The Wild Bunch: The Original Director's Cut on HD DVD

The Wild Bunch: The Original Director's Cut

Release Date

09/25/07

Genre:

Action, Drama, Western

Starring:

William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O’Brien, Warren Oates, Jaime Sanchez, Ben Johnson

Directed By:

Sam Peckinpah

Studio:

Warner Home Video

Rated:

Why Own it on HD DVD

See director Sam Peckinpah’s controversial American masterpiece as it was originally intended, now rendered even more significant in high definition video. Special features include commentary, a featurette on the influential director, an Oscar®-nominated vintage featurette, an excerpt from a documentary by Nick Redman, film outtakes and a trailer gallery of other Peckinpah films.

Commentary
By Nick Redman, Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons and David Weddle
Sam Peckinpah’s West: Legacy of a Hollywood Renegade
An in-depth look at Sam Peckinpah’s contribution to the Western genre of filmmaking.
The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage
Vintage making-of featurette
An Excerpt from A Simple Adventure Story
Sam Peckinpah, Mexico, and The Wild Bunch: A documentary by Nick Redman.
Sam Peckinpah Trailer Gallery
The Wild Bunch (1969), Ride the High Country (1962), Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), The Getaway (1972), Pat Garret and Billy the Kid (1973)
Outtakes

“An American masterpiece. The restored director’s cut is a cause for celebration.” —Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune

Director Sam Peckinpah’s film The Wild Bunch is a powerful tale of hangdog desperados bound by a code of honor, and rates as one of the all-time greatest Westerns. In 1994, it was restored to a complete, pristine condition unseen since its July 1969 release—and this new high-definition transfer showcases it to renewed blood-and-thunder effect. Watch William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan and more great stars saddle up for the roles of a lifetime.