The Wild Bunch (1969)

Réalisateur:

Sam Peckinpah

Writers:

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

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 | Mexican Revolution | Controversial | Poignant | Dragged By Horse

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

It's wild, all right

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
Alfonso Arau	...	Lt. Herrera
Chano Urueta	...	Don Jose
Elsa Cárdenas	...	Elsa (as Elsa Cardenas)
Bill Hart	...	Jess
Rayford Barnes	...	Buck
Stephen Ferry	...	Sgt. McHale (as Steve Ferry)
Sonia Amelio	...	Teresa
Aurora Clavel	...	Aurora
Enrique Lucero	...	Ignacio
Elizabeth Dupeyrón	...	Rocio (as Elizabeth Dupeyron)
Yolanda Ponce	...	Yolis
José Chávez	...	Juan Jose (as Jose Chavez)
René Dupeyrón	...	Juan (as Rene Dupeyron)
Pedro Galván	...	Mr. Benson (as Pedro Galvan)
Graciela Doring	...	Emma
Major Perez	...	Perez
Fernando Wagner	...	Cmdr. Frederick Mohr
Jorge Rado	...	Ernst
Ivan Scott	...	Paymaster
Señora Madero	...	Margaret (as Sra. Madero)
Margarito Luna	...	Luna
Chalo González	...	Gonzalez (as Chalo Gonzalez)
Lilia Castillo	...	Lilia
Elizabeth Unda	...	Carmen
Julio Corona	...	Julio
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Matthew Peckinpah	...	Young boy watching robber scoop up moneybag (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Sam Peckinpah

Scénaristes
Walon Green		(story) and
Roy N. Sickner		(story)
Walon Green		(screenplay) and
Sam Peckinpah		(screenplay)

Produit par
Phil Feldman	....	producer
Roy N. Sickner	....	associate producer

Musique originale
Jerry Fielding

Image
Lucien Ballard		(director of photography)

Montage
Lou Lombardo		(as Louis Lombardo)

Direction artistique
Edward Carrere

Maquillage
Al Greenway	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
William D. Faralla	....	production manager (as William Faralla)

Assistant réalisateur
Clifford C. Coleman	....	assistant director (as Cliff Coleman)
Fred Gammon	....	assistant director
Robert 'Buzz' Henry	....	second unit director (as Buzz Henry)
John 'Bud' Cardos	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Howard G. Kazanjian	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Robert J. Miller	....	sound
Dan Wallin	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)

Effets spéciaux
Bud Hulburd	....	special effects

Cascadeur
Denny Arnold	....	stunts (uncredited)
Norman Bishop	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Archie Butler	....	stunt coordinator (uncredited)
Joe Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tap Canutt	....	stunts (uncredited)
John 'Bud' Cardos	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Combs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Louie Elias	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Chad Evans	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Finnegan	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mickey Gilbert	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Hart	....	stunts (uncredited)
Robert 'Buzz' Henry	....	stunts (uncredited)
'Chema' Hernandez	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Herron	....	stunts (uncredited)
Billy E. Hughes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Whitey Hughes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary McLarty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bob Orrison	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danny Sands	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bill Shannon	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jim Sheppard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roy N. Sickner	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams	....	stunts (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Bud Gaunt	....	key grip
Bernie Abramson	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Dave Friedman	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Don Stott	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Gordon T. Dawson	....	wardrobe supervisor (as Gordon Dawson)

Editorial Department
Robert L. Wolfe	....	associate film editor
Joel Cox	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Sonny Burke	....	music supervisor
Dan Wallin	....	scoring mixer (uncredited)

Divers
Crayton Smith	....	script supervisor
Elizabeth Burnette	....	voice-over (uncredited)
'Chema' Hernandez	....	head wrangler (uncredited)
Morrie Nierenberg	....	accountant (uncredited)
Branko Wohlfahrt	....	weapon specialist (uncredited)

Thanks
General de Brigada E.E. Procopio Ortiz R.	....	thanks

Production Companies

• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts (as Warner Bros.- Seven Arts presents)

Distributors

• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)
• CBS Television (1973) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Lucernafilm - Alfa (1991) (Czechoslovakia) (theatrical)
• Prem'er Video Fil'm
• Warner Bros. Entertainment Finland Oy (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. (1969) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1969) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Home Video (????) (West Germany) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

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) | Canada:R (Nova Scotia/Ontario) (original rating) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | Finland:K-16 (1998) (uncut) (director's cut) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) (re-rating) (1995) | Canada:R (Manitoba) | Finland:K-18 (1969) (uncut) | Iceland:16 | France:-18 (original rating) | Canada:AA (Ontario) (re-rating) (1995) | South Korea:18 | Finland:K-16 (1988) (cut) | Malaysia:U (director's cut) | Brazil:12 (DVD rating) | 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:

Excluding the start and end credits, this film contains about 2,721 edits in about 138 minutes of action. This equates to an average shot length of three seconds. The "Shootout at Bloody Porch" contains about 325 edits in five minutes of action, for an average shot length slightly under one second.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: At least twice in the movie, characters refer to General Huerta as the president of Mexico. This would place the time period between early Spring of 1913 and the summer of 1914. However, when Sikes is telling the bunch about a flying machine, Pike informs them that he heard the machines would be used in "the war" which would place the time period late 1914 after Huerta had been overthrown. During the revolt against Huerta, General Carranza was the leading rebel; Pancho Villa was a minor figure (Villa came to prominence after Carranza overthrew Huerta, and Villa led a revolt against Carranza's government). At least twice, someone in the movie refers to Pancho Villa. This may have been an attempt to place a well known name before the movie going public.

Guillemet:

[Crazy Lee has shot three hostages trying to escape]
Crazy Lee: Feathers flew like a turkey! Well, they shouldn't have run; they shouldn't have run.

Connexions De Film:

Referenced in "The O'Reilly Factor: (2008-04-15)" (2008)

It's wild, all right

The "old" West was changing, and director Sam Peckinpah recognized those changing times. By 1969, Sergio Leone and his "Spaghetti" westerns were the real deal, but when Peckinpah brought forth his film, "The Wild Bunch," that same year, it ushered in a whole new wave of films as its vision was simply landmark. Building on the violent stylistic template and chic of "Bonnie and Clyde" (1967), "The Wild Bunch" begins and ends with two of the bloodiest screen battles ever envisioned, and it tells the story of an aging group of outlaws, led by William Holden and Ernest Borgnine, as they attempt one last score, with Robert Ryan as an ex-Wild Bunch member in hot pursuit. They become involved with Mexican rebels and from that point on, we get an engaging story as the outlaws party with the Mexican army, their hookers, and their alcohol - all of this leading up to the notorious ending where the Wild Bunch man their guns and duke-it-out with their enemies. "The Wild Bunch" has obtained a notorious reputation for being one of the most violent movies ever made and is credited for being the movie that changed the way we looked at the "old" West and action cinema in general. Sam Peckinpah was a true revolutionary during a time when America was not so innocent, as proved by "Bonnie and Clyde" two years before it.

10/10