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Sam Peckinpah

Highest Rated: 97% Major Dundee (1965)

Lowest Rated: 45% The Osterman Weekend (1983)

Birthday: Feb 21, 1925

Birthplace: Fresno, California, USA

A paradox who both cultivated and disdained his own legend, Sam Peckinpah evoked varied responses to his often violent films that typically existed on a skewed moral plane between eras and cultures, with ambiguous quests for identity and redemption undertaken by hopelessly lost outcasts and enemies. After receiving his start on television, Peckinpah made a powerful statement with only his second film, "Ride the High Country" (1962), a revisionist Western that presaged the greatness that came later in the decade. Peckinpah emerged triumphant with "The Wild Bunch" (1969), a classic revisionist Western that marked the true high point of his creative powers. His final movies, "Cross of Iron" (1976), "Convoy" (1978) and "The Osterman Weekend" (1983) continued to showcase his genius. Peckinpah established his reputation as a great filmmaker able to elicit strong emotional responses with his kinetic and often operatic imagery.

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Highest-Rated Movies

97% 67% Major Dundee
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94% 81% The Ballad of Cable Hogue
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92% 62% Junior Bonner
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89% 83% Ride the High Country
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83% 37% The Deadly Companions
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83% 81% The Getaway
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82% 82% Straw Dogs
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78% 85% Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
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78% 43% The Visitor
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Sam Peckinpah

Sam Peckinpah MAJOR DUNDEE, from left: director Sam Peckinpah, Charlton Heston on set, 1965 BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE, Sam Peckinpah (with rooster) and Jason Robards on-SET, 1970 PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID, from left: director Sam Peckinpah, James Coburn, on set, 1973 pgbtk1973-fsct11(pgbtk1973-fsct11) THE WILD BUNCH, director Sam Peckinpah (lower left), William Holden (standing), between scenes, on location, 1969 CROSS OF IRON, director Sam Peckinpah, (right), 1977 PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID, director Sam Peckinpah on set, 1973 STRAW DOGS, Sam Peckinpah, Dustin Hoffman, 1971 PAT GARRETT AND BILLY THE KID, James Coburn, director Sam Peckinpah on set, 1973 View more photos

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The Osterman Weekend 45% 38% 1983 Director The Visitor 78% 43% 1979 Dr. Sam Collins Actor Convoy 56% 72% 1978 Director Amore, piombo e furore (Gunfire)(China 9, Liberty 37) (Love, Bullets and Frenzy) 44% 1978 Actor Cross of Iron 71% 87% 1977 Director The Killer Elite 56% 33% 1975 Director Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia 78% 85% 1974 Director, Screenwriter Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid 59% 82% 1973 Director The Getaway 83% 81% 1972 Director Junior Bonner 92% 62% 1972 Director Straw Dogs 82% 82% 1971 Director, Screenwriter The Ballad of Cable Hogue 94% 81% 1970 Director, Producer The Wild Bunch 91% 90% 1969 Director, Writer Villa Rides 43% 1968 Screenwriter Noon Wine 1966 Director, Writer The Glory Guys 60% 33% 1965 Writer Major Dundee 97% 67% 1965 Director, Screenwriter Ride the High Country 89% 83% 1962 Director The Deadly Companions 83% 37% 1962 Director Big Time or Bust 1934 Director
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