The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage

Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject, The Wild Bunch: An Album in Montage is a behind the scenes look at the making of an American clasic. In 1995, some 70 minutes of black and white footage of Peckinpah directing his 1969 neo-western The Wild Bunch were discovered on a shelf in the vaults of Warner Bros. Studios. No one knows who shot them or how they got there, but they've sat there for over a quarter of a century. Paul Seydor, a Peckinpah scholar, teamed up with Nick Redman, a music archivist who'd recently restored the soundtrack of The Wild Bunchfor compact disc. Combining newly found footage, scenes from the finished movie, and commentary, they have created a remarkably insightful work : a privileged glimpse at a great director working on his masterpiece. With the voices of Ed Harris, Ernest Borgnine, Edmond O'Brian and others.