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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

1974 · 113 min

A grimy, sun-scorched descent into violence and self-destruction, ugly and oddly tender, leaving you feeling soiled and moved.

Directed by
Sam Peckinpah
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
Tagline
Why is his head worth one million dollars and the lives of 21 people?
Overview
An American bartender and his prostitute girlfriend go on a road trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a $1 million bounty on the head of a dead gigolo.

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Directed by
Sam Peckinpah
Genres
Action, Crime, Drama
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • greed
  • death
  • obsession
  • corruption
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror4
Humour2
Realism7
Romance3
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
action, crime, drama
Directed by
Sam Peckinpah
Written by
Gordon T. Dawson, Sam Peckinpah
Starring
Warren Oates, Isela Vega, Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernández, Kris Kristofferson, Chano Urueta
Music
Jerry Fielding
Cinematography
Álex Phillips Jr.
Runtime
113 min
Country
United States of America, Mexico
Languages
English, Latin, Spanish

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