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- His characters are often loners or losers who desire to be honorable but are forced to compromise in order to survive in a world of nihilism and brutality. He was given the nickname "Bloody Sam" owing to the violence in his films.
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He was given the nickname "Bloody Sam" owing to the violence in his films. Peckinpah's combative personality, marked by years of alcohol and drug abuse, affected his professional legacy. The production of many of his films included battles with producers and crew members, damaging his reputation and career during his lifetime.
The legend goes like this: they called him 'Bloody Sam'. His personal style was combative. His metier was the West and the Western.
PECKINPAH, David Samuel ("Sam") (b. 21 February 1925 in Fresno, California; d. 28 December 1984 in Inglewood, California), actor, television and motion picture scriptwriter, and film director whose 1969 film The Wild Bunch reflected the violence and social upheaval of the late 1960s.
"Pouring new wine into the bottle of the Western, Peckinpah explodes the bottle", observed critic Pauline Kael. That exploding bottle also christened the director with the nickname that would forever define his films and reputation: "Bloody Sam". David Samuel Peckinpah...
- February 21, 1925
- December 28, 1984
Peckinpah’s name still draws bloody calumny among the politically correct, emblematic of what we’re foolishly ruling out of our culture.
It lacked the violence that had earned Peckinpah the nickname “Bloody Sam.” Moviegoers, however, largely ignored the film, and the director responded with the thriller The Getaway (1972). Based on a novel by Jim Thompson, it starred McQueen as a prisoner who is paroled on the condition that he rob a bank, but, after being double-crossed, he ...
May 21, 2002 · With the release of The Wild Bunch (1969), Peckinpah became known as “Bloody Sam”. In 1971, Straw Dogs hit the screen and the cult of notoriety was cemented: Peckinpah became a marketable, yet controversial director.
