Peckinpah


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 (pĕk′ən-pô′), David Samuel Known as "Sam." 1925-1984.
American film director best known for his morally complex Westerns, including Ride the High Country (1962) and The Wild Bunch (1969).
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Peckinpah

(ˈpɛkɪnˌpɑː)
n
(Biography) Sam(uel David). 1926–84, US film director, esp of Westerns, such as The Wild Bunch (1969). Among his other films are Straw Dogs (1971), Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), and Cross of Iron (1977)
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An unfortunate incident with an unhatched egg lands Red in court where Judge Peckinpah (Keegan-Michael Key) sentences him to a course in anger management led by perky clucker Matilda (Maya Rudolph).
An unfortunate incident with an unhatched egg lands Red in court Judge Peckinpah (Keegan-Michael Key) sentences him to a course in management led by perky clucker Matilda (Maya Rudolph).
An unfortunate incident with unhatched egg lands Red in court where Judge Peckinpah (Keegan-Michael Key) sentences him to course in anger management led by perky clucker Matilda (Maya Rudolph).
An unfortunate incident an unhatched egg lands Red in court where Judge Peckinpah (Keegan-Michael Key) sentences him a course in anger management led by perky Matilda (Maya Rudolph).
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In 1972, the same year as her Dirty Harry review, Kael praised Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971) as "the first American film that is a fascist work of art" (426).
In 1957, when (Sam) Peckinpah wrote his screen adaptation of "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones," he was still married to his first wife, Marie Selland, and they lived in Malibu when it was a small, funky, unpretentious beach community with nice housing that was actually affordable.