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Major Dundee

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Major Dundee (1965)

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Reviews Counted: 29

Fresh: 28

Rotten:1

Average Rating: 7.2/10

Runtime: 2 hrs 16 mins

Genre: Westerns

Theatrical Release: Apr 8, 2005 Limited

Synopsis: Sam Peckinpah's dramatic tale of the west, and of revenge. A group of men follow Major Dundee, a officer in the Union Cavalry, down to Mexico to recapture some children kidnapped by Apaches. Their mission proves violent from start to... Sam Peckinpah's dramatic tale of the west, and of revenge. A group of men follow Major Dundee, a officer in the Union Cavalry, down to Mexico to recapture some children kidnapped by Apaches. Their mission proves violent from start to finish, and filled with unexpected danger and adventure. [More]

Starring: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn

Starring: Charlton Heston, Richard Harris, Jim Hutton, James Coburn, Senta Berger, Brock Peters, Warren Oates, Slim Pickens, Ben Johnson

Director: Sam Peckinpah

Director: Sam Peckinpah
Producer: Jerry Bresler
Screenwriter: Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Saul, Sam Peckinpah
Composer: Daniele Amfitheatrof
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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Sep 20, 2005

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DVD Features:

  • Anamorphic - 2.35

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Mono - English
  • (unspecified) - French, Japanese
  • Subtitles - English - Closed Captioning
  • Subtitles - English, Japanese, Korean - Optional

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - Select Sam Peckinpah Historians
  • Deleted Scenes
  • Featurettes
  • Trailers - Original Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Stills/Photos - 1. Production
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Very disappointing Peckinpah western "classic" is not even near such.

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03/08/08
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An offbeat and sometimes jumbled western adventure film sees Heston as a Union officer in charge of a jail in the Southwest.

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08/30/06
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
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Sam Peckinpah's crippled film plays best as a dry run for The Wild Bunch.

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10/03/05
Glenn Abel
Hollywood Reporter
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It's an ode to the unstable, explosive force that was Sam Peckinpah, as well as to the powerful studio system that crushed him and kept him down.

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09/23/05
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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07/22/05
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly
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06/18/05
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06/17/05
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This restored version demonstrates is that while it remains an uneven work, it has flashes of brilliance as well as a general air of competence, even elegance in storytelling.

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06/11/05
Frank Swietek
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Giddy-up, Western lovers. This one is worth the return engagement.

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06/09/05
Chris Vognar
Dallas Morning News
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It's one of those flawed, fascinating films that are somehow more intriguing than many a smooth-cheeked blockbuster.

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06/02/05
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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No true Peckinpah-lover should pass it by.

Full Review Source: Chicago Tribune | comment Comment
05/13/05
Michael Wilmington
Chicago Tribune
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Major Dundee, not a great movie but a great star-driven, big budget 1965 studio western, is back in all its fractured glory and confidence.

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04/29/05
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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It's richer and more interesting, partly because some motivations have been cleared up, partly because the music isn't a burden and partly because we now can see that this was all leading to the creation of a truly great film four years later.

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04/22/05
John Hartl
Seattle Times
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The new Dundee plugs some of the story holes but, sadly, it's still a plodding affair that's low on plausible character motivation and compelling action scenes.

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
04/21/05
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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Testosterone Valhalla ... This newly restored version proves to be one of the most purely enjoyable, least thorny examples of [Peckinpah's] work.

Full Review Source: The Stranger (Seattle, WA) | comment Comment
04/21/05
Andrew Wright
The Stranger (Seattle, WA)
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The restored version becomes a near masterpiece--a most powerful but fragmented western of epic proportions.

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04/20/05
Dennis Schwartz
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Still a mess of great scenes sprinkled among some fairly monotonous action. But it's never completely dull.

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04/15/05
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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It's half a great movie.

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04/14/05
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com
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It's hard to imagine The Wild Bunch having the depth and grace it did without Peckinpah having this experience to draw on, and for that masterful film alone we're grateful to have Major Dundee back among the living again.

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04/14/05
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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