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Release Date:
7 August 1969 (Hong Kong)
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Tagline:
The land had changed. They hadn't. The earth had cooled. They couldn't. more
Plot:
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. full summary | full synopsis
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 5 wins
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2 nominations
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The Wild Cinema of Peckinpah
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | William Holden | ... | Pike Bishop |
 | Ernest Borgnine | ... | Dutch Engstrom |
 | Robert Ryan | ... | Deke Thornton |
 | Edmond O'Brien | ... | Freddie Sykes |
 | Warren Oates | ... | Lyle Gorch |
| Jaime Sánchez | ... | Angel (as Jaime Sanchez) |
 | Ben Johnson | ... | Tector Gorch |
| Emilio Fernández | ... | Gen. Mapache (as Emilio Fernandez) |
| Strother Martin | ... | Coffer |
| L.Q. Jones | ... | T.C |
| Albert Dekker | ... | Pat Harrigan |
| Bo Hopkins | ... | Clarence 'Crazy' Lee |
| Dub Taylor | ... | Rev. Wainscoat |
| Paul Harper | ... | Ross |
| Jorge Russek | ... | Maj. Zamorra |
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Runtime:
134 min | USA:145 min (1995 re-release)
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Colour:
Colour (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
DTS (1995 re-release) |
Dolby Digital (1995 re-release) |
Mono (35 mm prints) |
SDDS (1995 re-release)
Certification:
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1995) |
Canada:AA (Ontario) (re-rating) (1995) |
Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) (original rating) |
Canada:R (Manitoba) |
UK:18 (re-rating) (1988) (also director's cut) |
UK:X (original rating) (cut) |
France:-18 (original rating) |
Brazil:14 |
Finland:K-16 (1988) (cut) |
Finland:K-16 (1998) (uncut) (director's cut) |
Finland:K-18 (1969) (uncut) |
South Korea:18 |
Iceland:16 |
Malaysia:U (director's cut) |
USA:R (re-rating on appeal) |
Germany:16 (DVD rating) |
Canada:18A (British Columbia) (1999) |
Portugal:M/12 |
Spain:13 |
Australia:MA (director's cut) |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
France:-12 (director's cut) |
Netherlands:12 |
New Zealand:R16 (director's cut) |
Norway:16 (cut) |
Norway:18 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
Sweden:15 |
USA:R (original rating) |
West Germany:16 (w) |
Ireland:18
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This film was adapted from a story thought up by Roy N. Sickner, an actor and stuntman. Writer Walon Green wrote the script, which was then rewritten by Sam Peckinpah. Green felt that Peckinpah's rewrite was substantial enough to deserve credit, but Green had to lobby the writer’s guild to allow Peckinpah a credit. Green has always said he was grateful to Peckinpah for not rewriting too much of the script just to get credit. Green, Sickner and Peckinpah all shared Academy award nominations for best screenplay (the only Oscar nomination Peckinpah ever received in his entire career.) They didn't win.
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Anachronisms: Coffer is seen using a Model 1903/A3 bolt-action rifle on the rooftop during the bank shootout scene. The /A3 model is clearly distinguishable from its earlier predecessor, the Model of 1903, by the rear sight placement on the rifle. The Model of 1903 used tangent sight located on the barrel, in front of the receiver, whereas the newer, improved variant used a "peep" sight located on the receiver bridge nearer to the bolt handle. The /A3 variant was a World War Two (circa 1941) improvement on the older model of 1903. Coffer should have been seen using a Model 1903, instead of a 1903/A3.
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Quotes:
Coffer:
Mr Thornton; you, ah, rode with Pike, what kinda man we up against?
Deke Thornton: [thinking back] The *best*; he never got *caught*!
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Deke Thornton: [thinking back] The *best*; he never got *caught*!
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Featured in The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)
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Peckinpah has a rep and this is the film which provided most of it. I had the privilege of actually seeing this on the big screen once, in the late seventies. As the beginning credits end, Pike (Holden) tells his bunch "If they move, Kill 'em!" Then Peckinpah's credit appears. A woman seated behind me gasped, whispering "oh, no..." Oh, my. It sounded like the lady didn't know she'd wandered into a Peckinpah film and she knew what she was in for. When you enter Peckinpah-land, you need to be prepared. There are no punches pulled, no sidestepping the unpleasant aspects of life. Peckinpah's characters are tough men; I mean, really tough, not phony-Hollywood tough. In this case, they are coarsened by what seems to be years on the trail, blasted by the sun, snapped at by rattlesnakes, and harassed by bandits. And at this point, they've pretty much had it.
Not that they're complaining, mind you. They've lived their lives how they saw fit, this bunch, and they make no apologies for any of it. I believe the actual year is around 1913, just before World War I begins. Most of the action takes place in Mexico, where the Bunch becomes involved with a local general (Fernandez) with the usual delusions of grandeur. If you go by the name of the character Angel, the general can be viewed as a version of the devil. That would make the Bunch avenging angels at the end. But heroes? No, not at all. They have their own code, they know instinctively they're stronger together than on each own, but they reason this concept out also - Peckinpah wants to make sure it's clear these are not unthinking savages. They're just men, who've reached a point in history where they must make a crucial turn. History, it seems, has no real use for them anymore. It's quite simple - they either fade slowly or go out quickly. In a film such as this, with its now insurmountable rep, you tend to wait for those big set pieces, especially the climactic battle. Wait for it, wait for it... here it is. Bam! - you're in Peckinpah territory. You're a part of history.