In June 1969, director Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch was released in theaters across the United States to critical accl…
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Butch & Sundance & Pike & Dutch How two films from the summer of ’69 changed Westerns forever.
Every period picture, consciously or not, reflects two periods, the time in which the story is set, and the time the fil…
Hartley of the West A New England actress reflects on how she went to California and became a cowgirl.
“I knew that it was something special; Sam (Peckinpah) was terrific, everybody was terrific, especially Randolph S…
Max Evans in Hollywood At 93 years old, the award-winning New Mexico author is reflective on the movie business, actors, directors, and his legendary friendship with Sam Peckinpah.
“Ol’ Tony Hillerman told me one time, ‘Max, you know, if you option a novel, you’ve got to hope they don’t make th…
Cowboy Pens Best Rodeo Movie Ever Made Jeb Rosebrook’s highly personal memoir of the writing and producing of the Sam Peckinpah and Steve McQueen movie Junior Bonner recounts the special relationship between the historic Arizona city and its residents in the summer of 1971.
Prescott, Arizona, has been a center of Cowboy Culture since 1888, when civic-minded merchants first posted cash prizes …
The Kinder, Gentler, Sam Peckinpah Ride the High Country and Ballad of Cable Hogue are warm, genuine and, arguably, his best Westerns.
Hollywood’s famous Chinese theatre celebrated L.Q. Jones’s 90th birthday with a screening of the controversial masterpie…
Ride the High Country
Ride the High Country is considered a classic. The 1962 film—directed by Sam Peckinpah—starred Joel McRea as a washed u…
“Duck You, Sucker!”
1971’s Duck, You Sucker! was the last Western directed by Sergio Leone. He almost didn’t helm it. Initially, Sam Peckinp…