Sorcerer (1977)
Directed by William Friedkin
Four fugitives from Veracruz, Jerusalem, Paris and New Jersey wash up in a squalid South American oil town and take the job of driving trucks of unstable dynamite 218 miles through the jungle to a burning well.
- Travel shown
- On foot, bike, skis or swimming
- Not shown on screen
- Fictional place
- 1Apartment≈ 00:01:00Veracruz, MexicoStated on screen
Nilo calmly shoots a man in his flat and walks out into the square.
- 1Damascus Gate≈ 00:04:00JerusalemStated on screen
After a bombing, Kassem is the only one of his cell to escape the army raid.
- 1Paris, France≈ 00:12:00Stated on screen
Facing fraud charges after his partner's suicide, Victor leaves his wife and the country.
- 1Church bingo robbery≈ 00:22:00Elizabeth, New JerseyStated on screen
Jackie drives the getaway car in a church robbery that wounds a mob boss's brother, then has to flee.
- 2Oil company town≈ 00:32:00PorvenirStated on screenFictional
Living under false names in poverty, the four sign up to haul nitro-sweating dynamite to a blown-out well.
- 3Rope bridge and cliff road≈ 01:05:00Jungle road to the burning wellInferredFictional
- 4Burning oil well≈ 01:45:00InferredFictional
- 5Bar≈ 01:53:00PorvenirStated on screenFictional
The journey in numbers
- Distance travelled
- 26,780 km
- Places
- 7
- Countries
- 4
- Stops
- 8
- Not shown: 26,576 km
- Truck: 204 km
Distances are measured in a straight line between stops, so real road distances are longer.
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