He also blames Elita's death on the bounty and intends to kill everyone involved. I didn't want to do this, but I'm afraid I'm gonna have to pull rank on you. The made-for-TV movie Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis (1988), reuniting the cast of the 1960s television sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, is titled as such in reference to this film. They also threatened Alfredo Garcia with union boycotts upon its release, labeling it a "runaway" production. 2. If you contest this it is perhaps only because the film is not as beautiful, not as magnificent, as the rest of its ballpark. Click to Search for a friend's name in clips! The song was also intended for inclusion on their second album, produced by Jim Steinman. The clip the records room from Fletch (1985) with Loraine Shields, Chevy Chase Oh, Doctor, Are you all right? [10] This upset the Motion Picture and Television Unions and they openly censured the director for his statement at their National Conference in Detroit. 16 Classic Movies You Can’t Stream Anywhere, From Hitchcock’s ‘Rebecca’ to ‘Wild at Heart’ (Photos), Longtime Sam Peckinpah Associate Chalo Gonzalez-Rubio Dies at 95. Sappensly turns to shoot, but Bennie kills him. Nevermind, just bring me a cup of hot fat and the head of Alfredo Garcia while you’re at it.” OK, so it doesn’t make much sense, but the way Chase delivers it is simply priceless. Bringing up baby. Bennie drives away, only to be killed by El Jefe's men, their machine guns tearing him to pieces. Sam Peckinpah is nearly always divisive in his filmmaking, but perhaps never more so than with Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.Unlike The Wild Bunch or Straw Dogs, Alfredo Garcia (or BMTHOAG, as it may be lovingly referred to) isn’t necessarily controversial because of the level of violence.While other Peckinpah films seem set as classics even in spite of their … During the Cold War, a controversial television journalist is asked by the C.I.A. Peckinpah’s ‘Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia’ is a mean, spirit soaked sonnuvabitch, a slow burn of twisting desperation and hardboiled bastards, of opportunism, cruelty, thorny self-hatred and one man’s idea of solving all of the landscape’s bleak dead ends with a severed head … One of the later films of Sam Peckinpah and definitely one of his best.Set in his beloved Mexico, this is a very bloody tale of redemption of a seedy piano player out to make a quick buck.All he has to do is bring the head of Alfredo Garcia to the Mexican landowner who's daughter Alfredo has seduced.Warren Oates(as Benny the piano player) gives a great performance .Gringo bounty hunters are after the same … Bennie shoots them, searches their car, and claims Garcia's head. Bennie is ambushed by members of Garcia's family. Never mind, just get me a cup of hot fat. PN1997 .B7459 2005 « Previous. It’s also a film that seems almost wilfully self-destructive, inasmuch as it is completely uncompromising in its vision of an utterly amoral and violent world. El Jefe responds apathetically, telling Bennie to take his money and throw the head to the pigs on the way out. And the head of Alfredo Garcia. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. E arly on in Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia, itinerant drunkard Bennie (Warren Oates) tells a villainous employer, “Nobody loses all the time.”It’s a passionately defiant sentiment, but one that holds no sway in Sam Peckinpah’s brazenly ugly masterpiece. A disgusted Elita, still shaken from what has just happened, begs Bennie to give up this quest and return to Mexico City, where they can be married and live a modest life of relative peace. I believe its hero, Bennie, completes his task with the same dogged courage as Peckinpah used to complete the movie, and that Bennie's exhaustion, disgust and despair at … In Gilmore Girls episode "Welcome to the Dollhouse" (2005), Rory says, "You did it. See who voted for Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia In the hospital record room, Fletch asks for the head of Alfredo Garcia. And the head of Alfredo Garcia. "[25], In the comedy film Fletch (1985), Chevy Chase (after fainting in an operating room) asks a nurse, "do you have the Beatles' White Album? Released by Intrada in 2004 (Special Collection Volume 13) containing music from The Killer Elite (1975), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo García (1974). Spoofed in . But even this gratuitous garbage can't prevent the movie from dragging. He looked around and said, "this is dressed. Arnold, Gary (August 28, 1974). "Violence intrudes". They bonded over a dislike for wide-angle lenses, an admiration for zooms and multiple camera setups. Why Why posted on 2013/04/14 Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid. And bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia while you're out there."