The Wild Bunch details
| Formats: | 18 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, L.Q. Jones, Strother Martin, Emilio Fernandez, Edmund O'Brien, Albert Dekker, Str |
| Director: | Sam Peckinpah |
| Genre: | Action/Adventure - Martial Arts |
| Studio: | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Collections: | 100 Wild Westerns, All-Out Action, American Film Institute's top 100 |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Wild Bunch |
18 Feature | |
The Wild Bunch - Bonus Feature |
18 Bonus |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 19 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 17 Oct 2002 |
| Main languages: | English |
| Subtitles: | Arabic, English |
| Hearing impaired subtitles: | English |
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Calling all Tarantino fans!
By GingerSegal from London , 21 Mar 2004[Highly rated reviewer]
A tense, violent and exciting tale of a band of amoral bank robbers, led by William Holden, pursued across America and Mexico in 1914 by a reluctant Robert Ryan. Both turn in career best performances in an absorbing story of a dying way of life which neatly avoids sentimentality.
It delivers on many levels, the complex relationships between the main characters being well explored, and you often find yourself being torn between contempt, affection and respect for them.
Sam Peckinpah uses vivid imagery, such as the appearance of a car, and the incongruous image of the new world encroaching on the old highlights the mood of the film.
It’s easy to see why this film has had so much influence on the likes of Quentin Tarantino and John Woo, particularly in the action sequences. Stylistically, it’s a decade ahead of it’s time and despite spawning many imitations, the gritty gun play is unparalleled even by today’s standards. The sense of reality is brought out by ingenious touches, such as the absence of subtitles when the dialogue switches to Spanish, although these episodes are short and do not make the film hard to follow.
The violence means that this film will not be to everyone’s taste, but a true appreciation of the western genre would not be complete without it. An excellent score adds to the raw tension, and Lucien Ballard’s cinematography is a real treat.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(48)Not enough action for me
By a customer , 01 May 2013I thought the first 30 mins were good but after then I got bored. Not enough action for me but if your not bothered about lack of action, then you will enjoy it.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Great western, but more than that...
By FullofStars (41 reviews) from Scotland , 13 Apr 2013Yes it's great 'cowboy film', but this film could have been set in 1920's Chicago or modern day New York and still would have been great. Full of shallow, pitiful characters with few redeeming features whose selfishness and lack of respect reflects a lot of modern society, especially the criminal element. Recommend.- Was this review helpful to you?
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BEST WESTERN EVER
By LAYERRA (5 reviews) from Ayr , 12 Feb 2013IT DOES NOT GET ANY BETTER THAN THIS, PURE CLASS!!!!!!!!! THE SLOW MOTION BATTLE IS SPELL BINDING,TARATINO, BUT WITH WILLIAM HOLDEN AT HIS BEST, WITH ALL STAR SUPPORT- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Wild Bunch's of flowers laid at the grave of The Over Rated.
By nikname (18 reviews) , 14 Jan 2013hugely over rated western by peckinpah. the soundtrack is dire. the whole film has a 'made for tv' feel about it. take away a few of the set pieces and theres not much left. (tarantino.) but, its use violence was ahead of its time. it is though, worth one watch.- Was this review helpful to you?
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By Aristotle (8 reviews) , 31 Dec 2012The decline and death of the 'Western' myth. The 'heroes'- the Wild Bunch of the title - are sordid but still vestigially heroic. They are ruthless and murderous and one has to be indulgent to find anything admirable in them. But the point is made that violence and cruelty belong with all members of the human race; the use of little innocent-seeming children portrayed as torturers and as willing participants in gunplay and warfare makes that point. Yet there is nostalgia felt for the passing of something (what?) that is being replaced by something worse: horses are about to make way for cars, and on the horizon are airplanes, to be used as instruments of war. The positive feeling comes from people fighting for their freedom, the forces of Pancho Villa pressing hard on a corrupt government run by foreign advisers. But the Wild Bunch know that all is lost, and destroy themselves in a spectacular last gunfight when they get hold of a machine-gun: no six-shooters, no gunfight at O. K. Corral, no High Noon showdown. Technically, visually, histrionically brilliant, with atmospheric use of music, in addition to being thought-provoking.- Was this review helpful to you?
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