I think i can feel sam peckinpahs heart beating and head pounding in every frame in bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974, a film he made during a period of alcoholic fear and trembling. Its the story of a drunken and violent odyssey across mexico by a dropout bartender who, if he returns alfredo garcia s head, stands to be paid a million dollars. Aug 05, 2017 bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 nobody loses all the timeexcept perhaps bennie, the misbegotten, desperate hatchet man of sam peckinpahs grit and grimefilled latecareer sojourn through the lawless mexican underworld. If there is anything to auteur theory, then alfredo garcia is the most autobiographical film peckinpah ever made. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 original trailer. Link your trailer here and let the subscribers decide who or what channel deserves to be funded. In his final personal film, shot in mexico with a largely mexican crew, sam peckinpah cast his old friend. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 nonusa format, pal, reg. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia encore edition bluray. Jan 01, 2009 bring me the head of alfredo garcia 3 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars. Its also a film that seems almost wilfully selfdestructive, inasmuch as it is completely uncompromising in its vision of an utterly amoral and violent world.
All is vanity, except maybe theres something that isnt. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia the arrow video. The contrast also seems to fluctuate from scene to scene. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 directed by. Its the story of a drunken and violent odyssey across mexico by a dropout bartender who, if he returns alfredo garcias head, stands to be paid a million dollars. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia film by peckinpah. Sam peckinpahs bring me the head of alfredo garcia is a weird, horrifying film that somehow transcends its unlikely material. Reviled on its release, reassessed today as a masterpiece, bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 is pantheon director sam peckinpahs nihilistic yet poetic tale of bennie warren oates, iconically great, a wastrel sometime piano player lost in the wilds of mexico. John patterson on sam peckinpahs masterpiece, bring me. An american bar room pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the mexican underworld to collect a bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.
Tout sur bring me the head of alfredo garcia bluray gig young robert webber, bluray et toute lactualite en dvd et. Jun 05, 2006 opening scene bring me the head of alfredo garcia peckinpah, 1974 duration. The people who recoil from bring me the head of alfredo garcia arent exactly in the same league as the stuffed yahoos hooting at the premiere of le sacre du printemps. Sam peckinpahs slow burning exploration into poverty and the deconstruction of masculinity is a fascinating, albeit, at times frustrating watch. Rent bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 starring warren oates and isela vega on dvd and bluray.
Bring me the head of alfredo garcia theatrical trailer. Peckinpah is known for his unrelenting violent movies, and with a title like bring me the head of alfredo garcia, you can assume the violence. The cast included oates as a bartender turned remorseless bounty hunter, kristofferson as a motorcycleriding rapist. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia is the strangest film of sam peckinpahs career, and.
Bring me the head of alfredo garcia by jerry fielding on. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 is easily peckinpahs bleakest, most brutal film, and that in itself is saying something. A similar response greeted bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974, a laconic ultraviolent exercise about the search for the man who impregnated the daughter of a wealthy family. Listen to your favorite songs from bring me the head of alfredo garcia by jerry fielding now. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia comes with a 1080p hd transfer presented in 1. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia encore edition blu. Structurally, bring me the head of alfredo garcia is a chase picture without much of a chase. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia has been on both worst and best movie lists for forty years, so it must be doing something right. It doesnt seem like they cleaned up this transfer a whole lot. Search, discover and share your favorite bring me the head of alfredo garcia gifs. The original trailer in high definition of bring me the head of alfredo garcia directed by sam peckinpah and starring warren oates, isela vega, robert webber, gig young and helmut dantine. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 directed by sam.
