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The Wild Bunch
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Synopsis
"If they move, kill 'em!" Beginning and ending with two of the bloodiest battles in screen history, Sam Peckinpah's classic revisionist Western ruthlessly takes apart the myths of the West. Released in the late '60s discord over Vietnam, in the wake of the controversial Bonnie and Clyde (1967) and the brutal "spaghetti westerns" of Sergio Leone, The Wild Bunch polarized critics and audiences over its ferocious bloodshed. One side hailed it as a classic appropriately pitched to the violence and nihilism of the times, while the other reviled it as depraved. After a failed payroll robbery, the outlaw Bunch, led by aging Pike Bishop (William Holden) and including Dutch (Ernest Borgnine), Angel (Jaime Sanchez), and Lyle and Tector Gorch (Warren Oates and Ben Johnson), heads for Mexico pursued by the gang of Pike's friend-turned-nemesis Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan). Ultimately caught between the corruption of railroad fat cat Harrigan (Albert Dekker) and federale general Mapache (Emilio Fernandez), and without a frontier for escape, the Bunch opts for a final Pyrrhic victory, striding purposefully to confront Mapache and avenge their friend Angel. ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide

Cast

Ernest Borgnine Dutch
Albert Dekker Harrigan
William Holden Pike
Ben Johnson Tector Gorch
Strother Martin Coffer
Edmond O'Brien Sykes
Warren Oates Lyle Gorch
Jaime Sanchez Angel
Dub Taylor Wainscoat
Emilio Fernández Mapache
L.Q. Jones T.C.
Robert Ryan Thornton
Bo Hopkins Crazy Lee

Production Crew

Edward Carrere Art Director
Lucien Ballard Cinematographer
Jerry Fielding Composer (Music Score)
Paul Seydor Director
Sam Peckinpah Director
Lou Lombardo Editor
Paul Seydor Editor
Clifford C. Coleman First Assistant Director
Fred Gammon First Assistant Director
Albert S. Greenway Makeup
Nick Redman Producer
Paul Seydor Producer
Phil Feldman Producer
William Faralla Production Manager
Walon Green Screen Story
Paul Seydor Screenwriter
Sam Peckinpah Screenwriter
Walon Green Screenwriter
Roy N. Sickner Short Story Author
Roy N. Sickner Short Story Author
Bud Hulburd Special Effects
Jack Williams Stunts
Year: 1969
Runtime: 145
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
Category: Feature

Genre
Western

Produced by
7 Arts
Warner Brothers

Awards
1969 - Best Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1998 - 100 Greatest American Movies - American Film Institute
1999 - U.S. National Film Registry - Library of Congress