The Wild Bunch

Ricardo Godinez Professor Dew History of Film November 21, 2017 Wild, Wild West Intro Historical Perspective Both films were made for different reasons and made different impacts during their time of release. For Django Unchained, the film showed the horror of slavery before the civil war. Showing slaves being eaten by dogs to slaves fighting to the death, makes an unconventional film for its time and raised a lot of controversy considering the movies historical accuracy. The horror of slavery

1960s, “many young people saw the superposse as a metaphor for the government/authority during the years of anti-war protests” (Nixon n.p.). They identified with the youth and rebellion of Butch and Sundance and they saw the superhuman posse as a bunch of faceless lawmen trying to put an end to the reign of the bandit rebels. The individuals chasing Butch and Sundance are always there, always on their tail, and always about to catch up with them, just like the authorities were always out to get the

1897 he hooked up with Harvey Logan where they robbed a bank. Sundance kid was considered the fastest gunslinger. For crime he spent two years in jail.upon his release he considered himself as a cowboy.he then joined a gang who call themselves the wild bunch going around America

the Robbers' Roost in Utah. Cassidy now formed a new gang that became known as the Wild Bunch. This include Harry Longbaugh (the Sundance Kid), Ben Kilpatrick, Harvey Logan, William Carver,George Curry, Laura Bullion, Elza Lay and Bob Meeks. The wild bunch gang was a pretty large group of criminals. The crimes that he had committed were horse stealing, train robbers and bank robbers. When he was in the Wild Bunch, They were infamous of going on the longest crime spree in west American history. At

The U.S Marshals were on the rise and were doing a pretty good job at finding and stopping outlaws. One of the U.S Marshalls greatest successes was against The Wild Bunch. The Wild Bunch was led by Bill Doolin. There reputation got started in 1891 on July fourth in Coffeyville, Kansas, by tapping a keg of beer. It so happened that Kansas was a dry state. This means alcohol was illegal. When lawmen entered the scene to confiscate

Butch Cassidy: Wanted Dead or Alive Butch Cassidy was no man with a clean slate. He was an infamous outlaw of the Old West, taking all he could from trains and banks. He worked with many people throughout his lifetime who helped him with his misdeeds. He was born in Beaver, Utah on April 13th, 1866. His given name at birth was Robert Leroy Parker. His parents names were Maximillian Parker and Anne Campbell Gillies. Both of them were immigrants from England. Butch was the oldest of thirteen children

and independent cowboy, whose skills are only matched by his courage and bravery and who commits a range of justified violence. These themes are variously confirmed in High Noon (1952), The Searchers (1956), The Magnificent Seven (1960), and The Wild Bunch (1969) – all of which belong to the Western trope and are historical representations of mid-to-late 20th century America. However, these films also uniquely challenge prevailing images of the genre, portraying cowboys and gunmen as both antagonists

He joined with several other outlaws- including the Sundance Kid- they called themselves “ The Wild Bunch”. Together the group robbed banks and trains in a variety of states- including South Dakota, Nevada, New Mexico and Wyoming. Between robberies they hid out at a place in Wyoming called The Hole-in-the-Wall Pass, along with several other outlaw

In The Wild Bunch, for instance, it appeared Peckinpah wanted to show what it was like to get shot to death in a manner which hadn't been shown before. Moreover, the setting is appropriate for all the ensuing mayhem provided the movie is set mostly in Agua Verde on the eve of World War 1. Straw Dogs is set in Cornwall, England and marks his first foray out of the western. The Cornish setting, while not bad, makes the unrestrained violence seem all the more gratuitous and incongruous. The Wild Bunch

Butch Cassidy was a well-known American outlaw participating in many robberies with his gang, the Wild Bunch. His real name actually was not Butch Cassidy; he was born under the name Robert Leroy Parker on April 13, 1866. He moved away from his home and soon would meet a rancher by the name of Mike Cassidy which was also an alias for another name. He formed a close bond with the man. Robert Parker worked as a butcher at the time which is where he got his nickname Butch. He would come to change his