Summary
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage is a 1996 American short documentary film directed and edited by Paul Seydor.[1] The occasion for the creation of this documentary was the discovery of 72 minutes of silent black-and-white 16 mm film footage of Sam Peckinpah and company on location in northern Mexico during the filming of The Wild Bunch.
| The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Paul Seydor |
| Produced by | Nick Redman Paul Seydor |
| Narrated by | Nick Redman |
| Edited by | Paul Seydor |
Production company | Tyrus Entertainment |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date |
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Running time | 34 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Cast edit
Source:[2]
- Walon Green as himself (voice)
- Newell Alexander as Cliff Coleman, William Holden (voice)
- Edmond O'Brien as himself (voice)
- James R. Silke as Friend / colleague (voice) (as Jim Silke)
- Mitch Carter as Gordon Dawson, Strother Martin (voice)
- Jerry Fielding as himself (voice)
- Sharon Peckinpah as herself (voice)
- L. Q. Jones as himself (voice)
- Ernest Borgnine as himself (voice)
- Peter Rainer as Bud Hulburd (voice)
- Ed Harris as Sam Peckinpah (voice)
Reception edit
Michael Sragow wrote that the film is "a wonderful introduction to Peckinpah’s radically detailed historical film about American outlaws in revolutionary Mexico — a masterpiece that’s part bullet-driven ballet, part requiem for Old West friendship and part existential explosion. Seydor’s movie is also a poetic flight on the myriad possibilities of movie directing."[3] Seydor and Redman were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary (Short Subject).[4][5]
Home media edit
The documentary was included on the 2006 and 2007 DVD and Blu-ray releases of The Wild Bunch.[6][7]
References edit
- ^ Gentner, Richard (November–December 1996). "New Documentary Reviewed: Seydor on Peckinpah". The Motion Picture Editors Guild Newsletter. 17 (5). Archived from the original on September 23, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2012.
- ^ TCM.com
- ^ Sragow, Michael (October 20, 2000). "The Wild Bunch". Salon.com.
- ^ "Breathing Lessons" winning Best Documentary Short - Oscars on YouTube
- ^ 1997|Oscars.org
- ^ The Wild Bunch - The Original Director's Cut (Two-Disc Special Edition) - WorldCat.org
- ^ Amazon.com: The Wild Bunch (Blu-ray)
External links edit
- The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage at IMDb
- The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage on MUBI
- Review
