The wild bunch : Sam Peckinpah, a revolution in Hollywood, and the making of a legendary film
Stratton, W. K., 1955-2019
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Sam Peckinpah's film 'The Wild Bunch' is the story of a gang of outlaws who are one big steal from retirement. When their attempted train robbery goes awry, the gang flees to Mexico and falls in with a brutal general of the Mexican Revolution, who offers them the job of a lifetime. Conceived by a stuntman, directed by a blacklisted director, and shot in the sand and heat of the Mexican desert, the movie seemed doomed. Instead, it became an instant classic with a dark, violent take on the Western movie tradition. In this book, W.K. Stratton tells the fascinating history of the making of the movie and documents for the first time the extraordinary contribution of Mexican and Mexican-American actors and crew members to the movie's success.
Main title:
Author:
Stratton, W. K., 1955-, author
Imprint:
New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2019.
Collation:
xiii, 336 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references, discography, filmography and index.
ISBN:
9781632862129 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
791.4372
Language:
English
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BRN:
1142187