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Title: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Scott on January 23, 2007, 02:32:21 PM
Sam Peckinpah directed 14 films and most of them where very good films. Which was your favorite?

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Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Acidburn on January 23, 2007, 02:39:25 PM
Voted for the only one I have seen....Convoy!


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Scott on January 23, 2007, 02:43:57 PM
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Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: JaseSF on January 23, 2007, 06:41:46 PM
Straw Dogs...thoroughly disturbing movie but that's the buttons it was trying to push.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: trekgeezer on January 23, 2007, 07:25:42 PM
I voted for the Wild Bunch, but Ride the High Country is a very close second.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Scott on January 23, 2007, 09:09:11 PM
STAW DOGS was a surprising good film.  :thumbup:

You don't hear much about that film.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: RCMerchant on January 23, 2007, 09:36:01 PM
CROSS of IRON...was the sh!T! that was the last movie I saw on TV,before I went to rehab.I like all his films though.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Scott on January 23, 2007, 09:53:43 PM
I'm still trying to figure out if I've seen CROSS OF IRON. This is one film along with KILLER ELITE that I don't believe I've seen of his yet.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: RCMerchant on January 24, 2007, 05:41:31 AM
I'm still trying to figure out if I've seen CROSS OF IRON. This is one film along with KILLER ELITE that I don't believe I've seen of his yet.
It stars James Coburn as a German soldier during WWII,and it's basically seen through  the eyes of the "bad"guys,the German army. Amazing battle scenes ecspecially the climax.Try it,I Guarentte you'll like it. :thumbup:


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Jim H on January 24, 2007, 09:13:19 PM
Killer Elite is pretty bad.  One or two good scenes, and that's really it.

The Wild Bunch is the best of his that I've seen, but there are a number I haven't gotten to yet, unfortunately.  In particular, I want to see Ride the High Country, Cross of Iron, and the Getaway.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Scott on January 24, 2007, 09:34:43 PM
RCMercant if Jame Coburn is in it then I probably haven't seen it. Next time I subscribe to Netflix I'll put it on my first 3 films to rent. Sounds like a great film.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Dennis on January 24, 2007, 10:06:08 PM
I had to pick The Killer Elite, of all his movies that I've seen this is the one that I enjoyed the most, but they're all so good that if you ask me tomorrow I'll have a different answer. Mr. Peckinpah's films have always managed to connect with me in some way.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Torgo on January 24, 2007, 10:20:03 PM
The Wild Bunch.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Scott on January 24, 2007, 10:33:14 PM
THE WILD BUNCH is definately a good one and everyones favorite. I picked THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE. Something about that film I liked a lot.

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Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Yaddo 42 on January 25, 2007, 11:40:44 PM
Voted for The Wild Bunch. But he had a run of films from that up until The Getaway where I thought he did no wrong.

I also like Ride the High Country a lot. There are a few I haven't seen like The Deadly Companions and Bring Me the Head..... I've only seen a badly edited version of Pat Garrett and...., so my opinion of it is skewed.

The Getaway is overrated, to me anyway, as is Major Dundee. I might have like Cross of Iron more if I hadn't read the much better book around the same time.

The Killer Elite, The Ostermann Weekend, Convoy are crap for the most part to me. A master wasting his skills with too much booze, coke, and ego. Give me Junior Bonner and ....Cable Hogue over these anyday, since they show he was capable of more than plastering the screen with machismo, blood squibs, and slo-mo violence.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Torgo on January 31, 2007, 11:40:39 PM
My 2nd favorite Peckinpah flick is Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.

Man, talk about a crazy movie that was way ahead of its time!


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Jim H on February 02, 2007, 04:28:07 PM
My 2nd favorite Peckinpah flick is Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.

Man, talk about a crazy movie that was way ahead of its time!

**SPOILERS ON THIS ONE**




I do think the ending is a little too abrupt.  I expected an unhappy ending, but this one was just blah.  As opposed to the ending of The Wild Bunch.

Still like the flick though.





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Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Scott on February 02, 2007, 06:53:31 PM
BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA is a neat film. Enjoyed it a lot when it showed on FLIX (or ENCORE) a couple years ago.

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Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: The Burgomaster on February 07, 2007, 09:08:54 PM
I own all of these except THE DEADLY COMPANIONS on DVD.  THE WILD BUNCH is my favorite, although I think STRAW DOGS is Peckinpah's finest film.  CROSS OF IRON is a good WWII flick told from the German perspective.  As for multiple viewings, I've probably seen THE WILD BUNCH and THE GETAWAY more times than any of the others.  Heck, I like 'em all for one reason or another.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Scott on February 07, 2007, 10:08:57 PM
At our local grocery store they are selling MAJOR DUNDEE on DVD for $4.99. Almost picked it up. Maybe later.

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Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: The Burgomaster on February 08, 2007, 05:52:33 PM
Scott - is that the standard version of MAJOR DUNDEE or the restored version that was released in selected theaters a couple of years ago?  I bought the restored version last year and I really enjoyed it.  If they are selling it for $4.99 now I'll be aggravated . . . I think I paid about $20 for it last year.


Title: Re: Sam Peckinpah
Post by: Scott on February 08, 2007, 08:20:11 PM
I'll check it out later this week Burgomaster, but I'm sure it's not the restored version.