While it’s wonderful to see William Friedkin’s 1977 film SORCERER getting some much needed love at TCM’s yearly film festival (held this year at the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood), I’ll admit to my eyebrow shooting up at the word “The” in that video title.
(thanks again, robatsea2009!)
Eek. Yeah, it’s a minor mistake that can easily be corrected with a few keystrokes, but I’d never heard of “the City Lights” “The Ben Hur”, “The Frankenstein”, or “The King Kong” in my film studies. So that sort of thing is a bit pesky to me. Anyway, perhaps the person who posted this video was thinking of the film Friedkin’s is based off of, Henri-Georges Clouzot’s brilliant 1953 action/drama The Wages of Fear. Hmmm… now I want to see both films pop up on TCM soon. Or even better, FINALLY see Friedkin’s film make a decent Blu-Ray appearance, as it’s one that’s LONG due.
"DESTROY ALL FANBOYS!" 
Heehee. I also deplore an inappropriate use of ‘the.’
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It’s even funnier because I live in THE Bronx (and it sounds strange to just say “I’m from Bronx” in conversation), but no one mails me letters or packages with “The” on them… except one time when I got a gift from a friend overseas who was making a little joke to see if I’d notice. I did, but knew it was coming…
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