| | Wild Bunch, The (Special Edition) | |
Description
As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, the ageing gunmen of Sam Peckinpahs masterpiece break the very laws of honour which bind them in this bloody and meditative tale of the American West widely considered to be the self-conscious nail in the coffin of the genre. William Holden, Robert Ryan, and Ernest Borgnine star as the leaders of a grizzled crew of Texan bandits who ride to Mexico, where, one by one, they are unceremoniously slaughtered by a Mexican revolutionary. The western, a genre steeped in legend and the concept of loyalty, was a dying breed when Sam Peckinpah unleashed this amoral and violent opus. Along with BONNIE AND CLYDE, it ushered in a new breed of Hollywood film, depicting a harsh reality where lines between right and wrong became blurred. Peckinpah brilliantly used ageing Western stars such as Ryan and Holden to convey this passing of the cinematic torch. The film brought issues of violence and morality in movies to the forefront of American film criticism. Instead of appreciating the film as a critique of brutal violence, many critics responded by rejecting what they saw as a superfluous spectacle of dead bodies.
Special Features
Commentary By Peckinpah Biographers And Documentarians Nick Redman Paul Seydor Garner Simmons And David Weddle, Peckinpah Trailer Gallery, Never Before Seen The Wild Bunch Outtakes, Sam Peckinpahs West Legacy Of A Hollywood Renegade, 1966 Oscar Nominee The Wild Bunch An Album In Montage, A Simple Adventure Story Sam Peckinpah Mexico And The Wild Bunch
Technical Details
Region 2
Running Time: 138 minutes
Production Year: 1969
Main Language: English
Genre: Westerns
Certificate: 18 Suitable for 18 years and over. Not for sale to persons under age 18, by placing an order for this product you are declaring that you are 18 years or over.
Directed by: Sam Peckinpah and Sam Peckinpah
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