Peckinpah

American  

[pek-uhn-pah] / ˈpɛk ənˌpɑ /

noun

1. David Samuel Sam, 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.

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Peckinpah British  

/ ˈpɛkɪnˌpɑː /

noun

1. 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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Peckinpah

Both Young and Peckinpah “were mavericks and outlaws, with a deep respect for art,” his daughter said, per the New York Times.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 19, 2023

Other notable roles include “Slaughter,” with Jim Brown, the Sam Peckinpah television film “The Battle of Cable Hogue” and “The Poseidon Adventure” in which she played Linda Rogo, Ernest Borgnine’s character’s wife.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023

Finally, a 45-minute addition features the director of the “Passion & Poetry” project Mike Siegel talking about the origins and continuing creation of a historical chronicle of the life and works of Peckinpah.

From Washington Times ● Jul. 8, 2021

According to the Guardian, this macho, West Virginian-set crime thriller feels like “something that got cooked up after a bender guzzling a Sam Peckinpah box set.”

From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2020

It’s open about its influences, serving them up omakase-style: the John Woo course, the Sam Peckinpah course, the Wong Kar-wai palate cleanser.

From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2019

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