[26]. R | 1h 52min | Action, Crime, Drama | 7 August 1974 (USA) An American bar room pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a bounty on the head of a dead gigolo. He catches up with the men after they blow out a tire. Two of the bounty-hunters thus dispatched encounter a local piano-player in their hunt for information. Truckers form a mile long "convoy" in support of a trucker's vendetta with an abusive sheriff...Based on the country song of same title by C.W. In Mexico, the wealthy father of a pregnant young woman offers $1million for the head of the man who impregnated her. Bennie returns to Mexico City, "arguing" with Garcia's head all the while. He spent a lot of time searching for the right bar that would be Bennie's workplace. "[22] Michael Sragow of New York magazine called it "a catastrophe so huge that those who once ranked Peckinpah with Hemingway may now invoke Mickey Spillane". Baum read it and liked it. Where am I? Bennie learns from villagers that his assailants are driving a station wagon. "[18] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune gave the film three stars out of four and wrote that although Peckinpah's films were noted for their violence, "What Peckinpah does much better, and what distinguishes his film 'The Ballad of Cable Hogue' as his best work, is to portray a lyrical mood between society's outcasts. Stopping at a roadside restaurant, he packs the sack containing the head with ice to preserve it for the journey home. 7. View Quote Fletch : You know, I came this close to buying this place, but then I found out that Hop-along Cassidy killed himself here. Fletch: Oh. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Spanish: Tráiganme la cabeza de Alfredo García) is a 1974 Mexican-American neo-Western[4] film directed by Sam Peckinpah, co-written by Peckinpah and Gordon Dawson from a story by Peckinpah and Frank Kowalski, and starring Warren Oates and Isela Vega, with Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernández and Kris Kristofferson in supporting roles. View production, box office, & company info. "[19] Charles Champlin of the Los Angeles Times stated, "For all the violence, the movie is a very, very long two hours. This may not get mentioned in the same breath of "The Wild Bunch," "Cross of Iron," "Pat Garratt and Billy the Kid," or "The Getaway" but taken on its own terms, "Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia" is a worthy addition to Sam Peckinpah's C.V. "[21] Tom Milne of The Monthly Film Bulletin wrote, "The hints of Gothic horror and romantic tenderness fitfully apparent in Peckinpah's earlier work here bloom in superb union. Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia. It begins with a feared Mexican landowner, known only as 'El Jefe' ('The Boss') brutally interrogating his pregnant teenage daughter over the identity of the father of the baby she's carrying. Elita admits to having cheated on Bennie with Garcia, who had professed his love for her, something Bennie refuses to do. German commander Captain Hauptmann Stransky (Maximilian Schell) places a squad in extreme danger after Sergeant Rolf Steiner (James Coburn) refuses to lie for him. The search progresses for two months. Infuriated, El Jefe offers a $1 million bounty to whoever will "bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia". Sam Peckinpah is nearly always divisive in his filmmaking, but perhaps never more so than with Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.Unlike The Wild Bunch or Straw Dogs, Alfredo Garcia (or BMTHOAG, as it may be lovingly referred to) isn’t necessarily controversial because of the level of violence.While other Peckinpah films seem set as classics even in spite of their explicit scenes of … Travis Woods. Elita informs him that Garcia died in a drunk-driving accident the previous week. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia will be released on Blu-ray on March 9 via Kino Lorber Studio Classics. Title: Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Bring Me the Head of Light Entertainment was a British comedy panel game which ran on Channel 5 between 1999 and 2003. A young American and his English wife come to rural England and face increasingly vicious local harassment. Dead End (1985) When a Hispanic zombie is shot dead, a Warren Oates look-alike runs up, lops off his head, stuffs it in a bag and runs off When we first meet him he is casually and happily playing the piano, quietly dreaming of settling into a different kind of love. PN1997 .B74585 2005. Cinematographer Roger Deakins cited Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia as a visual inspiration for No Country for Old Men, among other Peckinpah films.