By Tim Pelan We wanted to show violence in real terms. Dying is not fun and games. Movies make…
By Koraljka Suton During the making of Ride the High Country in 1962, director Sam Peckinpah was ordered by…
On only one occasion did Marlon Brando give directing a shot. Disappointed with the audience’s reaction, disheartened by studio interference…
By Sven Mikulec Before Warner Bros. decided to take a chance and hire him to make The Wild Bunch,…
By Sven Mikulec More than often unfairly placed into a single drawer and labeled as the master of misogynistic…
After Sam Peckinpah angered the studio with his Ballad of Cable Hogue, where he went 19 days over schedule and…
Indulging a creative and, to a degree, noble and socially responsible desire to shatter the nurtured illusion of violence in…
Hailed as one of Sam Peckinpah’s misunderstood masterpieces, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is the film that ended the…
Sam Peckinpah’s action-packed crime thriller The Getaway was a huge hit. It was just what the director needed at the…