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Junior Bonner is a 1972 American contemporary Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Joe Don Baker and Ida Lupino. The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as he returns to his hometown of Prescott, Arizona , to participate in an annual rodeo competition and reunite with his brother and estranged ...
Junior Bonner: Directed by Sam Peckinpah. With Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino, Ben Johnson. Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts.
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- Drama, Western
- Sam Peckinpah
- 1972-07-21
Jul 7, 2021 · In honor of the 50th Anniversary of the production of Junior Bonner , the Western Heritage Center of Prescott invites fans of the Western classic to share their memories of the film's production in Prescott and Yavapai County in the summer or 1971.
Aug 11, 1972 · Junior Bonner now at the Sack 57. By Michael Sragow. August 11, 1972. JUNIOR BONNER begins with a black-and-white fog-grained portrait of the title rodeo star, played acutely by a mellowed...
Oct 1, 2018 · In one of its more forceful moments, the abandoned home of Ace Bonner (Junior’s ageing father and former rodeo champion, played by Robert Preston) is torn apart by graders amidst a vision of toxic, environmentally ruinous America enabled by Junior’s entrepreneurial brother, Curly (Joe Don Baker).
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Reviews. Junior Bonner. Action. 100 minutes ‧ 1972. Roger Ebert. September 20, 1972. 3 min read. There’s this thing for rodeo movies all of a sudden. Mostly they seem to have the same plot – the veteran rodeo star making his comeback against the meanest bull on the circuit.
With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father.
