The host of an investigative news show is convinced by the CIA that the friends he has invited to a weekend in the country are engaged in a conspiracy that threatens national security.

Junior Bonner

1972

English

6.7

♡ 13

92%

Sam Peckinpah Director

Joe Don Baker as Curly Bonner

Ida Lupino as Elvira Bonner

Sam Peckinpah as Man in Palace Bar

Bill McKinney as Red Terwiliger

With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father.

Z Channel: A Magnificent Obsession

2004

English

7.6

♡ 6

100%

los angeles, california

memory

retrospective

Xan Cassavetes Director

Quentin Tarantino as Self

Sam Peckinpah as Self

Alan Rudolph as Self

Jacqueline Bisset as Self

A documentary on the Z Channel, one of the first pay cable stations in the US, and its programming chief, Jerry Harvey. Debuting in 1974, the LA-based channel's eclectic slate of movies became a prime example of the untapped power of cable television.

Passion & Poetry: The Ballad of Sam Peckinpah

2005

Spanish

7.2

♡ 2

Mike Siegel Director

David Warner as Self

Sam Peckinpah as Self

Isela Vega as Self

Ali MacGraw as Self

Portrayal of a talented, influencial and troubled artist: a filmmaker who fought his own demons and seemed to live his own legend like no other director. Against all odds Sam Peckinpah was able to create a very personal body of work in the studio system of Hollywood and with his powerful directing and editing style changed the way of filmmaking forever. Legendary for his use of slow-motion violence, various scandals and his ongoing problems with sudios and producers, the story of Peckinpah is filled with tragedy, humor, success and defeat.

Heaven's Gate

1980

English

6.7

♡ 17

57%

Michael Cimino Director

Sam Peckinpah as Hangman

Jeff Bridges as John H. Bridges

John Hurt as William C. Irvine

Willem Dafoe as Willy

Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished immigrants and affluent cattle farmers. Politically connected ranchers enlist mercenary Nathan Champion—who is also vying for the affections of local madam Ella Watson—to combat the immigrant uprising. As tensions escalate, both Averill and Champion start to question their decisions.

Convoy

1978

English

6.3

♡ 24

58%

Sam Peckinpah Director

Seymour Cassel as Governer Jerry Haskins

Ali MacGraw as Melissa

Sam Peckinpah as News Crew Director

Cassie Yates as Violet

Trucker Rubber Duck and his buddies Pig Pen, Widow Woman and Spider Mike use their CB radios to warn one another of the presence of cops. But conniving Sheriff Wallace is hip to the truckers' tactics, and begins tricking the drivers through his own CB broadcasts. Facing constant harassment from the law, Rubber Duck and his pals use their radios to coordinate a vast convoy and rule the road.

Wichita

1955

English

6.9

♡ 8

100%

Jacques Tourneur Director

Sam Peckinpah as Bank Teller

Robert J. Wilke as Ben Thompson

Edgar Buchanan as Doc Black

Vera Miles as Laurie

Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

1956

English

7.7

♡ 32

97%

85%

Action

alien

based on novel or book

Don Siegel Director

Sam Peckinpah as Charlie

Kevin McCarthy as Dr. Miles J. Bennell

Carolyn Jones as Theodora 'Teddy' Belicec

Frank Hagney as Townsman

A small-town doctor learns that the population of his community is being replaced by emotionless alien duplicates.

China 9, Liberty 37

1978

Italian

6.1

♡ 6

43%

Monte Hellman Director

Jenny Agutter as Catherine

Warren Oates as Matthew

Ivonne Sentis as Whore

Sam Peckinpah as Wilbur Olsen

Gunslinger Clayton Drumm is about to be hanged when he is given a chance to live if he agrees to murder Matthew, a miner who has steadfastly refused to sell his land to the railroad company. Matthew’s refusal is a major obstacle to the railroad’s plans for expansion.

What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael

2018

English

6.9

♡ 3

88%

Rob Garver Director

Quentin Tarantino as Self

Paul Schrader as Self

Sam Peckinpah as Self - Filmmaker

Robert Altman as Self - Filmmaker

Pauline Kael (1919–2001) was undoubtedly one of the greatest names in film criticism. A Californian native, she wrote her first review in 1953 and joined ‘The New Yorker’ in 1968. Praised for her highly opinionated and feisty writing style and criticised for her subjective and sometimes ruthless reviews, Kael’s writing was refreshingly and intensely rooted in her experience of watching a film as a member of the audience. Loved and hated in equal measure – loved by other critics for whom she was immensely influential, and hated by filmmakers whose films she trashed - Kael destroyed films that have since become classics such as The Sound of Music and raved about others such as Bonnie and Clyde. She was also aware of the perennial difficulties for women working in the movies and in film criticism, and fiercely fought sexism, both in her reviews and in her media appearances.