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  2. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Spanish: Tráiganme la cabeza de Alfredo García) is a 1974 Mexican-American neo-Western [4] film directed by Sam Peckinpah, co-written by Peckinpah and Gordon Dawson from a story by Peckinpah and Frank Kowalski, and starring Warren Oates and Isela Vega, with Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio ...

  3. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia: Directed by Sam Peckinpah. With Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young. An American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect the bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

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  4. Oct 28, 2001 · The film stars Warren Oates (1928-1982), that sad-faced, gritty actor with the crinkled eyes, as a forlorn piano player in a Mexican brothel–an American at a dead end.

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    Commentators: Gordon Dawson (co-writer, associate producer), Nick Redman (moderator) 1. Frank Kowalski brought the idea to Peckinpah during a drive to Las Vegas, and the filmmaker was immediately intrigued. The pair worked up a treatment while working on Straw Dogs(1971), but they couldn’t quite crack the script. Peckinpah reached out to Dawson say...

    “It’s been forty years, a lot of tequila has passed over these old synapses.” “There’s a lot of very dark comedy in this thing.” “Sometimes he’d make you lean in for an ass-chewing.” “This one prepped really well, but it got a little rocky during filming.” “He was a lot easier when he was drinking as you could count on him to pass out.” “This grave...

    Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garciaremains a tough, thrilling film, and Dawson’s memories make for some fascinating insight into Peckinpah. It’s clear that Dawson had real respect for the man, but it’s also clear that he knew when to hit the eject button on that relationship. It’s a great commentary — one of two on the disc as it also includes a tr...

  5. The film stars Warren Oates as Bennie, an American expatriate who is hired by Mexican crime lord El Jefe to find and deliver the severed head of Alfredo Garcia. The narrative explores themes of greed, loyalty, and desperation through a gritty and uncompromising lens.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Warren_OatesWarren Oates - Wikipedia

    Children. 4. Warren Mercer Oates(July 5, 1928 – April 3, 1982) was an American actor best known for his performances in several films directed by Sam Peckinpah, including The Wild Bunch(1969) and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia(1974). Another of his most acclaimed performances was as officer Sam Wood in In the Heat of the Night(1967).

  7. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) - Warren Oates as Bennie - IMDb. Warren Oates: Bennie. Showing all 61 items. Jump to: Photos (42) Quotes (19) Photos. 19 more photos. Quotes. Bennie : There ain't nothing sacred about a hole in the ground or the man that's in it. Or you. Or me.