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Major Dundee--The Extended Version

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Anyone else seen this? I do recommend it on the big screen, to capture the scenery of New Mexico.
This isn't "The Wild Bunch," but it is nonetheless a fairly decent movie. It has an extra 12-14 minutes or so added--hence, extended. Since I can't remember the "shortened version," I'm didn't notice in the movie where the footage was added (but numerous Internet sites review it).
By far, Richard Harris was the most interesting character--a "rebel" leading Confederates!
As I was watching the battle scenes, with numerous individuals falling off horses, etc., I keep wondering whether many of these stunt men got hurt--fractured arms, etc. It looks pretty rough--no special effects . . .
regards, townsend

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Re: Major Dundee--The Extended Version - Gee LP 00:40:47 06/14/05 (0)
Paul Seydor writes in "Peckinpah-The Western Films" that in 1970, after the success of "The Wild Bunch," Columbia offered him the chance to re-edit the film and Peckinpah refused, saying it would take a year that he no longer had to spare and that they shouldn't have taken it away from him in the first place.
Charlton Heston noted in his book "Journals" that he always felt he and Sam were on different pages regarding the material, and believed that Peckinpah viewed "Dundee" as a chance to work through material he later did with much more success in "The Wild Bunch."
While it probably would not have been an entirely successful work even in his own cut in 1965, I'm looking forward to seeing the new version of "Dundee" minus the Mitch Miller score and diary voiceover narrations. And I hope the new editors were able to re-do the opening sequence the way Peckinpah shot it...titles superimposed over the community's preparations for Hallowe'en with the Indians slipping up, preparing for their attack.
Can you comment on at least these aspects?

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