Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974) - Imprint

[Dailyan]

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

Limited Edition 2-Disc Hardbox. 1500 copies only.

Special Features & Technical Specs:

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
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Theatrical Trailer
Aspect Ratio 1.85:1
Audio English LPCM 2.0 Mono
Isolated Score Track
Optional English HOH Subtitles

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
Aspect Ratio 1.78:1
Audio English LPCM 2.0

Any pre-order titles will be dispatched in the week leading up to its aforementioned release date. Special features and artwork are subject to change.

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