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Publicity Listings:
8 Biographical Movies
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20 Print Biographies
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1 Interview
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6 Articles
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1 Magazine Cover Photo
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Alternate Names:
David S. Peckinpah | David Peckinpah | Sam 'The Man' Peckinpah
Height:
5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Personal Quote:
I want to be able to make westerns like [
Akira Kurosawa] makes westerns.
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Trivia:
In 1954 director
Don Siegel and producer
Walter Wanger had been desperately trying to persuade the warden of San Quentin Prison to allow the use of the facility to film
Riot in Cell Block 11, but the warden had adamantly refused. After the final meeting in the prison, when the warden had said there was nothing Siegel or Wanger could do to persuade him to allow filming there...
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Trademark:
Balletic, slow-motion action sequences, edited so that the deaths of two or more characters are shown simultaneously.
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Nickname:
Peck
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Star Sign:
Pisces