My wife, who does not love Mr. Peckinpah, no, recently watched Cable Hogue with me and loved the hell out of it.
The imminent release of MAJOR DUNDEE has me hoping that maybe CABLE HOGUE and PAT GARRETT will follow, but who knows.
Oh, smacked in the noggin with a 2x4 wrapped in velvet. Yeah, that's what it felt like.
Lorne ,'Smile Time'
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Frankenbuddha - May 12, 2005 6:40:11 am PDT #2706 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Hayden - May 12, 2005 6:43:38 am PDT #2707 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
It's a crime that they aren't available, let alone that Ride the High Country, which is almost the equal of The Wild Bunch, is only available as a pan-and-scan VHS. And Noon Wine, because it appeared on tv, is completely unavailable to the general public. Someone's asleep at the wheel at Criterion.
Frankenbuddha - May 12, 2005 6:48:01 am PDT #2708 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
And Noon Wine, because it appeared on tv, is completely unavailable to the general public.
Aren't there only like two or three copies of that in existence, and two of them are in national archives (Libarary of Congress being one, I think)?
Hayden - May 12, 2005 6:56:00 am PDT #2709 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I think two are in national archives, one is owned by CBS (or is it NBC?), and one is in the possession of the Peckinpah estate. It's the last one that I think Criterion should release as an extra. I think both Weddle and Seydor had access to it for stills in their books.
Hey, a buddy sent me a copy of The Westerner episode "Jeff" (written and directed by Peckinpah) in which the hero encounters a former sweetheart working as a prostitute in a seedy border brothel, and she eventually refuses to leave with him, telling him that she actually loves her sad, miserable life. Warren Oates plays a drunk layabout. Lovely, bleak stuff. It wouldn't be out of place as a Deadwood plot, and it's a wonder that it aired on tv back in the '60s.
Frankenbuddha - May 12, 2005 7:00:49 am PDT #2710 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Warren Oates plays a drunk layabout.
Heh. Outside of STRIPES, BLUE THUNDER and DILLINGER, when didn't he? Mostly kidding, but boy talk about your early type-casting.
Still, part of me will always think of Warren Oates as "our big toe".
Hayden - May 12, 2005 7:03:13 am PDT #2711 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Heh. Outside of STRIPES, BLUE THUNDER and DILLINGER, when didn't he? Mostly kidding, but boy talk about your early type-casting.
Sometimes he played a coked-out layabout. And sometimes an existential cockfighter. Who's also drunk. And lazy. Must be something about that face.
Cashmere - May 12, 2005 7:06:50 am PDT #2712 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
but boy talk about your early type-casting
Can anyone say, "R. Lee Ermey"?
Hayden - May 12, 2005 7:08:20 am PDT #2713 of 10002
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Boy, he could have ruled in the role of a romantic comedy lead! Especially if it's a romantic comedy about angry, anal-retentive ex-Marines who shout a lot.
Sean K - May 12, 2005 7:11:37 am PDT #2714 of 10002
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Can anyone say, "R. Lee Ermey"?
Boy, he could have ruled in the role of a romantic comedy lead! Especially if it's a romantic comedy about angry, anal-retentive ex-Marines who shout a lot.
Loves me some Gunney.
Cashmere - May 12, 2005 7:12:32 am PDT #2715 of 10002
Now tagless for your comfort.
I finally saw Ray last night. Jamie Foxx killed me. I was in tears at every flash back scene.