Film
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Unchanged men in a changing land
Western· Directed by Sam Peckinpah· 145 min
Overview
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.
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- The land had changed. They hadn't. The earth had cooled. They couldn't.
- They came too late and stayed too long.
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- Suddenly a new West has emerged. Suddenly it was sundown for nine men. Suddenly their day was over. Suddenly the sky was bathed in blood.
- If you only want to spend two hours in a movie theatre and go home and forget it, stay away from THE WILD BUNCH.
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- Born too late for their own times. Uncommonly significant for ours.
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Connections
Top billing
- William Holden as Pike Bishop
- Ernest Borgnine as Dutch Engstrom
- Robert Ryan as Deke Thornton
- Jaime Sánchez as Angel
- Warren Oates as Lyle Gorch