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Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia Details

1974 Certificate 18
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A Mexican gang boss puts a $1,000,000 reward on the head of the young man responsible for his daughter's pregnancy, leading to a cross country pursuit. Read more

Starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Kris Kristofferson
Director Sam Peckinpah
Genres Drama

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Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia

A Mexican gang boss puts a $1,000,000 reward on the head of the young man responsible for his daughter's pregnancy, leading to a cross country pursuit.

Starring Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Kris Kristofferson, Gig Young
Director Sam Peckinpah
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 48 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Dubbed French, German, Italian, Spanish
Hearing-impaired English, German
Subtitles DVD: French, Greek, Italian, Spanish
Released DVD: 20 Jun 2005
Production year: 1974
Format DVD
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  • 4 stars out of 5

    Sam Peckinpah's enormous talent was on the wane when he made this gruesome Mexican crime drama. But if you can bear to look beneath its gory exterior as piano player Warren Oates becomes caught up with bounty hunters pursuing that head for a wealthy landowner, there are still enough moments when Peckinpah's greatness shines through. Excitingly told, this is like The Wild Bunch, but even wilder.

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  • 12 out of 12 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Garcia...a study in depravity

    This Peckinpah movie is based on a simple premise. Alfredo Garcia gets a young woman pregnant, her father orders his head on a plate.

    What follows is a study of life at the lowest end of the scale. Warren Oates was never better in playing the role of Bennie, a lowfife, who happens to know where Garcia is.

    The film has its faults, and Peckinpah does display some bad days on set, but overall this is a remarkably fine piece of filmmaking by any standard.

    The movie is deliberately uncomfortable to watch at times, and Oates does take you on an amazing journey, not only through Peckinpah's head, but through a mexico that has never been captured better.

    Not a bag of laughs, but an extraordinary work by an extraordinary director and an astonishing acting display by an actor fully believing in this project.

      • barrywom from irvine
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  • 6 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars [Highly rated reviewer]

    If you want to get a head!!!!!

    As a review, I do not believe that I could surpass Mike Goulding of Newcastle-upon-Tyne with whom I agree most whole heartedly.

    This is a classic film, made by a genius of a Director who inspired brevity, realism and great work from his actors.

    You really want to swat the flies in Bennie's (Warren Oates) car and you can feel the real love he has for his fickle lover Elita (Isela Vega). The two hard men played by Gig Young and Robert Webber may also be lovers, but you're never quite sure that maybe they are just good friends.

    Who is going to get killed next and why? At least sixteen people die during the course of this film, a mere bagatelle compared to 'The Wild Bunch'.

    Certainly if you are an aficionado, then you can play 'Spot who was in 'The Wild Bunch' and who were they?'.

    This film has everything, betrayal, greed, revenge, lust and true, true love for family and friend.

    This film is a 'must see' for any Sam Peckinpah fan as there are so many levels that one can enjoy within its twisting plot.

    Loved seeing it again, definitely worth the money!

      • Charles Brickley from Andover, Hampshire England
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