As much as bring me the head of alfredo garcia is an exhilarating action film with dozens of dead bodies littered about the dusty, desolate landscape, this is a strange but powerful love story, an examination of people, emotions, relationships, love and sex. The shadow cinema of the american 70s before the screening bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 nobody loses all the timeexcept perhaps bennie, the misbegotten, desperate hatchet man of sam peckinpahs grit and grimefilled latecareer sojourn through the lawless mexican. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 1080p bluray avc dtshd ma 2. Street date march 11, 2014 available through screen archives entertainment 29. Eager to collect, a couple of bounty hunters helmut dantine, gig young track him to a mexico city bar run by an american expatriate named bennie warren oates. As much as bring me the head of alfredo garcia is an exhilarating action film with. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia bluray sam peckinpah blu. The head accompanies him in a burlap bag, tossed into the front seat of a beatup old ford convertible. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia internet movie firearms. Oct 28, 2001 i think i can feel sam peckinpahs heart beating and head pounding in every frame in bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974, a film he made during a period of alcoholic fear and trembling.
With bring me the head of alfredo garcia, he went even further, burrowing for a dark nugget of purity somewhere in the corruption of the soul. It was divisive when it came out, but has gained a following over the years. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia is far more underwhelming in its repetitive nature and lack of focus. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia nude scenes naked. Jan 25, 2017 bring me the head of alfredo garcia concluded a remarkable period for filmmaker sam peckinpah.
Other articles where bring me the head of alfredo garcia is discussed. There are quite a few instances of debris, hairs, and specks throughout the film. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia is a gritty classic that vibrates with explosive action and nailbiting tension. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia soundtrack from 1974, composed by jerry fielding. Unrelentingly violent and bleak in its outlook, bring me the head of alfredo garcia was despised upon its initial release, but has, with time, become appreciated as one of peckinpahs greatest achievements. If you are a filmmaker and have a movie on youtube, we want to promote it and help fund your next project.
Critics and fans deeply committed to the tao of sam overlook its faults and see it as peckinpahs ultimate expression of rage. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia is a gift to everyone who persists in misunderstanding such peckinpah films as the wild bunch and straw dogs simply as paeans to brutality and orgies of tasteless violence. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia bluray encore edition dvd. Check here english if you are not a hdcenter premium member, you cannot see premium links. Mar 11, 2017 this may not get mentioned in the same breath of the wild bunch, cross of iron, pat garratt and billy the kid, or the getaway but taken on its own terms, bring me the head of alfredo garcia is a worthy addition to sam peckinpahs c. This may not get mentioned in the same breath of the wild bunch, cross of iron, pat garratt and billy the kid, or the getaway but taken on its own terms, bring me the head of alfredo garcia is a worthy addition to sam peckinpahs c. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 3 5 stars 3 out of 5 stars. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 1080p bluray avc. With warren oates, isela vega, robert webber, gig young. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 112 min action, crime, drama, thriller, western mar 1975 7. The twilight time encore edition bluray of bring me the head of alfredo garcia is a beautiful transfer, a repeat of the companys 2014 limited release. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 rotten tomatoes.
Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Rent bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 on dvd and. Arrow as far as i can see have funded a 4k restoration that looks like will be the best version for pq thus far and i have no reason to doubt that, do you. The original trailer in high definition of bring me the head of alfredo.
I did alfredo garcia and i did it exactly the way i wanted to, confessed. When a mexican land baron puts a million dollars on the head of the man who seduced and impregnated his daughter, two moneyhungry hired killers young and webber recruit a smalltown bartender oates to help them do their. Alfredo garcia could almost be dedicated to those benighted types. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia subtitles 87 subtitles. It brought to an end a sevenyear and sevenfilm run of. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 is simply one of the greatest american films, a protracted, pained scream directed at a society where all values have been supplanted by price tags, in which warren oatess increasingly unhinged cantina piano man, rendered seemingly godmode invulnerable by his reckless suicidal grief, tries repeatedly to ascertain the cost of a human life from.
Sam peckinpah produced many outrageous and challenging films during his career, but bring me the head of alfredo garcia stands apart from the pack as the most unusual and demanding entry in his filmography. Much like peckinpahs best films its about a mans failure to be a. Sam peckinpahs most personal film, the 1974 bring me the head of aldreo garcia, was released late last month by arrow on limited edition bluray. Listen to the audio interview with sam peckinpah mp3 format, approximately 48. As a result, casual action fans expecting something like the getaway will be confounded, but anyone seriously interested in this directors work will be rewarded with a.
