The Wild Bunch Page #3

Synopsis: It's 1913, and the traditional American West is dying. Among the inhabitants of this dying time era are a outlaw gang called "The Wild Bunch". After a failed bank robbery, the gang head to Mexico to do one last job. Seeing their times and lives drifting away in the newly formed world of the 20th century, the gang take the job and end up in a brutally, violent last stand against their enemies who deemed to be corrupt in a small Mexican town, ruled by a ruthless general.
Director(s): Sam Peckinpah
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures
  Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.0
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
R
Year:
1969
135 min
758 Views


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(frontal) ANGEL shooting.

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(frontal) Bounty hunter hit - ... from the roof.

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(frontal) another bounty hunter hit.

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Thornton shooting from side.

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(side) Bounty hunter hit - ... from the roof. (see that the

street is a fake - his fall continues below the level of the

street)

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(frontal) ... bounty hunter hit.

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Dutch running out of the office shooting.

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(frontal) old 'soldier' shooting from behind a door.

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(side) Thornton shooting.

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Dutch shooting, in the background two women.

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Musicans running in the background roof with bounty hunters.

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(Crazy Lee: "Good luck boys.") Receiving his gun again.

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Ethan and Pike leaving the office.

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T.C. shooting.

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... and missing Pike.

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Dutch shooting, behind him women and old men looking shelter

behind barrels, Pike appears behind Dutch.

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00

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(side) Thornton shooting.

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... missing Dutch, who is now in between the temperance

parade.

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(side) Pike running.

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(frontal) Pike running into the temperance parade.

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Man running into Ethan.

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'Soldier' coming out of the office, shooting.

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Three bounty hunters, Harrigan on the roof, shooting.

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'Soldier' on horse rides straight into the people.

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... people stretch their arms for protection.

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People running, wounded, a woman holds a man, a 'soldier'

shooting at the bounty hunters.

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Three bounty hunters, Harrigan on the roof, shooting.

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... the man, who was held by the woman got hit again.

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16

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Rider under a balcony.

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Man on the balcony loading his gun.

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... woman falls together with man on the street.

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(from behind) Ape (Crazy Lee) looking out to the street

("They are blowing this town to hell.")

ZOOMING AWAY:
A dead body on the street, people running in each

direction, Pike shooting with his pistol against the bounty

hunters.

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(from the street) Roof with shooting bounty hunters.

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a 'soldier' takes an old woman as cover.

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(frontal) Thornton looking down, shooting.

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... 'soldier' gets hit.

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Bounty hunter beside Thornton get hit.

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People on the street running.

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Three bounty hunters, Harrigan on the roof, shooting.

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... man gets hit.

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37

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(Office:) Woman to Ape: "You're trash."

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(frontal) Crazy Lee ...

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Man crawling on the street.

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Rider, horse neighs, shoots up straight through the boards.

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Man on the balcony shoots straight through the boards.

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Rider sees the shootin, galopps away.

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Man on the balcony runs to the end of the balcony to get

again into shooting position.

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Rider in an empty street, in the background the main street.

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Sam Peckinpah

David Samuel "Sam" Peckinpah was an American film director and screenwriter who achieved prominence following the release of the Western epic The Wild Bunch. more…

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