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As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, the ageing gunmen of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece break the very laws of honour which bind them in this bloody and meditative tale of the American West widely considered to be the self-conscious nail in the coffin of the genre. William Holden, Robert Ryan, and Ernest Borgnine star as the leaders of a grizzled crew of Texan bandits who ride to Mexico, where, one by one, they are unceremoniously slaughtered by a Mexican revolutionary. The western, a genre steeped in legend and the concept of loyalty, was a dying breed when Sam Peckinpah unleashed this amoral and violent opus. Along with BONNIE AND CLYDE, it ushered in a new breed of Hollywood film, depicting a harsh reality where lines between right and wrong became blurred. Peckinpah brilliantly used ageing Western stars such as Ryan and Holden to convey this passing of the cinematic torch. The film brought issues of violence and morality in movies to the forefront of American film criticism. Instead of appreciating the film as a critique of brutal violence, many critics responded by rejecting what they saw as a superfluous spectacle of dead bodies.
DirectorSam Peckinpah
Year of release1969
Aspect Ratio2.35:1
16:9 Wide Screen
Audio FormatDTS Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
Doby Digital 5.1 Surround - English
English Audio Commentary Dolby Digital
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround English
Disc FeaturesFeaturette
Interactive Menus
Making Of
Scene Selection
Theatrical Trailer
1966 Oscar Nominee The Wild Bunch An Album In Montage
A Simple Adventure Story Sam Peckinpah
Mexico And The Wild Bunch Commentary By Peckinpah
Biographers And Documentarians
Never Before Seen The Wild Bunch Outtakes
Peckinpah Trailer
Gallery
Sam Peckinpahs West Legacy Of A Hollywood Renegade