Renegade director Sam Peckinpah’s The Killer Elite (1975) offers a gorgeously San Francisco-based excursion into the dark world of contract assassins, the CIA, martial arts, and ever more obscure notions of honor among hit men, with James Caan and Robert Duvall the leading exemplars thereof. Shot by the terrific Philip Lathrop, co-edited by the exemplary Monte Hellman, and with music by sine qua non composer Jerry Fielding (his last, hugely poignant score with long-time partner Peckinpah is available on this Twilight Time release as an isolated track), this is an echt-1970s film, crammed with anger, betrayal, and the occasional soupçon of heart-wrenching poetry.
ALSO INCLUDING:
Noon Wine (1966), the Sam Peckinpah-directed television version of Katherine Anne Porter’s novella, starring Jason Robards, Olivia de Havilland, and Theodore Bikel, available here for the first time on home video.
VIDEO: 1080p High Definition / 2.35:1
AUDIO: English 1.0 DTS-HD MA
THE KILLER ELITE
Starring: James Caan, Robert Duvall, Arthur Hill, Gig Young, Burt Young, Bo Hopkins, Mako
Special Features:
Isolated Score Track
Audio Commentary with Film Historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and Nick Redman
Passion and Poetry: Sam's Killer Elite
Promoting The Killer Elite
TV and Radio Spots
Original Theatrical Trailer
NOON WINE
Starring: Olivia de Haviland, James Robards, Theodore Bikel, Per Oscarsson
Special Features:
Audio Commentary with Film Historians Paul Seydor, Garner Simmons, and Nick Redman
