By Brent Lang LOS ANGLES (TheWrap.com) - Few filmmakers have reached the professional heights or the career depths of William Friedkin. In the mid-1970s, he was the toast of the movie business, picking up an Oscar for "The French Connection" and topping box office charts with the blockbuster "The Exorcist." By the end of the decade, he had washed out in spectacular fashion. "Sorcerer," his big-budget remake of the French classic "The Wages of Fear," cost a then unheard of sum of $22 million to make, and grossed roughly half of its production budget. ...
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