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As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, the ageing gunmen of Sam Peckinpah's 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.Product Identifiers
ProducerPhil Feldman
EAN7321900142663
eBay Product ID (ePID)69972521
Product Key Features
ActorEmilio Fernandez, Edmond O'brien, Ben Johnson, Strother Martin, Robert Ryan, Warren Oates, Ernest Borgnine, William Holden, Albert Dekker, L.Q. Jones
Film/TV TitleThe Wild Bunch
DirectorSam Peckinpah
LanguageEnglish
Run Time138 Mins
Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
FormatBlu-ray
Release Year2008
FeaturesWidescreen, Director's Cut
GenreWesterns
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate18
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerJerry Fielding
ReviewsVariety - ...Virtually every character in THE WILD BUNCH is a fully fleshed-out, complex portrait of humanity....It's a tale that is just as important and pertinent as ever..., Entertainment Weekly - "...Engrossing entertainment." -- Rating: B+, USA Today - ...There's never been a greater movie about loyalty among men than this...
Art DirectorEdward Carrere
ScreenwriterWalon Green, Sam Peckinpah
AuthorRoy N. Sickner
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitleThe Wild Bunch
EditorLou Lombardo
Director of PhotographyLucien Ballard