Happy Birthday, Sam Peckinpah! Born today in 1925 as David Samuel Peckinpah, this American screenwriter and film director achieved prominence following the release of his epic 1969 American revisionist western drama.action film 'The Wild Bunch'.
Aside from this, Peckinpah is also best known for directing the 1971 American psychological thriller drama/mystery film 'Straw Dogs', the 1973 American revisionist western drama/action film 'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid' and the 1974 Mexican-American neo-Western drama/crime film 'Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia'.
Peckinpah's films generally deal with the conflict between values and ideals, as well as the corruption and violence in human society. His characters are often loners or losers who desire to be honorable, but are forced to compromise in order to survive in a world of nihilism and brutality.
Peckinaph was known for the visually innovative and explicit depiction of action and violence as well as his revisionist approach to the Western genre. He was given the nickname "Bloody Sam" owing to the violence in his films.
Peckinpah had been active from 1957–1984.
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