Book description
For the fiftieth anniversary of the film, W.K. Stratton's definitive history of the making of The Wild Bunch, named one of the greatest Westerns of all time by the American Film Institute.
Sam Peckinpah's film The Wild Bunch is the story of a gang of outlaws who are one big…
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I loved this book because it captures not only the making of a classic film but the cultural moment that gave rise to it. Stratton gives readers all the behind-the-scenes detail they could want—the grueling conditions, the colorful cast of characters, and the creative chaos surrounding Sam Peckinpah—while situating the film within the broader transformation of Hollywood and American society in the late 1960s. I had no idea what a daredevil William Holden was, or how many near-suicidal stunts he pulled in real life, and those stories alone are worth reading. But what makes the book unforgettable is the way…
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