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The Bargain Nexus - The Wild Bunch - The Original Director's Cut
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List Price: $14.98
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Starring: William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Warren Oates
Directed By: Sam Peckinpah
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780790731032
Format: Closed-captioned
ISBN: 0790731037
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Letterbox
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 1997-05-21
Running Time: 134
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 1969
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Summary: Exactly what I needed!
Comment: This was exactly what I needed as a gift for my father...it arrived with plenty of time before Christmas, too!
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Summary: ONE OF THE GREATEST WESTERN'S EVER MADE!!!!
Comment: ONE OF THE GREATEST WESTERNS EVER MADE!!! BOTTOM LINE....UNFORGIVEN COMES CLOSE TO IT ON THAT SCALE BUT "THE WILD BUNCH" SET THE STANDARD IN THIS MOVIE GENRE AND NO OTHER WESTERN HAS SINCE EQUALED IT'S MAGNIFICENCE AND EXCELLENCE IN MOVIE PRODUCTION. TRULY EPIC!!!!
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Summary: The Wild Bunch
Comment: I RETURNED THIS ITEM ON NOVEMBER 19TH AND I'M STILL WAITING TO RECEIVE THEIR RECEIPT CONFIRMATION!!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: scorpion on fire
Comment: The mood of this great film is set during one of the first scenes. Children who are supposedly not the focus of the action, pit a war between red ants and a scorpion. Then, as the scorpion is being thorougly tortured by the ants, the children heap straw on the battle, ignite it and burn the scorpion and ants alive. This one scene gives Peckinpah's personal social philosophy full issue. Peckinpah reckoned [correctly, in my opinion] that violence and cruelty are products of our basic genetics. Civilization therefore requires the civilizing of children.
'The Wild Bunch', however, is a testimony to the fact that some people never achieve full civilization. His characters rob and murder as if they were virtues. The 'hero', William Holden, is made of somewhat better stuff in that he understands some of the 'inadequacies' of his men. Still, like all good Peckinpah films, the film ultimately succombs to total chaos and violence as Holden's men--who don't stand a chance--decide to shoot it out with Mexican Irregulares.
I first saw this film, years ago, when taking State Licensure Boards for my Medical License. Other students stayed up all night studying. I was just as uptight as anyone else but reckoned that, after 4 years of study, another night wouldn't make any real difference but relaxation might. Peckinpah's violence--in a way that Peckinpah would have predicted--was just the relaxation I required. I did just fine with my exams.
Ron Braithwaite, author of novels--"Skull Rack" and "Hummingbird God"--on the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
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Summary: Good violent western
Comment: I put this in my top 25 greatest westerns. Lots of good actors. Lots of shoot em up. Vengeance is the driving force of the story. Good sub plots. Will be or is a western classic. I bought the box set of Sam Peckinpah's western. Was worth the price for 4 movies and free delivery.
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Director sam peckinpahs masterpiece is a world class western notable for its daring cinematography and landmark violence. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 06/07/2005 Starring: William Holden Run time: 145 minutes Rating: R Director: Sam Peckinpah
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