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Where was Sorcerer filmed?

1982 film, directed by William Friedkin.

  • New Jersey

The story is set in Venezuela.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Venezuela
Filmed in
New Jersey

About Sorcerer

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Released
1982
Director
William Friedkin
Cast
Roy ScheiderBruno CremerFrancisco RabalAmidouPeter CapellKarl JohnFriedrich von LedeburJacques FrançoisJean-Luc BideauJoe Spinell
Genre
ThrillerAction
Based on
The Wages of Fear, Le Salaire de la peur

The story

The film opens with a prologue that consists of four segments described by critics as "vignettes".

The segment finishes as he helplessly stares from a crowd at his captured companion.

Faced with impending doom, Victor leaves both his wife and the country.

Famous lines from Sorcerer

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • Joseph Addison,The Spectator, No. 117.Sorcerer
  • Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.Sorcerer
  • Hartley Coleridge, Sylphs to Prometheus, Prometheus.Sorcerer
  • John August, Big Fish, based on the novel of Daniel WallaceSorcerer
  • Louis Brandeis, concurring, Whitney v. California, 274 U. S. 357, 376.Sorcerer

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