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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)
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In Rod Lurie's remake of the controversial 1971 Sam Peckinpah drama, screenwriter David Sumner (James Marsden) relocates with his wife, Amy (Kate Bosworth), to her Mississippi hometown. But as detachment strains their marriage, bigger threats loom in their small town. To Amy's chagrin, David attempts to befriend the locals, including Amy's ex-boyfriend, Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård). But resentments re-emerge and tensions rise to an explosive end.
A family scandal causes a wealthy and powerful Mexican rancher to make the pronouncement -- Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia! (imdb)
A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment (imdb)
An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them (imdb)
Mexican rebel Pancho Villa lead a revolution helped by an American aviator imprisonned in Mexico. (imdb)
The Glory Guys follows the lives and loves of a group of young cavalry men, from their initial recruitment and training, to eventually being lead towards their tragic fate by a sadistic, war mongering General. Ordered to decimate anything that stand in the way of his brutal crusade, his troops are soon drawn into a bloody, relentless battle and a breathtaking climax.
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