The Wild Bunch (1969)

Director:

Sam Peckinpah

Writers:

Walon Green (story) and
Roy N. Sickner (story) ...

Release Date:

7 agosto 1969 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Western

Frase comercial:

The land had changed. They hadn't. The earth had cooled. They couldn't.

Plot:

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

Plot Keywords:

Controversial | Squib | Extreme Violence | Cult Western | Nipples

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

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Cast

William Holden	...	Pike Bishop
Ernest Borgnine	...	Dutch Engstrom
Robert Ryan	...	Deke Thornton
Edmond O'Brien	...	Freddie Sykes
Warren Oates	...	Lyle Gorch
Jaime Sánchez	...	Angel (as Jaime Sanchez)
Ben Johnson	...	Tector Gorch
Emilio Fernández	...	Gen. Mapache (as Emilio Fernandez)
Strother Martin	...	Coffer
L.Q. Jones	...	T.C
Albert Dekker	...	Pat Harrigan
Bo Hopkins	...	Clarence 'Crazy' Lee
Dub Taylor	...	Rev. Wainscoat
Paul Harper	...	Ross
Jorge Russek	...	Maj. Zamorra

También conocida como:

Pandilla salvaje, La (Argentina) (Mexico) [es]
Grupo salvaje (Spain) [es]

Duración:

134 min | USA:145 min (1995 re-release)

País:

USA

Idioma:

German | English | Español

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | DTS (1995 re-release) | Dolby Digital (1995 re-release) | Mono (35 mm prints) | SDDS (1995 re-release)

Clasificación:

Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) (original rating) | South Korea:18 | Canada:AA (Ontario) (re-rating) (1995) | France:-18 (original rating) | Finland:K-16 (1988) (cut) | Malaysia:U (director's cut) | Brazil:12 (DVD rating) | Iceland:16 | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1995) | UK:18 (re-rating) (1988) (also director's cut) | Finland:K-16 (1998) (uncut) (director's cut) | Finland:K-18 (1969) (uncut) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | Australia:MA (director's cut) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | France:-12 (director's cut) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 (director's cut) | Norway:16 (cut) | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 (w) | Ireland:18

Filming Locations:

Durango, Mexico

Company:

Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Trivialidades:

Last scene to be completed was the exploding bridge over Rio Nazas (substituting for Rio Bravo). Five stuntmen, each paid $2,000, one take, six cameras. One camera was lost into the water.

Goofs:

Factual errors: In the scene in which Angel shoots his girlfriend, and the Wild Bunch is confronted by the Gen. Mapache's men, Commander Mohr asks them about their weapons, and informs them that they are U.S. Army weapons, and cannot be owned by civilians. In this scene, the only U.S. Army weapons which they possess are M1911 Colt pistols, which in fact had been sold commercially starting in 1911.

Quotes:

Tector Gorch: Silver rings.
Dutch Engstrom: [upset] "Silver rings", your *butt*! *Them's washers*! *Damn*!
Lyle Gorch: Washers. Washers. We shot our way out of that town for a dollar's worth of *steel holes*!
Pike Bishop: They set it up.
Lyle Gorch: "They"? Who in the hell is "they"?
Sykes: [laughs hysterically] "They"? Why, they is the plain and fancy they, that's who "they" is! Caught you, didn't they? Tied a tin can to your tail. Led you in and waltzed you out again. Oh my what a bunch! Big tough ones, hunh? Here you are with a handful of holes, a thumb up your ass, and a big grin to pass the time of day with. They? Who the hell is "they"?
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in If It Bleeds We Can Kill It: The Making of 'Predator' (2001) (V)

Wild!

The Western was a staple of the movie industry from it's earliest beginnings until they started to fade from popularity by in the 60's and were becoming increasingly rare by decades end. They never really died of course but good ones became far and few between. This is one the most extravagantly violent shoot-em-up western's ever made. director Sam Peckinpaugh seeing they might be on their way out wanted them to go out with a bang in his film The Wild Bunch. A great ensemble cast here includes William Holden, Ernest Borginine, Robert Ryan, Edmund O' Brien, and Warren Oates with great character actors Strother Martin, Ben Johnson and Dub Taylor. Veteran cinematographer Lucien Ballard who would have a 55 year career as at his best here. Versatile art director ed Carrere worked on his final film in The Wild Bunch and Lou Lombardo who was given the complicated job of film editing this movie turned out a fine product. It received two Academy Award nominations for music, and screenplay but should have received more and especially for sound. May be to overboard on violence for some but I would give this epic western a 9.0 out of 10 and recommend it.