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Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Ride Again with Criterion's 50th Anniversary Release
On the 50th anniversary restoration of Sam Peckinpah's heart-of-darkness Western, courtesy of The Criterion Collection.
Walter Chaw is senior film critic for FilmFreakCentral.net. He has bylines in various publications including the New York Times, Washington Post, LA Weekly, Vulture, Decider and others. He produced, wrote and narrated a documentary for David Fincher's "Voir" project on Netflix; is a contributor to NPR's "Pop Culture Happy Hour;" has written a monograph on the film "Miracle Mile" and a critical study of the career of Walter Hill called "A Walter Hill Film: Tragedy and Masculinity in the Films of Walter Hill."
On the 50th anniversary restoration of Sam Peckinpah's heart-of-darkness Western, courtesy of The Criterion Collection.
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