[27]. to persuade certain acquaintances, who are Soviet Agents of the Omega network, to defect. Add the first question. And bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia while you're out there." Jim Reardon's cartoon Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986) parodies both the title and Peckinpah's violent slow-motion style. There are no tags on these mattresses. In the comedy film Fletch (1985), Chevy Chase (after fainting in an operating room) asks a nurse, "do you have the Beatles' White Album? The Greatest Films of All Time 2012. The Flaming Stars named one of the compilations albums Bring Me the Rest of Alfredo Garcia. And I'll take care of the father". Bennie knocks the second biker (Donnie Fritts) unconscious, takes his gun and finds Elita about to have sex with the first biker. BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA, released in 1974, is widely considered one of Packinpah’s lesser films, having been made during the period when his personal demons were starting to get the better of him. 20 Movie Rentals That Never Let Stephen King Down ... Tad Dibbern . We share a quiet picnic with him, witness his wedding proposal.Perhaps also there has never been a chaotic killing spree that has seemed this environmental. In the Futurama episode "Overclockwise", Mom tells the Hoverfish, "Bring me the clock of Bender Rodriguez", in reference to the film. Xem phim Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia VietSub tại https://fsharetv.com | A family scandal causes a wealthy and powerful Mexican rancher to make the pronouncement--'Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!' You're in the records room, The records room? [28], Iron Prostate released a 7" single on Vital Records, "Bring Me the Head of Jerry Garcia" (1991). He went on to write the shooting screenplay with Gordon Dawson. [7] While scouting locations, he relied extensively on his gut instinct and desire to portray a gritty, realistic vision he had of Mexico. [12] To help relieve the tension, Peckinpah and the producers bought out a local bar and threw a surprise party. Travis Woods is a Contributing Editor at Bright Wall/Dark Room. McCall. Written by He lives and writes in Los Angeles. 5 out of 5 stars. The men ask about Garcia, believing they will have more luck getting answers out of a fellow American. 1:35 PREVIEW Gathering Information. An American bar room pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect a bounty on the head of a dead gigolo. Infuriated that the object responsible for Elita's death is viewed as nothing more than garbage, Bennie guns down all of El Jefe's bodyguards. Records Nurse: You're in the records room. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him. The hit men pretend to ask for directions. Never mind, just get me a glass of hot fat, And bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia while you're out there, Well, Dr, Holmes went to get … Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia!") Peckinpah approached him with 25 pages of the film's script. [14][23], Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia was listed in the 1978 book The Fifty Worst Films of All Time. He takes a business card from the desk with El Jefe's address on it. And the head of Alfredo Garcia while you're at it. 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Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (Spanish: Tráiganme la cabeza de Alfredo García) is a 1974 Mexican-American neo-Western film directed by Sam Peckinpah, co-written by Peckinpah and Gordon Dawson from a story by Peckinpah and Frank Kowalski, and starring Warren Oates and Isela Vega, with Robert Webber, Gig Young, Helmut Dantine, Emilio Fernández and Kris Kristofferson in supporting roles. 2:10 PREVIEW Requiem for Alfredo. In Mexico, the wealthy father of a pregnant young woman offers $1million for the head of the man who impregnated her. 2008 Preview SONG TIME Bring It to Me (Main Title) 1. Teresa, the pregnant teenage daughter of a powerful Mexican crime lord known only as El Jefe (Spanish for ''The Boss''), is summoned before her father and interrogated as to the identity of her unborn child's father. The IMDb editors are anxiously awaiting these delayed 2020 movies. His journey to dig up and decapitate the titular Alfredo Garcia only result in tragedy which leads to a deadly shootout at the landowner’s home. Peckinpah told Baum that if United Artists liked the script then they could pay him. [9], Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia went into production in late September 1973, and Peckinpah was quoted in an October issue of Variety magazine as saying, "For me, Hollywood no longer exists. Fletch : Where am I? Bennie again refuses, although he agrees to marry Elita in the church of the town where Garcia is buried. Never mind, just bring me a cup of hot fat. Fletch: Oh. This FAQ is empty. Bennie seems unsure how to react. Do you have the Beatles White Album? It turns out that everyone in the bar knows who Garcia is; they simply don't know where he is. Never mind, just get me a cup of hot fat. Recommended. A pair of bounty hunters meet a local piano man in their search. Bennie shoots him dead and kills the second biker as well. [6], Peckinpah started pre-production in mid-August 1973 in Mexico City. The bodies shot at close quarters crumple is slow motion, but the motion is slow even when it isn't. Feigning willingness to surrender the head for his $10,000, Bennie