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Major Dundee (1965) was a Adventure - War Film directed by Sam Peckinpah and produced by Jerry Bresler.

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Major Dundee (1965)

By Beatrice on Nov 18, 2018 From Flickers in Time

Major Dundee Directed by Sam Peckinpah Written by Harry Julian Fink, Oscar Saul and Sam Peckinpah 1965/USA Jerry Bresler Productions First viewing/Netflix rental Sam Peckinpah’s first major directing credit didn’t grab me. The film is set in the last months of the Civil War near the Te... Read full article

Major Dundee (1965) – Father’s Day Gift Guide

on May 21, 2013 From Journeys in Classic Film

Twilight Time is ambitious for putting out a critically excoriated (at the time) Sam Peckinpah film, but they have and I applaud the effort.  While I didn’t adore Major Dundee, and it wears its problems sewn into its sleeve, there’s something to admire in its scope and tenacity.  Conta... Read full article

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Major Dundee Quotes:

Lt. Graham: [to an artilleryman, just before the final battle] Simon? Get the fuse ready. We're about to engage the pride of Europe.
Sgt. Gomez: [as the survivor's command emerges from the river] All present and accounted for, sir.
Maj. Amos Dundee: Lieutenant Graham.
Lt. Graham: Yes, sir?
Maj. Amos Dundee: Column of twos.
Lt. Graham: Column of twos!
Maj. Amos Dundee: [to Ryan] Play us a tune, son.
Maj. Amos Dundee: [Tyreen and his men are caught after trying to escape] Evening, Ben.
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: Good evening, Amos.
Maj. Amos Dundee: You should've tried it *before* I took command.
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: Command of what? The burial detail?
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: You were whipped, Major. Burying your dead isn't going to change that.
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: I'll need five men, mounted. We'll attack their flank after you break their charge.
Maj. Amos Dundee: Bully!
Capt. Benjamin Tyreen: Bully...
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Major Dundee Facts
L.Q. Jones narrates the trailer for the re-release of the extended version.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 4.7 seconds
Lee Marvin was Sam Peckinpah's initial choice for the role of Samuel Potts, but Marvin wanted too much money. Marvin's agent suggested James Coburn for the part, and Coburn ultimately got the role.
Tyreen's quote, on finding Dundee in Durango, 'Awake for Morning in the bowl of night has cast the stone that puts the stars to flight ...' , is from the 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', translated by Edward Fitzgerald
After the success of Sam Peckinpah's later The Wild Bunch, Columbia told him that they would allow him to re-shoot parts of this film that had been cut from the release version. Peckinpah, naturally, declined the offer.
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