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      • A strong central performance from Steve McQueen and absorbingly contemplative direction from Sam Peckinpah make rodeo drama Junior Bonner a classic character study.
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  3. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › junior-bonner-1972Junior Bonner movie review & film summary (1972) | Roger Ebert

    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.

  4. www.imdb.com › title › tt0068786Junior Bonner (1972) - IMDb

    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

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  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Junior_BonnerJunior Bonner - Wikipedia

    Junior "JR" Bonner is a rodeo cowboy who is slightly past his prime, although he won't admit it. Junior is first seen taping up his injuries after an unsuccessful ride on an ornery bull named Sunshine. He returns home to Prescott, Arizona, for the Independence Day parade and rodeo.

  7. www.imdb.com › title › tt0068786Junior Bonner (1972) - User Reviews - IMDb

    Junior Bonner joins a great pantheon of rodeo films like The Lusty Men, J.W. Coop, and 8 Seconds in depicting the hard, but rewarding life as a rodeo performer. And this review is dedicated to all the cowboys, to the Adriano Moraeses and the J.B. Mauneys who risk life and limb in the dirt arena trying to do their personal best at what they love.

  8. www.rottentomatoes.com › m › junior_bonnerJunior Bonner - Rotten Tomatoes

    When wandering middle-aged rodeo rider Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen) returns to his Arizona hometown, he reunites with his family, which includes his charming, troublemaking father, Ace...

    • (24)
    • Sam Peckinpah
    • PG
    • Steve Mcqueen

  9. www.sensesofcinema.com › 2018 › cteqRiding, Jumping, Standing Still: Junior Bonner (Sam Peckinpah ...

    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).

  10. www.thespinningimage.co.uk › cultfilms › displaycultJunior Bonner Review (1972) - thespinningimage.co.uk

    Ageing rodeo rider Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen) returns to his hometown of Prescott, Arizona for the Independence Day parade and rodeo. He arrives to find his family home being bulldozed by a real-estate company fronted by his arrogant brother Curly ( Joe Don Baker ).