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enlarge | Actors: Sonia Amelio, Rayford Barnes, Ernest Borgnine, Elsa Cardenas, Albert Dekker Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating: 214 reviews Sales Rank: 4386
Format: Ac-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed), Spanish (Dubbed) Rating: R (Restricted) Media: Blu-ray Number Of Items: 1 Running Time: 145 Aspect Ratio: 2.40:1 Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: WARBR114266 UPC: 085391142669 EAN: 0085391142669 ASIN: B000Q6GX90
Theatrical Release Date: 1969 Release Date: September 25, 2007 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Shipping: Expedited shipping available Shipping: International shipping available Condition: 5 Star Seller!! Completely Brand New & Sealed- Official US Release, Region 1, Not an Import or Bootleg- Ships within 24 Hours- Excellent Customer Service, 100% Guaranteed- Buy with Confidence...FIRST CLASS SHIPPING
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The Wild Bunch July 1, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Bought this for my husband and he really enjoyed it. Just his kind of movie.The movie got here within a few days after I ordered it.We are very pleased. I would highly recommend buying DVDs from Amazon. Excellent to deal with.
Warner Brothers need to release the Uncut Version for the full artistic effect of the movie! June 26, 2008 2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I took a college course in 1979 named "Film as Literature" and "The Wild Bunch" was one of the premier films that we studied. But the version that we saw was the "uncut" version - not the shorter so-called "director's cut" version. The purposefulness of the original longer version brings into focus the very meaningful look of the purposes of violence and that sometimes the violent have a purpose, and sometimes those that oppose the violent actually have less of a purpose and cause much more damage (witness our present political situations in the world...) In the name of satisfying the full artistic measure of this great film the full uncut version needs to be released. Shame on them for hacking this film - like taking an airbrush to the Sistine Chapel. I feel privileged to have seen the full version as the artists intended!
Imagine Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid married to the Reservoir Dogs.... Peckinpah's ruthless masterpiece June 20, 2008 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I just finished seeing this film and was immediately compelled to write a review. This has definitely got to be ol man peck's finest, which up until now i thought was Straw Dogs. This film is raw, real, cold blooded in a way you cannot imagine and the sheer genius of all this, he brings out that sense of humanity even among the most heartless in a very practical way.
The key thing in Peckinpah films is, the characters will be cruel, evil and cold, but he will still justify that even they are capable of good, unlike other film directors who do not cross that boundary of being binary about the emotions that their actors convey. This film reveals that you can never truly be in a position to judge anyone at all. You start disliking the protagonist and his crew from the start, even towards the end, but its the lead character's almost idiotic adherence to his 'code' that surprises you (you'll know what i mean). And then in typical Peckinpah fashion (could never figure this trait about the man, then again....), you have a woman who verbally emasculates a man who used to be his fiance' and then proceeds to mock him. In a fit of rage, the man screams, "PUTTAAAA" and blows her away. typical of him.
The wild bunch is about a bunch of outlaws played by William Holden as Pike Bishop and Ernest Borgnine (Dutch Engstrom) among others, it occurs during the time of the revolution taking place in Mexico. They are wanted by the Railroad and hire (by coercion / threat of death penalty) Deke Thornton (Robert Ryan) a former gang member who was abandoned by Pike, to chase Pike's gang and bring them to book. This is definitely no "spaghetti western" and no candy a$$ louis l'amour stuff, its a brutal, gut tearing, balls on movie, which is typical of ol' man peck's style. I heard that it also brought about a lot of innovative film making techniques, the whole slow motion cinematography, quick pan filming, etc.
This is a movie that is now a definitive part of my collection and i highly recommend that you watch this movie. 10 stars, anything less is an injustice.
Best Western Ever Made June 13, 2008 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Not only is this the best Western ever made, it's one of the best movies. Everything about it, from the acting to the editing to the story, is outstanding. Powerful film!
ONE OF THE BEST WESTERNS EVER May 27, 2008 1 out of 3 found this review helpful
I liked Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" way back in 1969, and I like it today. The HD DVD version is pristine, looks like it did on the big screen in 1969. This was probably the most expensive western ever made; a lot of elaborate sets and and loads of extras. There was an outstanding cast, William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Borgnine,Edmond O'Brien, Jamie Sanchez, Warren Oates, and Ben Johnson, and supporting roles with Dub Taylor, Strother Martin, Bo Hopkins, Emilio Hernandez, and L.Q. Jones.The movie is long, very long, 3 hours and 11 minutes long. The story is about a group of aging bank and train robbers, trying to make their last, big score. The year is 1913, and the railroads have gotten very smart and aggressive in going after outlaws, so much so that it's hard to tell who the bad guys are. After a failed robbery, and several members of their gang are killed, the Wild Bunch retreat to Mexico during the height of the Mexican Revolution. The Mexican Federal Army is in danger of losing the war to the revolutionary thug Pancho Villa. The Wild Bunch learn of a train shipment of US Army arms, rifles and a Gatling Gun and plan to pull off the robbery for the Mexican Army. Of course, there is the usual double crosses, treachery in all parties on all levels, and heroics on a grand scale. There is a lot of violence and a very high body count. The movie is well acted and directed, but the audio dynamics that we take for granted today simply aren't there. You'll just have to manage with synthesized two channel stereo and forget about the surround unless you have one of those fancy audio processors. The video is outstanding, restored in 1992, and remastered in 1080p, and there isn't as much of a film scratch or dust spot, and the color is consistent throughout. I am proud to have this movie in my collection. Dan Casey
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