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Mood:
- AtmosphericBleakRoughStylizedSuspensefulCynicalClever
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Plot:
- Anti HeroesCriminal HeroesGangChaseOn the RunViolence SpreeChaos and MayhemTough Heroes more...
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Genres:
- WesternActionDrama
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Time/Period:
- 1910s19th Century20th CenturyOld West
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Place:
- MexicoLatin AmericaTexas
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Audience:
- Boys' Night
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- Award WinnerClassicControversialCritically AcclaimedEssentialMasterpiece
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Style:
- Ensemble CastEpic
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- SeriousRealistic
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- Strong Violent Content
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The Wild Bunch, 1969
German, English, Spanish
USA
Profile of The Wild Bunch
The Wild Bunch can be described as cynical, bleak, and atmospheric. The plot revolves around a violence spree, chaos and mayhem, and antiheroes. The main genres are western, drama, and action. In terms of style, The Wild Bunch is epic and stars an ensemble cast. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is located in Texas, Mexico, and South America. The Wild Bunch takes place in the 1910s, in the Old West, and in the 19th century. The movie has received attention for being a classic, a masterpiece, and controversial. It is well suited for a boys' night.
Summary of The Wild Bunch
As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN, the aging gunmen of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece break the very laws of honor 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 aging 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.
Details
| Language: | German, English, Spanish |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 18 June 1969 |
| Runtime: | 134 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Pike Bishop
as Dutch Engstrom
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Users Reviews
- 23.July.2010
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- by: Alex
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- 14.January.2010
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- by: Ray
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