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Apr 1, 2024 · 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 for ultraviolent but often lyrical films that explored issues of morality and identity.
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Mr. Peckinpah died at Centinela Hospital Medical Center in Los Angeles, where he had been flown Thursday from Mexico after doctors discovered a blood clot in a lung, said Nancy Galloway, a...
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 ...
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...
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- The Westerner (1960) As a screenwriter and director, Peckinpah became a leading figure during the golden age of television westerns. He worked on Gunsmoke and Have Gun — Will Travel, among many other network TV shows.
- The Deadly Companions (1961) Peckinpah typically dismissed his first feature film, The Deadly Companions, because he was hamstrung by the producer. But the young director was able to interject some signature flourishes here and there.
- Ride the High Country (1962) Starring Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea at the end of their careers, Ride the High Country was made for a dime and considered a throwaway by MGM.
- Major Dundee, the Extended Edition (1965) Starring Charlton Heston, Major Dundee was to be a retelling of Moby Dick, only minus the whale and moved to the deserts of Mexico.
Feb 26, 2019 · Sam Peckinpah’s ‘The Wild Bunch’ killed the western dream, echoing the violence of 1969. By Paul W. Gleason. Feb. 26, 2019 9 AM PT. The heroes of the old American West lived by a simple ...
Sam Peckinpah. Writer: The Wild Bunch. "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. That exploding bottle also christened the director with the nickname ...
