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December 29, 1984 at 12:00 a.m. EST. Sam Peckinpah, the director known for his graphic depictions of violence in such films as "The Wild Bunch," "Straw Dogs" and "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo...
Dec 29, 1984 · Sam Peckinpah, the maverick movie director best known for his westerns and graphic uses of violence on film, died yesterday at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Inglewood, a Los Angeles...
David Samuel Peckinpah ( / ˈpɛkɪnˌpɑː /; [1] February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director and screenwriter. His 1969 Western epic The Wild Bunch received an Academy Award nomination and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institute 's top 100 list. His films employed a visually innovative and explicit ...
Apr 1, 2024 · Died: December 28, 1984, Inglewood, California (aged 59) Notable Works: “Junior Bonner”. “Ride the High Country”. “Straw Dogs”. “The Wild Bunch”. Sam Peckinpah (born February 21, 1925, Fresno, California, U.S.—died December 28, 1984, Inglewood, California) was an American motion-picture director and screenwriter who was known ...
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February 21, 1925 · Fresno, California, USA. Died. December 28, 1984 · Inglewood, California, USA (heart failure) Birth name. David Edward Samuel Ernest Peckinpah Jr. Nicknames. Bloody Sam. Mad Sam. Peck. Height. 5′ 9″ (1.75 m) Mini Bio. "If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em".
- February 21, 1925
- December 28, 1984
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Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984) Sam Peckinpah. "If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em". So begins The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam Peckinpah's bloody, high-body-count eulogy to the mythologized Old West. "Pouring new wine into the bottle of the Western, Peckinpah explodes the bottle", observed critic Pauline Kael.
Dec 17, 2023 · December 17, 2023. When archives of the late great filmmaker Sam Peckinpah were nearly lost, the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum rode to the rescue. M averick filmmaker Sam...
