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The story of this action-packed road movie centers around to unequal brothers, a suitcase with stolen documents, the local mob and a bunch of weird characters they meet along the road.

A documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's last western, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973).

The life and times of maverick filmmaker Sam Peckinpah (1925 - 1984)

For cineasts worldwide Sam Peckinpah is best known for his 1969 masterpiece The Wild Bunch, one of the best films ever made and a genuine American classic. Yet for the general 'mainstream' audience, the film everybody seems to know when the name Peckinpah is mentioned, is Convoy (1977). In fact Convoy was Peckinpah's biggest success at the box office, out-grossing even his 1972 hit The Getaway. But the entertaining actioner that had turned out to be a commercial winner and a public favorite in fact had a very troubled production history. Many viewers and fans probably will be astounished when they learn about the full story of Convoy, which is the subject of the new documentary Passion & Poetry - Sam's Trucker Movie.

Director Sergio Sollima talks about the production of Il Corsaro Nero, an ill-fated Pirate-film production shot in Cartagena, Columbia in 1976.

A documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's classic The Ballad Of Cable Hogue. As part of the ongoing Passion and Poetry project, this chapter deals with Peckinpah's perhaps most personal and favorite film. It will be part of future Blu-ray releases.

A new documentary about Sam Peckinpah's 1974 film 'Bring me the head of Alfredo Garcia'.

Filmmaker Mike Siegel talks about his beginnings and his ongoing film historical project about director Sam Peckinpah: Passion and Poetry.

An afternoon with Marianne Koch, who remembers the making of Sergio Leone's A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, starring Clint Eastwood.

A feature-length documentary on Sam Peckinpah's classic The Wild Bunch (1969). As part of the Passion and Project, which started in 2000, this documentary features interviews with cast and crew members as well as footage from the locations in Mexico. The footage has been up scaled to HD quality, the film will be released on Blu-ray in 2025 (with possible Festival screenings).

Filmmaker / film historian Mike Siegel talks about the chaotic production of Marlon Brando's only directorial effort, his classic western ONE-EYED JACKS. The project had started in 1957, when Brando had bought the first feature-film script ever written by Sam Peckinpah, based on Charles Neiders novel 'The authentic death of Hendry Jones'. In 1958 Brando hired Stanley Kubrick as the films director but just a few weeks before the cameras started rolling, Brando announced that he would direct the film himself. It would take almost 2 1/2 years until the film was finally released.

In this documentary director Ferdinando Baldi talks about his Italian Western films TEXAS ADDIO, PREPARATI LA BAR, LITTLE RITA NEL WEST, BLINDMAN, COMIN'AT YA as well as his collaboration with actors Tony Anthony and Terence Hill and filmmaking in Almeria/Spain in the late 1960's.

In this documentary director Sergio Sollima talks about the making of the mini-series SANDOKAN in the mid 1970's.

A look behind the scenes of Sam Peckinpah's 1971 film STRAW DOGS.

Welcome to the crazy world of German guerrilla film making. NO RETAKES - NO SURRENDER tells the fascinating story of what happens when an aspiring filmmaker meets Robert Rodriguez and follows his footsteps making the German El Mariachi.

A documentary about Sam Peckinpah's 1975 feature film The Killer Elite.

Senta Berger talks about her films with Sam Peckinpah's: MAJOR DUNDEE (1964), THE GLORY GUYS (1965) and CROSS OF IRON (1976).

Filmed between 2000 and 2006, this new documentary includes principal actors and crew members remembering the filming of Sam Peckinpah's 1964 film Major Dundee. The troubled production in Mexico soon had become the content of legends and effectively put Peckinpah's career on hold for three years - until his spectacular comeback film The Wild Bunch.

Filmmaker / historian talks about the cult classic ELECTRA GLIDE IN BLUE (1973).

A documentary about the making of Sam Peckinpah's film JUNIOR BONNER starring Steve McQueen, Robert Preston and Ida Lupino. The author of the film, Jeb Rosebrook, remembers the origins of the project as well as the filming and aftermath.

Filmmaker / film historian Mike Siegel talks in detail about John Wayne's 1960 production of THE ALAMO.

Filmed during the Budd Boetticher retrospective 1995, an entertaining Q and A with the legendary Director.

A documentary about Sam Peckinpah's personal director's cut of his last film THE OSTERMAN WEEKEND which was recently re-discovered and restored by film historian Mike Siegel.

Nine actors telling stories about working with legendary director Sam Peckinpah.

The making of Sam Peckinpah's Major Dundee. It contains filmed interviews, film clips as well as rare behind the scenes footage & production stills.