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The Getaway
Scott and Andrew Gordion, from the Ramblin’ Amblin’ podcast, discuss Sam Peckinpah’s 1972 *The Getaway*
The film was released December 19, 1972, written by Walter Hill, and made over $36 million on a $3.5 million budget. McQueen’s production company produced it and he took a healthy back end. Both hosts revisit it after seeing it as teenagers. They talk about the oppressive real Texas prison opening, McQueen’s moments of vulnerability with Ali MacGraw, the propulsive Quincy Jones score, and the heist and hotel shootout as peak Peckinpah action. The Rudy/vet/wife B-plot is the part neither…
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