The others don't even exist." Friedkin suffered a decline in form just a few years after The Exorcist, his biggest box office success. Sorcerer, released in 1977, had an estimated budget of $22m ...

William Friedkin had some very kind words for a young director, one he said would be a success no matter what period of time he was working in.

Filmmaker William Friedkin leaned into these possibilities and then some with his 1971 feature The French Connection, while subsequent 1970s directorial efforts like The Exorcist and Sorcerer ...

After William Friedkin won Oscars for The French Connection (1971) and broke box office records with The Exorcist (1973), Paramount pretty much let him off the leash, even down to the choice of the ...