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m.div. Children. 5. David Samuel Peckinpah (/ ˈpɛkɪnˌpɑː /; [ 1 ] February 21, 1925 – December 28, 1984) was an American film director and screenwriter. His 1969 Western epic The Wild Bunch received an Academy Award nomination and was ranked No. 80 on the American Film Institute 's top 100 list.
Aug 28, 2024 · Sam Peckinpah (born February 21, 1925, Fresno, California, U.S.—died December 28, 1984, Inglewood, California) was an American motion-picture director and screenwriter who was known for ultraviolent but often lyrical films that explored issues of morality and identity.
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American motion-picture director and screenwriter Sam Peckinpah was best known for working on westerns, in which he incorporated magnificent landscapes, embittered characters drifting in a West that has lost its code of honor, and gruesome, realistically choreographed gunplay. His films often explored issues of morality and identity.
May 29, 2018 · Known for the graphic violence and beauty of his challenging films, director Sam Peckinpah (1925-1984) was a Hollywood maverick whose movies were highly controversial. He was best known for such bloody, exquisitely crafted westerns as The Wild Bunch.
PECKINPAH, David Samuel ("Sam") (b. 21 February 1925 in Fresno, California; d. 28 December 1984 in Inglewood, California), actor, television and motion picture scriptwriter, and film director whose 1969 film The Wild Bunch reflected the violence and social upheaval of the late 1960s. Peckinpah was one of three children born to David Edward ...
Sam Peckinpah. Writer: The Wild Bunch. "If they move", commands stern-eyed William Holden, "kill 'em". So begins The Wild Bunch (1969), Sam Peckinpah's bloody, high-body-count eulogy to the mythologized Old West. "Pouring new wine into the bottle of the Western, Peckinpah explodes the bottle", observed critic Pauline Kael.
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Jul 31, 2006 · Peckinpah’s epitaph may be the annihilation of cinema through its liberation. In breaking the taboos of watching, he may have opened the door to the complete submission of cinema to nihilism. Nothing is now forbidden.
