Tag: Sam Peckinpah

Restored Major Dundee, The Big Gundown, and the sad case of The Alamo.

Restored Major Dundee, The Big Gundown, and the sad case of The Alamo.

July 24, 2014 | By

Some thoughts on MGM’s reluctance to begin restoring John Wayne’s The Alamo (1960) + reviews of The Big Gundown (Grindhouse Releasing), Major Dundee (Twilight Time), and Run, Man Run (Blue Underground).

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BR: Major Dundee (1965)

BR: Major Dundee (1965)

July 23, 2014 | By

One of the more infamous cases of a studio taking over the post-production of a film and releasing the end product without the director’s approval, Major Dundee still bears the legendary brand of the Epic That Never Was…

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