Not exact matches
The troubled production went over-budget, took years to finish, and, upon its original release, performed poorly — the same year as Saturday Night Fever and Close Encounters
of the Third Kind —
Sorcerer opened a week before a little film called Star Wars, which capsized it in its considerable wake.
The film
opens in grand fashion as King Uther Pendragon (Eric Bana) defends Camelot from an army
of giant elephants under the control
of the evil
sorcerer Mordred (Rob Knighton).
In addition, we had William Friedkin come on the closing night as our guest
of honor and, after many weeks
of effort, we were able to finally secure a 35 mm print
of «
Sorcerer,» his stunning 1977 reworking
of «The Wages
of Fear» that had the misfortune to go over-schedule and over-budget and
open a week after «Star Wars,» as the grand finale.
The disc
opens with ads for The Theory
of Everything, Dragonheart 3: The
Sorcerer's Curse, Unbroken, Kill the Messenger and Nightcrawler.
The Benedict Cumberbatch «s
Sorcerer Supreme also
opened overseas, bringing the film's international total to $ 240.4 million and has a worldwide total
of $ 325.4 million after 13 days.
He said that the Doctor Strange film, announced as having a release date
of November 4, 2016 would
open up the supernatural side
of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with the
sorcerer «entering the world
of parallel dimemsions.»
Fans
of JK Rowling's student
sorcerer will be pleased to know the Pottermore Shop - the only place to buy Harry Potter e-books and audio books - is now
open for business.
Gilbert and Sullivan Society
of Houston: The group's performers sing excerpts from the comedy duo's «The
Sorcerer» as a preview
of production
opening July 18.
This is apparently turned off by default, as I
opened YouTube and listened to Journey
of the
Sorcerer, and was very disappointed.