Both junior bonner and the getaway feature steve mcqueen at close to the peak of his celebrity, but whereas his character in each film relies. With steve mcqueen, robert preston, ida lupino, ben johnson. Junior bonner dvd movie video at cd universe, ace bonner returns to arizona several years after he abandoned his family, junior bonner is a wild young man, against. Film trailers are inherently advertisements, and as such i present them here. When wandering middleaged rodeo rider junior bonner steve mcqueen returns to his arizona hometown, he reunites with his family, which includes his charming, troublemaking father, ace robert. Ace bonner returns to arizona several years after he abandoned his family, junior bonner is a wild young man.
One is that it is directed by sam peckinpah the wild bunch, another is that steve mcqueen plays junior. As junior tries to ride the unrideable, we watch his life pass by in the company of the superbly cast robert preston and ida lupino as his parents, ace and elvira bonner, and joe don baker as his. Junior bonner is truer to the human element behind the sport than any other rodeo film. Aging rodeo circuit cowboy junior bonner mcqueen, a former champion, is returning to his hometown of prescott, arizona, for the annual fourth of july rodeo, as he.
Junior bonner was released to dvd on may 25, 2004 by mgm home entertainment as a region 1 widescreen dvd and on may 17, 2005 as a part of the box set the steve mcqueen collection, with junior bonner as the fourth movie of a 4disc set. Its sams one western film where the protagonists survive the transitionat least for another day. Were your movie poster source for new releases and vintage movie posters. This is a movie that, as they say, rewards multiple viewings. Against the typical rodeo championship, family drama erupts. Junior bonner 1972 is the best rodeo film thats ever been made. Junior bonner is a rodeo film which for several reasons is more than usually interesting. Reviews were mixed and audiences expecting a steve mcqueen action movie were not impressed. Released may 11th, 2003, junior bonner stars steve mcqueen, robert preston, ida lupino, ben johnson the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 40 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Junior bonner is a 1972 film directed by sam peckinpah and starring steve mcqueen, joe don baker, robert preston and ida lupino.
The film focuses on a veteran rodeo rider as he returns to his. Junior bonner 1972 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mostly they seem to have the same plot the veteran rodeo star making his comeback. Junior bonner ist ein usamerikanisches filmdrama mit westernelementen des regisseurs sam peckinpah aus dem jahr 1971. Seen with these two earlier films in mind, junior bonner becomes a flatout disappointment, despite peckinpahs track record and his proven ability to elegize the west. The film was released on bluray by kino lorber on november 6, 2017. One is that it is directed by sam peckinpah the wild. Junior bonner 2003 stream and watch online moviefone. Peckinpah coasting enjoyably between straw dogs and the getaway with an elegiac reworking of nick rays the lusty men, an alternately wistful and raucous. Theres this thing for rodeo movies all of a sudden. Western drama film geregisseerd door sam peckinpah.