Roy Scheider lends his intense talent to this taut action-adventure from director William Friedkin. Set on the edge of a South American Jungle, a desperate four-man team, led by Scheider, must transport a volatile cargo of nitroglycerine over 200 miles of treacherous terrain in order to stop a potentially disastrous oil fire. Read more
| Starring | Roy Scheider, Bruno Cremer |
|---|---|
| Director | William Friedkin |
| Genres | Action/Adventure |
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Oscar-winning director William Friedkin has filed a lawsuit over the ownership of his Roy Scheider film Sorcerer. The Exorcist filmmaker has allegedly been banned from screening the 1977 thriller by Paramount Pictures and Universal Studios executives, who claim Friedkin doesn't own the legal rights to the project. But on Thursday Friedkin launched a legal battle against both distribution companies, who co-produced the film, in bid to solve the dispute. The documents were filed at the Los... Read more
Moviemaker Chris Columbus gave up his acting dreams after watching his onscreen skills in action while making Home Alone. The beloved director of films like Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Stepmom and Mrs. Doubtfire and his assistant decided to play newscasters in the first Home Alone film - and he admits he was awful. He tells WENN, "I wanted to act but I was a horrific actor. In Home Alone we had a newscast and my assistant director and I... Read more
Harry Potter star Rupert Grint has been harbouring a crush on co-star Emma Watson for years - confessing both he and Daniel Radcliffe battle to win favour with the pretty actress during filming. The trio met as kids when they were cast as the leading stars of the boy wizard franchise for the first movie in the series, 2001's Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. They have all featured in every Potter film since - and Grint admits he couldn't wait to lock lips with Watson on film for the... Read more
"Film orange?!?" For most of us, Roy Scheider's contribution to mobile cinema culture in the popular Orange commercials a little while back was a reminder of an esteemed actor who had been away too long. The ad made reference to Scheider's two most famous films - The French Connection (his first Oscar nomination) and Jaws. Both were huge box office hits in the early 1970s, though neither quite propelled him into the A-list. He was also in Klute, Marathon Man and All That Jazz (his best... Read more
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