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Sam Peckinpah: New Mexico
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Set in high contrast to the famously controversial STRAW DOGS, produced a year earlier, Peckinpah directed the quietest, least violent picture of his career. Aging bull rider Junior (McQueen), a once celebrated star of the rodeo circuit, spends his days in lonesome meditation, traveling laconically between small western towns. When he returns to his home town for the annual 4th of July Frontier Days, he finds a brother set on developing their countryside into real estate, a father with gold fever, and a mother resigned to simply getting by. A paced, melancholy look at the “new west,” JUNIOR BONNER is Peckinpah’s family drama is one of his most understated works.
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Peckinpah's last work as a filmmaker was undertaken just two months before his death. He was hired by producer Martin Lewis to shoot two music videos featuring Julian Lennon - "Valotte" and "Too Late For Goodbyes." The critically-acclaimed videos led to Lennon's nomination for Best New Video Artist at the 1985 MTV Video Music Awards.[96][97]
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In December 1984, a blood clot was discovered in Peckinpah's lung and he was flown from Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to Los Angeles, for treatment. He died at the age of 59 in a suburban Los Angeles hospital, with Palacios at his side.
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