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Sam Peckinpah
Date of Birth: 21 Feb 1925
Country: USA
Biography: While often remembered for the violent aspects of some of his films, Sam Peckinpah's works should also be appreciated as highly complex and brilliantly directed morality plays. While his shootouts and battle scenes may have been groundbreaking, his knack for developing characters and telling intricate stories was equally remarkable. (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Academy/1912/)
Total Credits at Criticker: 6 (Actor), 18 (Director), 6 (Writer), 1 (Creator)
Find more information about Sam Peckinpah at The Internet Movie Database
Spattered with blood and controversy, Sam Peckinpah's Westerns revolutionized their genre. SAM PECKINPAH'S WEST: LEGACY OF A HOLLYWOOD RENEGADE goes in search of the man behind these legendary films. (imdb)
Sam Peckinpah: Man of Iron (1993) - TV Movie
This straight-talking program seeks to understand the enigmatic and controversial Sam Peckinpah, whose violent films such as The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs had a telling effect on the cinema of the 1970s and 80s. (imdb)
The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a fight between forces of God and the Devil. (imdb)
Condemned gunman Clayton is given a last minute reprieve on condition he murders rancher Matthew for a railway company. Visiting Matthew's ranch, Clayton is unable to bring himself to kill Matthew and leaves, but Matthew's wife, Catherine, believing she has killed Matthew during an argument joins Clayton. Matthew, still alive, and mad as hell joins Clayton's equally angered employers to hunt down the pair. (imdb)
A small town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by alien duplicates. (imdb)
The first of the five films where Bill Elliott played a detective lieutenant in the L.A Sheriff's department, Dial Red "O" (the correct title with the number 0 (zero), as on a telephone dial, shown in ") opens with war-torn veteran Ralph Wyatt getting word that his wife is divorcing him, and he flees the psychiatric ward of the veteran's hospital, wanting to talk to her. His escape touches off an all-out manhunt, led by Lieutenant Andy Flynn of the sheriff's department. (imdb)
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