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The Wild Bunch (1969)
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An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. Director:Sam Peckinpah |
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Title: The Wild Bunch (1969)
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Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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Cast
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William Holden | ... | |
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Ernest Borgnine | ... | |
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Robert Ryan | ... | |
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Edmond O'Brien | ... | |
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Warren Oates | ... | |
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Jaime Sánchez | ... |
Angel
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Ben Johnson | ... | |
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Emilio Fernández | ... |
Gen. Mapache
(as Emilio Fernandez)
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Strother Martin | ... | |
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L.Q. Jones | ... | |
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Albert Dekker | ... | |
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Bo Hopkins | ... | |
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Dub Taylor | ... | |
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Paul Harper | ... |
Ross
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Jorge Russek | ... |
Maj. Zamorra
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Storyline
In the Wild Bunch the movie opens with a group of aging outlaw's final score, a bank robbery. The event concludes with a violent and overtly bloody shootout that would generally mark the finale of a movie. This is correct in that it marks the finale of an era, for the characters and the world they live in. They simply can no longer keep up, the times are changing, technology advancing, and they're style of life is getting left behind in the dust that they spent so long galloping through. They abandon their careers for the simpler life of retirement. They enjoy this time, they live their fantasies. During this time the law is always on their tracks, bounty hunters. The further into their fantasy they get, the closer their demise seems to get. When one of their own is captured they are faced with the choice of escape or what is certainly a suicide mission to attempt and free their fallen behind comrade... Written by VilanTrub@gmail.com
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Unchanged men in a changing land. Out of step, out of place and desperately out of time. See more »Genres:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
La pandilla salvaje See more »Box Office
Budget:
$6,244,087 (estimated)Gross:
$10,500,000 (USA) (1970)Company Credits
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Runtime:
USA:Sound Mix:
70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | DTS (1995 re-release) | Dolby Digital (1995 re-release) | Mono (35 mm prints) | SDDS (1995 re-release)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.20 : 1
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[indistinct voices]
Rev. Wainscoat: Do not drink wine or strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, least ye shall die. Look not though upon the wine when it is red, and when it bringeth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright at the last, it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder. Now folks, that's from the Good Book, but in this here town it's five cents a glass. Five cents a glass, now does anyone think that that is a price of a drink?
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(uncredited)
Written by Robert Lowry
Played by the Temperance Union Band in the shootout at Starbuck See more »
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Co-writer/director Sam Peckinpah stated that one of his goals for this movie was to give the audience "some idea of what it is to be gunned down." A memorable incident occurred, to that end, as Peckinpah's crew were consulting him on the "gunfire" effects to be used in the film. Not satisfied with the results from the squibs his crew had brought for him, Peckinpah became exasperated; he finally hollered, "That's not what I want! *That's not what I want!*" Then he grabbed an actual revolver and fired it into a nearby wall. The gun empty, Peckinpah barked at his stunned crew: "That's the effect I want!!" See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: When the gang is crossing the desert and fall down the sand dune, the sun is behind them, casting shadows in front of them. During the close-ups (ostensibly shot on a stage) the shadows fall behind the actors as if the sun was in front of them. See more »Quotes
[first lines][indistinct voices]
Rev. Wainscoat: Do not drink wine or strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, least ye shall die. Look not though upon the wine when it is red, and when it bringeth his color in the cup, when it moveth itself aright at the last, it biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an adder. Now folks, that's from the Good Book, but in this here town it's five cents a glass. Five cents a glass, now does anyone think that that is a price of a drink?
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Soundtracks
"Shall We Gather at the River?"(uncredited)
Written by Robert Lowry
Played by the Temperance Union Band in the shootout at Starbuck See more »
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