Gordon T. Dawson Movies

This straight-talking program seeks to understand the enigmatic and controversial Sam Peckinpah, whose violent films such as The Wild Bunch and Straw...

Portrayal of a talented, influencial and troubled artist: a filmmaker who fought his own demons and seemed to live his own legend like no other direct...

A documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's last western, "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" (1973).

A documentary crew returns to the shooting locations of Sam Peckinpah's legendary western to reflect on the film and the way it impacted their lives.

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

An account of the life and work of American film director Sam Peckinpah (1925-84),a tortured artist whose genius and inner demons changed the Western...