Best of Sam Peckinpah

[QUENTIN]

1.) The Wild Bunch -10/10
2.) Straw Dogs -9/10
3.) The Getaway -9/10
4.) Pat Garret & Billy The Kid -8/10
5.) Ride The High Country -8/10

What are your best/worst/favorites by this hardened American phallocentric director?

[Deckard]

Peckinpah is truly the modern grand pappy of action style. Love em all.

Personal Faves are

WILD BUNCH (9.5/10)
THE GETAWAY (9.5/10)
STRAW DOGS (9/10)
BRING ME HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA (8/10)
CROSS OF IRON (8.5/10)
RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY (8/10)
THE KILLER ELITE (8/10)
PAT GARRET AND BILLYTHE KID (8/10)
JUNIOR BONNER (8/10)
MAJOR DUNDEE (8/10)
THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND (7.5/10)

[Klaus Weasley]

The Wild Bunch, definitely.

[Jim H]

I've been looking to get the LD of Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. Anyone got a clue on where to get it? Occasionally eBay, but it usually goes for a touch too high... $40 range.

I've only seen a few, unfortunately..

The Wild Bunch 9/10
Straw Dogs 7/10
Osterman Weekend 5/10
Killer Elite 4/10

The ones on my to-see list are definetly Garcia, Ride the High Country and Pat Garett.

[MickeyKnox]

The Wild Bunch-10/10
Straw Dogs-9.5/10
The Getaway-9/10
Cross of Iron-8.5/10

[The Professional]

The Wild Bunch 10/10
Ride The High Country 10/10
Cross of Iron 9/10
Straw Dogs 9/10
The Getaway 8/10
Bring Me The Head of Alfreado Garcia 8/10
Pat Garret & Billy The Kid:Dir Cut 8/10
Junior Bonner 7/10
The Killer Elite 7/10
The Osterman Weekend 6.5/10

[A.J. Hakari]

THE WILD BUNCH, by default; it's the only one of Peckinpah's I've seen.

BTW, reading over Quentin's "Best of..." threads, I realize I've got a hell of a lot of catching up to do on my classic flicks. :(

[bob]

I'll say The Wild Bunch, but I haven't seen Straw Dogs yet.

[BadCoverVersion]

Straw Dogs (8/10)...and I haven't actually seen The Wild Bunch...SHAMEFUL I know!!!

[Antonio]

SAM PECKINPAH
1. THE WILD BUNCH (1969) A+
2. THE GETAWAY (1972) B
3. STRAW DOGS (1971) B

[Philip Marlowe]

01. Junior Bonner
02. The Wild Bunch
03. The Getaway
04. Cross of Iron
05. Straw Dogs
06. Ride the High Country
07. The Killer Elite
08. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
09. Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
10. The Ballad of Cable Hogue
11. Major Dundee
12. THe Deadly Campanions
13. The Osterman Weekend

[James Logan]

THE WILD BUNCH is about as good as movies get...

[Cosimo]

Thw Wild Bunch-9/10

and

Straw Dogs-9/10

r two of the most memorable movies ive ever seen

[MikeyB]

Straw Dogs 8.5/10

[Sugar Magnolia]

Originally posted by MikeyB
Straw Dogs 8.5/10

Agreed...