Country: USA
Year: 1973
Duration: 122'
“This country’s getting older and I aim to grow old with it:” very true (and unheroic) words coming from sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn), a former outlaw who has being hired by some New Mexico ranchers to hunt down the Kid (Kris Kristofferson), his old companion in crime. Peckinpah’s magnificent crepuscular ballad, which starts with a tremendous obituary frame and bitterly unspools to the music of Bob Dylan (who plays the enigmatic Alias). Hits: the river theme and Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door.
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).
Cast
& Credits
REGIA
Sam Peckinpah
SCENEGGIATURA
Rudy Wurlitzer
FOTOGRAFIA
John Coquillon
MONTAGGIO
David Berlatsky, Garth Craven, Tony de Zarraga, Richard Halsey, Roger Spottiswoode, Robert L. Wolfe
MUSICA
Bob Dylan
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
James Coburn (Pat Garrett), Kris Kristofferson (Billy the Kid), Richard Jaeckel (sceriffo/sheriff Kip McKinney), Katy Jurado (Mrs Baker), Jason Robards (governatore/governor Wallace), Bob Dylan (Alias), Harry Dean Stanton (Luke)
PRODUTTORE
Gordon Carroll
PRODUZIONE
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Sam Peckinpah
SCENEGGIATURA
Rudy Wurlitzer
FOTOGRAFIA
John Coquillon
MONTAGGIO
David Berlatsky, Garth Craven, Tony de Zarraga, Richard Halsey, Roger Spottiswoode, Robert L. Wolfe
MUSICA
Bob Dylan
INTERPRETI E PERSONAGGI
James Coburn (Pat Garrett), Kris Kristofferson (Billy the Kid), Richard Jaeckel (sceriffo/sheriff Kip McKinney), Katy Jurado (Mrs Baker), Jason Robards (governatore/governor Wallace), Bob Dylan (Alias), Harry Dean Stanton (Luke)
PRODUTTORE
Gordon Carroll
PRODUZIONE
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