reveals he is no longer motivated by money; he says Alfredo was a friend of his and demands to know why Max and the others want his head so badly. En route, Bennie proposes, promising that their future will soon change, and she can retire from her cleaning job. A "gritty action comedy with heart" is somewhat in line with the type of director the producers are seeking, one who could capture "a Beverly Hills Cop or Midnight Run vibe." PN1997 .B7459 1996. Bennie goes to meet his girlfriend, Elita (Isela Vega), a maid at a ghetto motel. Oh, I'm fine, Can I get you something? Bennie calmly relates how many people died for Garcia's head, including his beloved. Made in Mexico on a low budget after the commercial failure of Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973), Alfredo García was, so Peckinpah claimed, the only one of his films released as he had intended. "[20] Gary Arnold of The Washington Post declared, "For better and worse, no other filmmaker on earth could have conjured up this strange, obsessive, uniquely flawed yet uniquely fascinating picture. Peckinpah is also effective in portraying present-day Mexico as a place of wild contrasts; seedy bars and modern airports, peasants in rags and streamlined tour buses. I'm with the Mattress Police. Kino Lorber Studio Classics will release director Sam Peckinpah’s masterpiece Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia with Warren Oates on Blu-ray on March 9th. In the film Demolition Man (1993), the police officer played by Benjamin Bratt is called Alfredo Garcia in reference to the film. English space rock band Hawkwind released a 1985 live album entitled Bring Me the Head of Yuri Gagarin, referencing both the film and the famed Soviet cosmonaut. And the head of Alfredo Garcia while you're at it. Quill produces a sub-machine gun and murders most of the family, but is fatally shot by one of them. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is a gritty classic that vibrates with explosive action and nail-biting tension. Murphy, Arthur D. (August 7, 1974). Fletch : Oh. Peckinpah told him, "I make very few takes, but I shoot a lot of film because I like to change angles. Bringing up Baby. Fletch (1985) - Yarn is the best way to find video clips by quote. I would argue that that is partially the point.Bennie's quest is stripped to its core so that the brutality of the film is expressive of Bernie himself. In the Sandman Slim series of novels by the author Richard Kadrey, protagonist Stark gives his reluctant sidekick, a severed but still-alive head, the nickname "Alfredo Garcia" and makes many references to the character throughout the series. Teresa enters with her newborn son, causing Bennie to hesitate shooting El Jefe. Upon learning that it was a trusted underling, El Jefe orders his henchmen to "Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia". The piano player does a little investigating, and finds out that his girlfriend knows of Garcia's death and where his body is. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Sayre, Nora (August 15, 1974). A pair of bounty hunters meet a local piano man in their search. Sam Peckinpah (Straw Dogs, The Wild Bunch) directs from a script he wrote with Gordon T. Dawson (Walker, Texas Ranger). After attending the baptism for his new grandchild, El Jefe greets Bennie as a hero in his hacienda and gives him a briefcase containing the promised million-dollar bounty. ... And bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia while you're out there. He rips off her shirt, lets her slap him twice, slaps her back, then walks away; she follows. We build ourselves inside of Bennie. The piano-player does a little investigating on his own and finds out that his girlfriend knows of Garcia's death and last resting place. An ex-union soldier is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. Check out what we'll be watching in 2021. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia screens on Friday 21 and Monday 24 August 2015 in the National Film and Television School’s Passport to Cinema strand at the BFI Southbank, London. [10] In his defense, Peckinpah claimed that he was misquoted. Elita agrees to have sex with the bikers if they spare Bennie's life, then goes off with one of them (Kris Kristofferson). An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them. He hired director of photography Alex Phillips, Jr., one of Mexico's premiere cameramen. I shoot with editing in the back of my mind". "Slaying Again With Sam". Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974, US/Mex.) A great memorable quote from the Fletch movie on Quotes.net - Fletch: Where am I? The film was a box office and critical failure at the time, but has gained a new following and stature in the decades since.[5]. I've decided to stay in Mexico because I believe I can make my pictures with greater freedom from here". Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia is far more underwhelming in its repetitive nature and lack of focus. "Garcia,' a Film Portrait of Pessimism". The corpse of Garcia has been decapitated. And bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia. Film, Thrillers. [8] Mexican members of the crew told him that the bar's owner had an infamous reputation and it was rumored that he once killed a woman there, serving very little jail time because he bribed the right people in positions of power. This is for real". It's past history. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is a 1974 is a crime film by Sam Peckinpah. Champlin, Charles (August 7, 1974). While having a picnic, Bennie and Elita are accosted by two bikers, who pull guns and decide to rape Elita. Records Nurse : You're in the records room. He was surprised? In True Detective season 2 finale ("Omega Station"), a scene in a set photographer's home features a poster for the movie. A recently released ex-con and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes awry. In an out-of-office email reply Ryan Reynolds apologized to "The Head of Alfredo Garcia" after the sale of Aviation American Gin.[30]. Two of the bounty-hunters thus dispatched encounter a local piano-player in their hunt for information. "Film Reviews: Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia". Bennie begins addressing the head as if Garcia were still alive, first blaming Alfredo for Elita's death and then conceding that both of them probably loved her equally. Was this review helpful to you? Before the film was to be released, the unions relented on their boycott threat. He wakes up to find himself half-buried in the grave with Elita, who is dead. They approach the entrance gate and Bennie says goodbye to Teresa, departing the scene with the words: "You take care of the boy. [8] Peckinpah finally discovered a place in the Plaza Garibaldi known as "Tlaque-Paque". That is to say that it sits at the same table as the greats, perhaps across the way from Citizen Kane or Raging Bull. The difference between this film and other similar films is perhaps that the movie has such humble beginnings. It stars Warren Oates as Bennie, a loser piano player who is offered $10,000 to bring the head of the man who impregnated a powerful Mexican landowner’s daughter. As such, Bring Me The Head Of Alfredo Garcia comes with a strange legacy, its influence palpable on films as disparate as Basket Case (1982), Weekend at Bernie’s (1989), Barton Fink (1991) and – especially – Swiss Army Man (2016). Do you have The Beatles' White Album? [13], On its release in 1974, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo García was savaged by many critics[14] and bombed at the box office. [15], Nora Sayre of The New York Times wrote that the film started off well but "disentegrates rapidly," explaining: "Without Garcia as a victim, the plot has almost nowhere to go. Siskel, Gene (August 19, 1974). Producer Martin Baum had formed his own independent production company, Optimus Productions, and had a deal with United Artists. Dr. Holmes was surprised you fainted. Chalco, Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico. Never mind, just bring me a cup of hot fat. The critical consensus reads: "Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia adds a quirky -- but still thoroughly entertaining -- outlier to Sam Peckinpah's pulpy filmography. (1974). Share. Tags. As Sappensly sorrowfully looks at Quill's corpse, Bennie asks: "Do I get paid?" Bennie plays dumb, saying the name is familiar but he doesn't know who Garcia is. Director Sam Peckinpah was working on The Ballad of Cable Hogue when screenwriter and long-time friend Frank Kowalski told him an idea for a film: "I got a great title: 'Bring Me the Head of...,' - and he had some other name - 'and the hook is that the guy is already dead'. In the TV series House (Season four, episode eight), House issues the contest objective: to "bring me the thong of Lisa Cuddy". Never mind, just bring me a cup of hot fat. She tersely urges Bennie to kill her father. I think I can feel Sam Peckinpah's heart beating and head pounding in every frame in ''Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia'' (1974), a film he made during a period of alcoholic fear and trembling. Written and directed by Oscar (r) nominee* Sam Peckinpah and starring Academy Award (r) winner** Gig Young, Warren Oates, Robert Webber, Kris Kristofferson and the seductively beautiful Isela Vega, Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia is a gritty classic that … We can assume this version of Fletch will rely less on a series of snappy one-liners ("Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia.And the Beatles' White Album.") 91 of 102 people found this review helpful. In 1864, due to frequent Apache raids from Mexico into the U.S., a Union officer decides to illegally cross the border and destroy the Apache, using a mixed army of Union troops, Confederate POWs, civilian mercenaries, and scouts. Funny People (2009) Plot to have oneself killed See also. 2:12 ... Hotel Room. 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