And this movie rules and this podcast rules.
Love hearing Spinell talk on Action Boyz, this combination of my interests rivals the times they're selling knives w/ pot leaf graphics on Cutlery Corner. I assume a few other cutlery corner heads are here
Joe Spinell is also in The Seven-Ups, another Scheider crime picture thats overall just alright but has an absolute top tier car chase in it that makes the movie worth watching.
first time viewing and the shot of the tree suddenly hitting the bridge with the audio sting is gonna stick with me for a long time, incredible moment
The Shaggy dog films are a good time.
I showed a female friend the Exorcist around Christmas. She kept brushing off the movie until the crucifix scene. It really fucked her up and she hasn't talked to me since!
Nothing says Christmas quite like masturbating with a cross!
Great episode the love of the movie really came through
Great ep
Rodgers making fun of skin care is some real old man shit. You can be a big boy and moisturize dog.
I moisturize, I just don’t do the twice a day wash, serum, and cream regimen that youth spokesperson Brad Pitt does. I appreciate your permission.
I usually just watch the preview for the episode, and this one was total 70s avant-garde insanity. I figured I’d be lost, but you guys just taught a thorough history class on this one, great episode.
The Seismic Activity prediction episode aka the Noses Off episode
Beowulf cg movie fucking rules though.
Clooney said he used the money from Nespresso to pay for a satellite to monitor abuses by ex-Sudanese dictator Omar Bashir. Bashir was responsible for the genocide in Darfur in the mid 2000s, about which Clooney did what he could to raise awareness. Bashir was overthrown a few years ago by a relatively non-violent protest movement, and though it looked for a moment like the country might have democracy, a new dictator has since taken control. Gotta hand it to Clooney for giving a shit, but I don't think his satellite is doing much at the moment for the people of Sudan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Sentinel_Project
3:15 into the episode and Gabrus is telling a story I’ve heard at least 5 times. This is not a complaint. Fucking love this show.
They do it weekly or so, I listen to a few episodes a week, go back into the archives. You end up jumping a couple of years for them but a week for you!
There is definitely something going on with Scheider's nose during the robbery. He looks like one of the Easter Island heads at one point
Gabrus definitely picked up on something I never noticed. I went back and compared side profiles of Scheider. He's got something filling in the top part of his nose. Looks kind of insane.
The unfortunate timing of the seismic cold open almost calls for Stanger style pre-episode apology speech.
https://youtu.be/UEk6rwXsaQ0 Referenced in episode. It really doesn't disappoint.
Loving the recent stories about biting your tongue on people’s opinions.
Dante’s Peak was part of the Studio Tour the one and only time I went to Universal as a kid. Had absolutely no idea what it was, but it terrified 8 year old me.
I can’t recall if Ben hated the VHS cover art for this one? 🤔
Let’s get the Melville out already! Slap some berets on and give the people what they want
To Live And Die In LA is on Film4 tonight in the U.K., Monday 6th February. Heads up as the boys talk about it as Friedkin doing Mann with Manhunter-era William Peterson, yet they say it’s hard to find to watch. 🎟️
It's true here in the US. It hasn't even available streaming except for a very short period of time on a small service. I went to a theater to see it recently though.
Man this movie reminded me of Death Stranding, a video game where you play as a post-apocalyptic courier across treacherous terrain. I once had a large order that I was hauling on a big truck. I tried to take a shortcut and fell into a small chasm. I busted out a ladder and carried the the cargo up, set up a tent to keep them dry, and went and got another truck. It's the kind of stress l, this movie reminded me of.
I’ve heard mixed things - is it worth playing?
This movie rocked
Hands up if you bought Friedkin Connection specifically because you wanted more stories about shooting this movie.
I thought this was gonna be about magic and shit
Roy Scheider certainly cast a spell on me
This was a tough movie to get through. Great locations, settings, and explosions but not much else.
I wasn't with it till they were driving the truck, but from then on I was fully in it
Weird that I just read about that huge earthquake in Turkey and then this cold open
And Buffalo!!
3+ hours on Sorcerer! Christmas came early in Val Verde.
Stanger's knowledge of porn stars and ability to insert them into a conversation is truly impressive.
Heh heh... insert..
You beat Rewatchables to it. Podcasting is the Dominican jungle.Bill Simmons is Victor. The ABZ are the truck. Do you love me?