ABOUT THE FILM:

William Friedkin’s visually stunning film follows small-time crook Roy Scheider from Brooklyn to the sweltering jungles of South America, where he lands a job hauling nitroglycerine with hard-luck losers Bruno Cremer and Francisco Rabal. Rather than simply remake Henri-Georges Clouzot’s famed THE WAGES OF FEAR, Friedkin re-imagines the story as a bleak, cosmic vision of man vs. nature, climaxing in the mind-bending image of Scheider and crew literally pushing a loaded truck across a spindly rope bridge.

ABOUT THE RESTORATION:
This 2025 4K digital restoration was undertaken by the Criterion Collection, from a scan of the 35mm original camera negative.

An original 35mm print was used for color reference. The sound was sourced from the original 35mm 2.0 Surround mix.

Digital Picture Restoration: Resillion, Los Angeles