(1965). The settings and photography in this movie are great! Major Dundee (1965) - IMDb Major Dundee (1965) was a test of wills between Sam Peckinpah and the studio heads, it was also a proto-type for his true master piece The Wild Bunch; DVD Savant Review: Major Dundee, The Extended Version A DVD review by Glenn Erickson (DVD Savant) of the film Major Dundee, The Extended Version ; Dundee Arts Cafe | Relax & discuss the arts, over coffee Dundee … 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. The action scenes are fantastic. Sandwiched inauspiciously between his excellent debut, Ride the High Country, and his hellacious masterpiece, The Wild Bunch, Dundee is the director's flawed attempt to create a Custer-like portrait of military glory-seeking in the form of Charlton Heston's titular martinet, who employs a motley crew of Confederate prisoners, horse thieves and assorted miscreants to hunt down an Apache war machine. JAmes Coburn's cameo as one armed scout is worth the watch alone. A textbook example of how a penny-pinching producer can ruin a potentially great movie by basically sandbagging its (admittedly truculent) director, MAJOR DUNDEE nevertheless works as an answer of thoughts to the glorious Cavalry westerns of John Ford. During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas. The films of Sam Peckinpah: A flawed masterpiece. The realism of many scenes, like that of the camp-hospital, with the badly-wounded bleeding soldiers lying on the ground, was stark new at the time the film was made. Armstrong, L.Q. Still, the action scenes in the film are excitingly staged and the actors go a long way in putting the story across. Dundee is … One of the few "real" officers he gets is Hutton as a rather bumbling, by-the-numbers lieutenant. Ace Bonner returns to Arizona several years after he abandoned his family, Junior Bonner is a wild young man. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. After the breakthrough success of Ride the High Country(1962), Sam Peckinpah would embark on a journey to Mexico to film a story about an obsessed major on the tracks of some renegade Apaches. Our family was stationed there in 1965-66. In 1864, the Apache warriors led by Sierra Charriba slaughter a Union troop of soldiers and a family of settlers. Back in the mid 1970's I was in college at The University of South Florida in Tampa and I remember we were studying for some tests coming up but saw that Major Dundee was on TV that Sunday afternoon so we all stopped to watch it. This escalates into an almost impossible situation when Heston's group reaches a river with the enemy both in front of and behind him. Major Dundee (Charlton Heston) is a vainglorious officer busted to the decidedly inglorious job of overseeing prisoners in a fort in New Mexico. Though it is rarely shown in widescreen, that format is a must for fully appreciating the camera-work and composition of the film. He also offered to forgo his salary to get it released. 30. And talk about stilted acting, Heston really puts on a poor show. Maximillian's French vs. Jauristas is also depicted without apology. Sie finden Rezensionen und Details zu einer vielseitigen Blu-ray- und DVD-Auswahl – neu und gebraucht. I went to Vietnam and soured on violence for years. Major cuts = minor disappointments, but still worth a look. During the last winter of the Civil War, cavalry officer Amos Dundee leads a contentious troop of Army regulars, Confederate prisoners and scouts on an expedition into Mexico to destroy a band of Apaches who have been raiding U.S. bases in Texas. The "twinkle" sound effect as mentioned in another review was rather obnoxious, tho'....Unlike Dad, I became a huge fan of "The Wild Bunch" an caught "Dundee" whenever I could on TV. It's a well know fact now that as the film ran over budget, Charlton Heston offered to forego his salary to help with costs, never thinking for a second that the studio would accept such a selfless offer... they did and Heston was poorer by some three hundred thousand dollars! This he did and the director called for a retake but this time he called Heston a stupid P....K Hestons own words! Pekinpah's excellent Western which works as standard Cavalry movie, a meditation of loyality and friendship and a study in a dangerous obsession.Heston is very good as the titular Major who will risk everything to catch the raiding Apache's and restore his good name - he is stiff necked and inflexible and plays nicely against Harris's dashing Southern Captain who only wants to get home. Suffice it to say that he was unable to go to the set, for any number of reasons. What to Watch Latest Trailers IMDb TV IMDb Originals IMDb Picks IMDb Podcasts. The film focuses on the hostile relationship between Amos Dundee(Charlton Heston) and Ben Tyreen(Richard Harris). von Major Dundee.