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The Wild Bunch (18-Jun-1969)
Director: Sam Peckinpah Writers: Walon Green; Sam Peckinpah; Roy N. Sickner Music by: Jerry Fielding Producer: Phil Feldman Keywords: Western, Mexico, Explosions Set in 1913 Texas, Pike Bishop and his gang of aging outlaws try for one more big score, a shipment of U.S. Army guns, which they intend to sell to a Mexican general fighting Pancho Villa. History has passed such men by; it is the end of the Old West. Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece is still shocking today. Received Oscar nominations for Best Score and Best Screenplay. Entered 1999 into the National Film Registry.
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CAST | William Holden | ... Pike | | Ernest Borgnine | ... Dutch | | Robert Ryan | ... Thornton | | Edmond O'Brien | ... Sykes | | Warren Oates | ... Lyle Gorch | | | Co-Starring | | Jaime Sanchez | ... Angel | | Ben Johnson | ... Tector Gorch | | | Also Starring | | Emilio Fernandez | ... Mapache | | Strother Martin | ... Coffer | | L. Q. Jones | ... T. C. | | Albert Dekker | ... Harrigan | | | with | | Bo Hopkins | ... Crazy Lee | | Dub Taylor | ... Wainscoat | | Jorge Russek | ... Zamorra | | Alfonso Arau | ... Herrera | | Chano Urueta | ... Don Jose | | Sonia Amelio | ... Teresa | | Aurora Clavel | ... Aurora | | Elsa Cardenas | ... Elsa | | | Paul Harper | ... Ross | | Bill Hart | ... Jess | | Rayford Barnes | ... Buck | | Steve Ferry | ... Sgt. McHale | | Enrique Lucero | ... Ignacio | | Elizabeth Dupeyron | ... Rocio | | Yolanda Ponce | ... Yolis | | Jose Chavez | ... Juan Jose | | Rene Dupeyron | ... Juan | | Pedro Galvan | ... Benson | | Graciela Doring | ... Emma | | Major Perez | ... Perez | | Fernando Wagner | ... Mohr | | Jorge Rado | ... Ernst | | Ivan Scott | ... Paymaster | | Seņora Madero | ... Margaret | | Margarito Luna | ... Luna | | Chalo Gonzalez | ... Gonzalez | | Lilia Castillo | ... Lilia | | Elizabeth Unda | ... Carmen | | Julio Corona | ... Julio |
REVIEWS Review by anonymous (posted on 9-Aug-2006) This film, a western, is almost
universally agreed to be a masterpiece, and is usually included on
critics' lists of the best films of all time. The tale of a bunch of
ruthless outlaws who are past their prime and out of time, it features
a cast with four Oscar-winners (Holden, Johnson, Borgnine and O'Brien).
The screenplay was written by Walon Green and Roy Sickner, and the
dialog has an authenticity rare in film of any genre. Director Sam
Peckinpaugh, a Westerner by birth, staged the film in such a way that,
as one critic observed, one can "feel the dust". The film is famous for
its violence, and drew much criticism for "glorifying violence", but
the violence is stylized and almost balletic. The film combines humor
and sadness, courage and despair, squalor and beauty. In the end, most
of the Wild Bunch are killed, and this brings on a genuine sadness and
sense of loss. It is difficult to experience the film on DVD in quite
the same way it appeared in theaters almost 40 years ago. On the big
screen, the power of the film was almost overwhelming.
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