Sam Peckinpah’s cult classic Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia comes to high-definition Blu-ray for the first time in Australia. Starring Warren Oates (The Wild Bunch, Stripes) and Isela Vega, this gritty, violent neo-western has become a cult classic.
It was awarded four stars from Roger Ebert on release (his highest rating), and writing about it again in 2001, he described the film as “extraordinary, a true and heartfelt work by a great director who endured despite, or perhaps because of, the demons that haunted him”.
A piano player and his lover stumble across one last, precious chance at happiness: in order to claim more money that they’ve ever dreamed of, all they have to do is retrieve the head of a wanted man. But the path to their ultimate escape is littered with dangers – some, of course, of the fatal variety.
“No other filmmaker on earth could have conjured up this strange, obsessive… uniquely fascinating picture.” – The Washington Post
Special Features:
- Disc One: Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia:
- 1080P High-definition presentation on Blu-ray from a 4K restoration
- NEW Audio Commentary by filmmaker / Peckinpah scholar Mike Siegel
- Audio Commentary by co-writer/co-producer Gordon Dawson, moderated by Nick Redman
- Audio Commentary by Peckinpah scholars Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and David Weddle, moderated by Nick Redman
- Audio Commentary by Peckinpah expert Paul Seydor and assistant to the director Katy Haber, moderated by Twilight Time producer Nick Redman
- Passion & Poetry: Sam’s Favorite Film – a film by Mike Siegel on the making of Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia featuring interviews with key cast & crew
- NEW Promoting Alfredo Garcia – animated gallery featurette
- NEW Filming Alfredo Garcia – animated gallery featurette
- NEW Portrait of the Artist as a Dead Man: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and Sam Peckinpah’s Last Chance – Video essay by film writer/critic Travis Woods
- A Writer’s Journey with Sam Peckinpah In Mexico – an interview documentary with author Garner Simmons
- Peckinpah in Locarno – an interview with Katy Haber about Alfredo Garcia at the 2015 Peckinpah retrospective at the Locarno Film Festival
- US TV Spots
- Theatrical Trailer
- Disc Two: Passion & Poetry – The Ballad of Sam
Peckinpah:
- The acclaimed feature documentary film by Mike Siegel about the life & times of Sam Peckinpah featuring many cast & crew interviews
- NEW 1080P High-definition presentation upscale presented on Blu-ray for the first time
- Audio Commentary by director Mike Siegel
- Stories on a Storyteller – a three part feature documentary with additional interviews
- NEW Mike’s Home Movies: Behind the scenes, Retrospectives & Festivals
- NEW The Passion & The Poetry Project – a documentary about Mike Siegel and his works on Sam Peckinpah
- NEW Passion & Poetry in Portugal – a short documentary by Mike Siegel about the 2022 Sam Peckinpah retrospective
