The Wild Bunch (1969)

Réalisateur:

Sam Peckinpah

Writers:

Walon Green (story) and
Roy N. Sickner (story) ...

Release Date:

7 août 1969 (Hong Kong)

Genre:

Action | Drame | Western

Accroche:

The land had changed. They hadn't. The earth had cooled. They couldn't.

Plot:

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

Plot Keywords:

Extreme Violence | Poignant | Controversial | Squib | Gatling Gun

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Peckinpah's ode to the closing of the American west.

Ensemble

William Holden	...	Pike Bishop
Ernest Borgnine	...	Dutch Engstrom
Robert Ryan	...	Deke Thornton
Edmond O'Brien	...	Freddie Sykes
Warren Oates	...	Lyle Gorch
Jaime Sánchez	...	Angel (as Jaime Sanchez)
Ben Johnson	...	Tector Gorch
Emilio Fernández	...	Gen. Mapache (as Emilio Fernandez)
Strother Martin	...	Coffer
L.Q. Jones	...	T.C
Albert Dekker	...	Pat Harrigan
Bo Hopkins	...	Clarence 'Crazy' Lee
Dub Taylor	...	Rev. Wainscoat
Paul Harper	...	Ross
Jorge Russek	...	Maj. Zamorra

Autre(s) titre(s) :

Horde sauvage, La (France) [fr]

Durée:

134 min | USA:145 min (1995 re-release)

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Allemand | Anglais | Espagnol

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Son:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | DTS (1995 re-release) | Dolby Digital (1995 re-release) | Mono (35 mm prints) | SDDS (1995 re-release)

Classification:

UK:18 (re-rating) (1988) (also director's cut) | Finland:K-18 (1969) (uncut) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) (original rating) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | Malaysia:U (director's cut) | Finland:K-16 (1988) (cut) | Finland:K-16 (1998) (uncut) (director's cut) | Brazil:12 (DVD rating) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1995) | South Korea:18 | Canada:AA (Ontario) (re-rating) (1995) | France:-18 (original rating) | Iceland:16 | Australia:MA (director's cut) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | France:-12 (director's cut) | Netherlands:12 | New Zealand:R16 (director's cut) | Norway:16 (cut) | Norway:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:R | West Germany:16 (w) | Ireland:18

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Durango, Mexico

Company:

Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Anecdotes:

This was Albert Dekker's last film role.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: Coffer is seen using a Model 1903/A3 bolt-action rifle on the rooftop during the bank shootout scene. The /A3 model is clearly distinguishable from its earlier predecessor, the Model of 1903, by the rear sight placement on the rifle. The Model of 1903 used tangent sight located on the barrel, in front of the receiver, whereas the newer, improved variant used a "peep" sight located on the receiver bridge nearer to the bolt handle. The /A3 variant was a World War Two (circa 1941) improvement on the older model of 1903. Coffer should have been seen using a Model 1903, instead of a 1903/A3.

Guillemet:

Pike Bishop: We're not gonna get rid of *anybody*! We're gonna stick together, just like it *used* to be! When you side with a man, you stay *with* him! And if you can't do that, you're like some *animal*, you're *finished*! *We're* finished! *All* of us!

Connexions De Film:

Featured in Edge of Outside (2006)

Peckinpah's ode to the closing of the American west.

Probably one of the most controversial films ever made, the Wild Bunch was equally hated and admired upon it's release over 30 years ago. Even today, as proof of it's staying power, it is still widely debated if Sam Peckinpah made a masterpiece or a monstrosity. Personally, I'm of the firm belief that Peckinpah contributed one of the finest American films of the last century.

The chemistry that Peckinpah was able to put on celluloid for this film is brilliant. William Holden and Ernest Borgnine as the leaders of the Bunch, play their roles with conviction and tenacity. Robert Ryan, once an outlaw with Holden, and now forced to hunt him down, portrays the tortured individual caught between an old friendship and the threat of incarceration in a vicious prison. Ben Johnson and Warren Oates are solidly believable as real life brothers as they depict their roles as Tector and Lyle Gorch, and finally Jaime Sanchez rounds out the gang as the fiercely patriotic Mexican, Angel.

Also a Peckinpah movie wouldn't be complete without L.Q. Jones and Strother Martin portraying the cowardly, scheming, body robbing bounty hunters eager for the money on the heads of the Wild Bunch.

This is a film that you can re-visit time and time again and relish the depth of the characters and feel their desperation as the west that they once knew has now become a distant memory.

Apart from the great casting, the tight scripting , exciting stuntwork, wonderful cinematography, gripping dialogue, and first class editing of the gunfights, this movie will be continually looked upon as one of the most important films of American cinema.

See it, enjoy it and experience great movie making!!