The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American epic revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw gang on the Mexico–United States border trying to adapt to the changing modern world of 1913. The film was controversial because of its graphic violence and its portrayal of crude men attempting to survive by any available means.
Plot
In 1913 Texas, Pike Bishop is the leader of a gang of aging outlaws hoping to retire after a final robbery of silver from a railroad payroll office. Corrupt railroad agent Pat Harrigan, who has been tipped off about the robbery, has hired a posse of bounty hunters and paroled Pike's former partner Deke Thornton to reluctantly lead them. Spotting the bounty hunters, Pike attempts to utilize a temperance union parade to shield their getaway, which escalates into a bloody, confusing shootout that claims numerous innocent bystanders and more than half of Pike's gang.
More details
| author | Sam Peckinpah Walon Green |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Mexico Texas |
| director | Sam Peckinpah |
| editor | Lou Lombardo |
| events | Mexican Revolution |
| genre | western |
| keywords | abandon arrest bounty hunter brothel confuse force former partner german german empire gun battle huertista kill m1917 browning machine gun machine gun mexican border mexican federal army needing money outnumber pancho villa piro indians reward rio grande river roadster set up temperance movement temperance union their way trestle bridge u.s. army understand victoriano huerta washer wound |
| musicBy | Jerry Fielding |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Score, no Musical Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Phil Feldman |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
| publisher | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
| recordedAt | Mexico |
| theme | epic vigilante |