The Wild Bunch (1969)
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
William Holden
Pike
Ernest Borgnine
Dutch
Robert Ryan
Thornton
Edmond O'Brien
Sykes
Warren Oates
Lyle Gorch
Jaime Sánchez
Angel
Albert Dekker
Pat Harrigan
Ben Johnson
Tector Gorch
Emilio Fernández
Mapache
Strother Martin
Coffer
L.Q. Jones
T.C
Bo Hopkins
Clarence 'Crazy' Lee
Sam Peckinpah
Director
Dub Taylor
Reverend Wainscoat
Walon Green
Writer
Paul Harper
Ross
Roy N. Sickner
Writer
Jorge Russek
Major Zamorra
Phil Feldman
Producer
Alfonso Arau
Herrera
Bill Hart
Jess
Jerry Fielding
Composer
Rayford Barnes
Buck
Lucien Ballard
Cinematographer
Lou Lombardo
Editor
Stephen Ferry
McHale
Sonia Amelio
Teresa
Chalo González
Gonzalez
Chano Urueta
Don Jose
Elsa Cárdenas
Elsa
Aurora Clavel
Aurora
Enrique Lucero
Ignacio
Elizabeth Dupeyrón
Rocio
José Chávez
Juan Jose
René Dupeyrón
Juan
Pedro Galván
Benson
Graciela Döring
Emma
Fernando Wagner
Mohr
Ivan J. Rado
Ernst
Margarito Luna
Luna
Lilia Castillo
Lilia
Archie Butler
Jabalai (uncredited) / Stunt Coordinator
Tap Canutt
Burt (uncredited) / Stunts
Gordon T. Dawson
Pinkerton Man (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert
Frank (uncredited) / Stunts
Robert "Buzz" Henry
Bounty Hunter (uncredited) / Second Unit / Stunts
Buck Holland
Thornton Posse Rider (uncredited)
Walt La Rue
Abe (uncredited)
Matthew Peckinpah
Boy Watching Robber Scoop Up Moneybag (uncredited)
Jack Williams
Phil (uncredited) / Stunts
Joe Yrigoyen
Simkins (uncredited) / Stunts / Stunt Double
Joel Cox
Assistant Editor
Donald Harris
Music Editor
Don Stott
Gaffer
Edward Carrere
Art Direction
Al Greenway
Makeup Artist
William D. Faralla
Production Manager
Robert J. Miller
Sound Designer
Bud Hulburd
Special Effects
Robert L. Wolfe
Associate Editor
Bernie Abramson
Still Photographer
Clifford C. Coleman
Assistant Director
James R. Silke
Costume Design
Dan Wallin
Sound Re-Recording Mixer / Scoring Mixer
Denny Arnold
Stunts
Bob Herron
Stunt Double
Edwin Neal
Stunt Double
John "Bud" Cardos
Stunts
Billy Mauch
Sound Effects Editor
Gary McLarty
Stunts
John O. Young
Sound Effects Editor
Tony Epper
Stunts
Whitey Hughes
Stunts
Joe Canutt
Stunt Double
Sonny Burke
Music Supervisor
Thomas Laughridge
Camera Operator
Joe Finnegan
Stunts
Billy E. Hughes
Stunts
Louie Elias
Stunts
Joe Kavigan
Sound Effects Editor
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 19, 1969
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 25m
Budget$6,244,087
Box Office$638,641
Filming LocationsMexico
Genres
Wiki.
The Wild Bunch is a 1969 American epic revisionist Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah and starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson and Warren Oates. The plot concerns an aging outlaw gang on the Mexico–United States border trying to adapt to the changing modern world of 1913. The film was controversial because of its graphic violence and its portrayal of crude men attempting to survive by any available means.The screenplay was co-written by Peckinpah, Walon Green, and Roy N. Sickner. The Wild Bunch was filmed in Technicolor and Panavision, in Mexico, notably at the Hacienda Ciénaga del Carmen, deep in the desert between Torreón and Saltillo, Coahuila, and on the Rio Nazas.
The Wild Bunch is noted for intricate, multi-angle, quick-cut editing using normal and slow motion images, a revolutionary cinema technique in 1969. The writing of Green, Peckinpah, and Sickner was nominated for a best screenplay Oscar, and the music by Jerry Fielding was nominated for Best Original Score. Additionally, Peckinpah was nominated for an Outstanding Directorial Achievement award by the Directors Guild of America, and cinematographer Lucien Ballard won the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography.
In 1999, the Library of Congress selected The Wild Bunch for preservation in the United States National Film Registry as "culturally, historically, and aesthetically significant". The film was ranked 80th in the American Film Institute's 100 best American films and the 69th most thrilling film. In 2008, the AFI listed 10 best films in 10 genres and ranked The Wild Bunch as the sixth-best Western.