The Wild Bunch (1969) | |
| Director(s) | Sam Peckinpah |
| Producer(s) | Phil Feldman, Roy N. Sickner (associate) |
| Top Genres | Action, Western |
| Top Topics | Gunfighters, Outlaws |
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The Wild Bunch (1969) was a Action - Western Film directed by Sam Peckinpah and produced by Phil Feldman and Roy N. Sickner.
The Wild Bunch was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1999.
Academy Awards 1969 --- Ceremony Number 42 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Scoring | Jerry Fielding | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Story by Walon Green, Roy N. Sickner; Screenplay by Walon Green, Sam Peckinpah | Nominated |
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The Wild Bunch (1969)
By Beatrice on Apr 23, 2020 From Flickers in TimeThe Wild Bunch Directed by Sam Peckinpah Written by Walon Green, Sam Peckinpah, and Roy N. Sickner 1969/US First viewing/Amazon Instant One of 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die This bloody, violent Western holds out little hope for humanity. ?Maybe not the thing for the disgusted during Lockdo... Read full article
The Wild Bunch - Looking Back on Peckinpah's Classic After 50 Years
By Rick29 on Oct 16, 2019 From Classic Film & TV CafeWilliam Holden in The Wild Bunch. Fifty years ago, two of American cinema's most influential Westerns were released: the revisionist Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch. Neither film staved off the decline of the Western genre, but each impacted Hollywood in signif... Read full article
The Wild Bunch (1969, Sam Peckinpah), the director’s cut
By Andrew Wickliffe on Apr 15, 2017 From The Stop ButtonThe Wild Bunch opens with a methodically executed heist slash shootout sequence. Director Peckinpah quickly introduces cast members, partially due to the dramatic plotting, mostly due to Lou Lombardo?s fantastic editing. All juxtaposed with some kids watching ants kill scorpions. The Wild Bunch open... Read full article
The Wild Bunch (1969)
By smumcountry on Jan 21, 2015 From Smum CountyJanuary 21, 2015 by smumcounty It?s 1913. A band of outlaws in Texas headed by Pike Bishop (William Holden) are looking to make one more big score so they can retire. To that end they plan the robbery of a railroad office which reportedly has a safe full of silver coins. They manage to ride into tow... Read full article
The Wild Bunch (1969)
By smumcountry on Jan 21, 2015 From Smum CountyJanuary 21, 2015 by smumcounty It?s 1913. A band of outlaws in Texas headed by Pike Bishop (William Holden) are looking to make one more big score so they can retire. To that end they plan the robbery of a railroad office which reportedly has a safe full of silver coins. They manage to ride into tow... Read full article
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Pike Bishop: We're not gonna get rid of anybody! We're gonna stick together, just like it used to be! When you side with a man, you stay with him! And if you can't do that, you're like some animal, you're finished! *We're* finished! All of us!
Pike Bishop: You boys want to move on or stay here and give him a... decent burial?
Tector Gorch: He was a good man, and I think we oughta bury him.
Pike Bishop: He's DEAD! And he's got a lot of good men back there to keep him company!
Lyle Gorch: Too damn many!
Dutch Engstrom: [removes his hat] I think the boys are right. I'd like to say a few words for the dear, dead departed. And maybe a few hymns'd be in order. Followed by a church supper. With a choir!
Lyle Gorch: You crazy bastards! Both of ya!
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Sam Peckinpah's first two choices for the role of Deke Thornton were Richard Harris (who had co-starred in Major Dundee) and Brian Keith (who had worked with Peckinpah on The Westerner and The Deadly Companions). Harris was never formally approached, but Keith was, and turned the part down. Robert Ryan was ultimately cast in the part after Peckinpah saw him in The Dirty Dozen.
Final film of Albert Dekker'.
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