Me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 original trailer hd 1080p. When a mexican crime boss kris kristofferson learns that his aide, alfredo garcia, has impregnated his daughter, he offers a million dollars for garcias head. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia nw film center. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia is a film that will not make everybody happy. Helmut dantine, emilio fernandez, kris kristofferson, warren oates. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia the arrow video story. I believe its hero, bennie, completes his task with the same dogged courage as peckinpah used to complete the movie, and that bennies exhaustion, disgust and despair at the end might mirror. Violence and death have a close and causal relationship in the films of heman american director sam peckinpah. Opening scene bring me the head of alfredo garcia peckinpah, 1974 duration. Bring me the head of alfred garcia 1970 starring warren oates, isela vega, gig young, robert webber, helmut dantine, emilio fernandez and kris. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia concluded a remarkable period for filmmaker sam peckinpah. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia synopsis fandango. Author charles taylor will sign copies of opening wednesday at a theater or drivein near you.
Apparently, this was one of the few movies in the filmmakers career where he maintained complete control over every aspect of the film, from pre. Renowned for blasting his way through the 1970s with a series of filmsthe wild bunch 1969 and the getaway 1972 are only twothat exploded blood packs along with moral assumptions, peckinpah scaled a bleak and comedic peak with bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia internet movie. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia theatrical trailer youtube.
His journey to dig up and decapitate the titular alfredo garcia only result in tragedy which leads to a deadly shootout at the landowners home. Those of us who admire the movie would do no favors to our side by pretending that there isnt plenty wrong with it, and that in fact long stretches of it are tough sledding. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia trailers from hell. Dec 26, 2008 sam peckinpah was already on the decline when he made bring me the head of alfredo garcia, but its still his masterpiece, says john patterson john patterson fri 26 dec 2008 19. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia is a 1974 is a crime film by sam peckinpah. John patterson on sam peckinpahs masterpiece, bring me the. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia is a 1974 mexicanamerican neowestern film directed by sam peckinpah, cowritten by peckinpah and gordon dawson. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia bluray twilight time 1974 color 1. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia film by peckinpah 1974. Peckinpah keeps the movie in a low gear, his tale moving slow like its on a day drunk, with the other bounty hunters, and later garcia s pissedoff family, only clashing with bennie in rare, but important, instances. The violence this film does a lot less for me than that of straw dogs, due to its one man. It brought to an end a sevenyear and sevenfilm run of masterpieces that included the taboobreaking. What we see looks pristine, while redman was apparently monitoring a far less attractive file copy.
Bring me the head of alfredo garcia is an essential part of peckinpahs filmography and twilight times release is likely to remain the definitive version of it for quite some time. Screenplay by sam peckinpah, gordon dawson, based on a story by peckinpah, frank kowalski. It brought to an end a sevenyear and sevenfilm run of masterpieces that included the taboobreaking ultraviolence of the wild bunch and straw dogs, and the more elegiac tones of the ballad of cable hogue and junior bonner. When a mexican crime boss kris kristofferson learns that his aide, alfredo garcia, has impregnated his daughter, he offers a million dollars for garcia s head. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia is classic 1970s existentialism at its best. See more of bring me the head of alfredo garcia on facebook. Peckinpah keeps the movie in a low gear, his tale moving slow like its on a day drunk, with the other bounty hunters, and later garcias pissedoff family, only clashing with bennie in rare, but important, instances. Dont hesitate to head over to screen archives entertainment and grab one of the 3,000 copies before theyre gone. Sam peckinpah was already on the decline when he made bring me the head of alfredo garcia, but its still his masterpiece, says john patterson john patterson fri 26 dec 2008 19. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia by sam peckinpah sam.
Bring me the head of alfredo garcia bluray arrow films. On one of the commentaries it is amusing to hear commentator nick redman wondering about the state of the original camera elements. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia soundtrack 1974. To be honest it was a thread about bring me the head of alfredo garcia on blu ray from arrow and nothing else although i understand your post about the tt release as you have vested interest. Bring me the head of alfredo garcia 1974 remastered. An american bar room pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip.