Country: USA
Year: 1972
Duration: 122'
Doc McKoy, who
was released from
prison early thanks to a dishonest Texas sheriff, has to pay back his
debt of
gratitude by robbing a bank. He is joined in the holdup by his wife
Carol and
two accomplices the sheriff insisted take part. But right after the
robbery Doc
realizes he is just a pawn in a bigger game and that his wife had to
betray him
to get him out of prison. Carol kills the sheriff to show her love for
Doc and
the two of them make a run for Mexico with the loot, chased by their
former
henchmen and the police. “The Getaway is
one of my favorite films. It’s the
one that’s most true to my original idea. Only 10% of it has
been changed. […]
The story gave me a great opportunity to construct an almost surreal
world
inside it. My idea was to remain outside the real world of crime; I
wanted it
to look like a fantasy, a story that tells of purification after a
voyage to
the center of the earth, not a tragedy, but a tragic
situation.” (W. Hill)
Biography
film director
Sam Peckinpah
Sam Peckinpah (Fresno, CA, USA, 1925 - Inglewood, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 1984) was a marine during WWII and graduated in theater from the University of Southern California, before producing numerous theatrical plays and later working in television. He debuted in feature films with The Deadly Companions, which was followed by movies such as The Wild Bunch, The Ballad of Cable Hogue, Straw Dogs, Getaway!, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and Cross of Iron, making him one of the most important and innovative American directors of the 1960s and the 1970s.
FILMOGRAFIA
The Deadly Companions (La morte cavalca a Rio Bravo,1961), Ride the High Country (Sfida nell’alta Sierra, 1962), Major Dundee (Sierra Charriba, 1965), The Wild Bunch (Il mucchio selvaggio, 1969), The Ballad of Cable Hogue (La ballata di Cable Hogue, 1970), Straw Dogs (Cane di paglia, 1971), Junior Bonner (L'ultimo buscadero, 1972), The Getaway (Getaway!, 1972), Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (Pat Garret e Billy the Kid, 1973), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Voglio la testa di Garcia, 1974), The Killer Elite (Killer Elite, 1975), Cross of Iron (La croce di ferro, 1977), Convoy (Convoy - Trincea d’asfalto, 1978), The Osterman Weekend (Osterman Weekend, 1983).