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Personal Details
Other Works:
Music video:
Directed
Julian Lennon video "Too Late for Goodbyes".
Publicity Listings:
8 Biographical Movies
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18 Print Biographies
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2 Interviews
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9 Articles
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2 Pictorials
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1 Magazine Cover Photo
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Alternate Names:
Sam Peckimpah | David S. Peckinpah | David Peckinpah | Sam 'The Man' Peckinpah
Height:
5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Personal Quote:
[interview in Le Devoir, 10/12/74] I don't want to hear it said that I don't like women! I tried to show in [
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)] that I adore them. They represent the positive pole of the film, the life force and instinct.
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Trivia:
Was hired by
Marlon Brando to adopt
Charles Neider's novella about Billy the Kid, "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones," that served as the basis for Brando's directorial debut,
One-Eyed Jacks (1961) (the only film Brando ever directed). While
Stanley Kubrick was still slated to be the project's director, Peckinpah wrote what he believed was a good script; subsequently, he was devastated when he ...
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Trademark:
The lead character (or characters) in most of his films live by a code of conduct or honor that proves to be obsolete in the face of changing times.
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