Peckinpah

[ pek-uhn-pah ]

noun

1. David Samuel Sam, 1925–84, U.S. film director and screenwriter.

Peckinpah

/ ˈpɛkɪnˌpɑː /

noun

1. PeckinpahSam(uel David)19261984MUSFILMS AND TV: director Sam ( uel David ). 1926–84, US film director, esp of Westerns, such as The Wild Bunch (1969). Among his other films are Straw Dogs (1971), Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), and Cross of Iron (1977)

Example Sentences

Entering the living room of the family’s Elm Drive home on Aug. 20, 1989, the brothers fired 12-gauge shotguns multiple times at their parents, creating a crime scene so blood-soaked even Sam Peckinpah would have looked away.

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But he considered “The Cincinnati Kid,” which he took over when Sam Peckinpah was fired, the first movie that was really his.

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The Hollywood western, of course, mythologized this country’s deserts and prairies as dramatic vistas against which such filmmakers as John Ford, Howard Hawks and Sam Peckinpah could foreground their rugged characters.

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“They understood each other because of the intensity and honesty Peckinpah demanded. He had no tolerance for lack of authenticity.”

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Filmmaker Sam Peckinpah directed him in the 1975 film “The Killer Elite,” starring James Caan, and the 1978 action comedy “Convoy,” starring Kris Kristofferson and Ali MacGraw.

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