Tag: roy scheider
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Sorcerer (1977)
Sorcerer, the movie for which William Friedkin wished to be remembered, is as taut and intense a thriller as any that has been made before or since. One of the reasons for this is how Friedkin strips the story down to its bare essentials: four men attempt to transport extremely unstable explosives two hundred miles…
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The French Connection (1971)
For some filmmakers, the chance of a lifetime comes along, often by happenstance, when the right material is presented to them at the right time, and they decide to make a movie that will become one of the defining achievements of their career. For William Friedkin, after four productions which challenged him to adapt to…
Sentiments of the Silver Screen 