SORCERER — William Friedkin’s heart of darkness

In the mid-’70s, legendary director William Friedkin — fresh off THE EXORCIST — helicoptered into South America with tens of millions of dollars… and emerged with malaria and a bleak, thrilling masterpiece called SORCERER. The only problem was the competition: A little movie called STAR WARS.

Host Rico Gagliano tells the story of how SORCERER crashed and burned at the box office — with help from the film’s screenwriter Walon Green (THE WILD BUNCH), Oscar-winning producer Mark Johnson (THE HOLDOVERS), and more.

The latest season of The MUBI Podcast – BOX OFFICE POISON — dives into six visionary films... that were also notorious flops. Inspired by the new book of the same name by Tim Robey, film critic for The Telegraph, every episode is a wild ride through a great movie's rise, and fall, and rise. 

BIRD is now showing in theaters across the US, UK, Canada and Ireland. Visit mubi.com/bird for showtimes and tickets.

COW is streaming on MUBI in many countries. You can also check out our special episode with Andrea Arnold about the film - listen here.

To stream some of the films we've covered on the podcast, check out the collection Featured on the MUBI Podcast. Availability of films varies depending on your country.

Check out the latest MUBI Podcast Expanded piece - an exclusive preface to Tim Robey's book, Box Office Poison, which inspired this season. Read the article here.

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