Did you know that Sam Peckinpah was fired amidst the production of multiple pictures before getting the chance to direct his classic Western film The Wild Bunch and that he worked with actors such as L.Q. Jones and Warren Oates on numerous occasions? Sam Peckinpah was a legendary director best known for directing such features as The Wild Bunch and The Getaway. The Wild Bunch hit theaters in 1969, proving a big shock for audience members who were used to traditional Westerns. The film was a good deal more violent and amoral than traditional genre entries of the past, though this amorality came with a message.
▬Contents of this video▬ 00:00 - Intro 00:15 - The Director of The Wild Bunch Was Truly Wild 01:44 - Ride the High Country Featured Members of “Peckinpah’s Posse” 03:23 - Sam Had a Good Deal of Frontier Heart 04:57 - Sam Was a Director with Lots of Integrity 06:22 - The End of “Bloody” Sam Peckinpah 06:48 - Outro
Sam intended The Wild Bunch as a critique on the Vietnam War, and he was adamant that the violence he intended to be in the film stay in it despite any controversy. Sam had previously lost fights on pictures in the editing room, and The Wild Bunch ended up being the first film that Sam was able to deliver to cinema screens the way he intended. Perhaps, as a result, The Wild Bunch ended up being a career-defining hit for the filmmaker, and producers were subsequently less questioning of his creative choices.
The Wild Bunch was considered so violent and controversial for its time that it led to its director receiving the nickname of “Bloody” Sam Peckinpah. The director would live up to this nickname in his ensuing career with such controversial classics as the Dustin Hoffman-starring Straw Dogs. Join Facts Verse as we take a look at the insane true story of “Bloody” Sam Peckinpah.
The Insane True Story of Bloody Sam Peckinpah
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