The Harvard Film Archive is thrilled to welcome back legendary filmmaker William Friedkin (b. 1935)—the subject of an expanded 2009 HFA retrospective—to present screenings of his celebrated latest feature, Killer Joe and the digitally remastered version of Sorcerer, one of his indisputably greatest films. More than a tribute celebration of one of the American cinema’s most talented filmmakers, Mr. Friedkin returns to Harvard for a very special occasion, to present to Houghton Library the original manuscripts for his acclaimed memoir The Friedkin Connection and to donate a set of 35mm prints of his films to the Film Archive. We are honored to receive William Friedkin and to accept his generous gift which will offer an invaluable resource for future generations of film scholars and historians.

To celebrate and make official this important gift, a short ceremony will be held in the Harvard Film Archive theater before the screening of Sorcerer. – Haden Guest