Nick Behnen Sam Peckinpah

Dennis Hunt interviews Nick Behnen and Sam Peckinpah for the Horseshoe's World Series of Poker in Las Vegas.

[@rivafussball6719]

This all needs to be cherished. This filmmaker must never be forgotten

[@fabiengerard8142]

A genuine Hwood rebel. Respect.

[@roedalacket]

This is a truly great interview. The compliments given to Peckinpah here seems genuine and well articulated. They come form the heart and Peckinpah seems appreciative. Also the fact that Straw Dogs was mentioned in such high regard made my day.

[@_scabs6669]

*seem* *A* compliment seems Compliment*s* seem

[@roedalacket]

@@_scabs6669 Thank you, _Scabs :)

[@kompst]

Thanks for posting this incredible interview. Sam was a character and fascinating to listen to.

[@michaeljosephbrown246]

Thanks for posting. Never knew Sam Peckinpah was planning a Las Vegas film. I can only imagine how spectacular it would have been - like Alfredo Garcia. Too bad he passed away so soon.

[@flonsta]

Thanks for posting, Dennis. This was not an easy interview. Sam was deeply troubled at this time and struggling with major demons-- chiefly alcoholism and rapidly deteriorating health. In the best of times, Sam was a hard guy to interview and you got him when he was on a rapid downslope.

[@flonsta]

My pleasure. You did the best that you could with a very difficult fellow. A genius, for sure, but highly troubled.

[@TanguydeThuret]

Thanks Denis to share this great moment & being such a fan of Sam's work. We can see the joy of Sam listening your admiration. Sam was maybe difficult- like any real passionated artist- but he was sincere in his work. His films are an extraordinary inspiration!

[@rivafussball6719]

Troubled GENIUS god of film right there! Peckinpah one of the last greats of cinema. Absolutely love the guy. GENIUS auteur

[@tonym994]

thanx big time, Dennis .I believe Pike Bishop is the role of Holden's career. l like the tribute to him after the sand disaster when he rides (back to the camera) into the middle of the frame surrounded by endless blue sky and white sand. the Gorch brothers have a reluctant respect for him.

[@ucantinjaaninja]

Wow thanks for the upload Dennis! Sam Peckinpah didn't do many interviews( at least that I am aware of) but he seemed to throughly enjoy your company. Its a bummer that Sam did not make this picture, just from listening to this conversation I am interested in Benny and the stories of poker and gambling.

[@DennisHuntChannel]

i think around 1984. i hosted the tv show between 1983-1985.

[@rayjr62]

Thanks for posting this. This is a gem.

[@soakingbook]

Do you still have that shirt?

[@scottblanton5220]

Gone to soon, love this interview

[@gianca60]

I perfectly understand Sam's feelings about The Osterman Weekend after the recut made by the producers.

[@HunterMann]

Hi Dennis, Thanks for posting this interview! Really some good insights into Peckinpah's mind, his vision, his talent & skills in the filmmaking/storytelling process. Keep it reel, Hunter, founder Highway Cinema

[@ИгорьИжщенков]

Peckinpah was only 59 when he died but here he looks literally like a 75 year old man. Great talent wasted by alcohol.

[@enkiabzu5792]

And Cocaine,once he started doing that crap his talent really went down the toilet..

[@lobobbybobalot]

what brand of shades is he wearing, those are sick!!! Sam Peckinpah is also awesome.

[@ethanbradley2089]

He looks just like Paul Newman in the Color of Money. I love Peckinpah. He's so clearly Half in Bag. It's the ass crack of dawn and he's making deep throat jokes on local TV.

[@Glenny-vk4np]

An inspirational figure. We have to believe in and follow our true passions.

[@timcombs2730]

I got to say that I think The Osterman Weekend is Sam's most underrated movie. Yeah I was kind of mess the first time I saw it but if you really sit down and pay attention to movie it's great! Because it's very much a Sam Peckinpah movie but it's nothing like anything else he did. It would have been great to see the direction of the type of movies Peckinpah would have made had he lived longer and the actors he would have worked with.

[@fansofst.maximustheconfess8226]

EXACTLY. I see it the same way.

[@ReR7474]

Before this interview, Sam stated a lot of times that his perfect movie was “Bring Me The Head of Alfredo García”

[@Largentina.]

I think that's his best movie, honestly.

[@realdaybreaker8013]

@Peter Sutcliffe The wild bunch and Straw Dogs are the best.... Ride the high country as well

[@realdaybreaker8013]

@Peter Sutcliffe for me The Wild Bunch and Straw Dogs are the ones that always stand out.... The rest are just passable for me.... Though the characters of all his protagonists have a continuity.

[@j.c.jordancpallc2185]

@@Largentina. me too. there is some certain dark humor in that movie that I think captures Sam's attitude.

[@realdaybreaker8013]

Bloody Sam.... The only real director with human side.... His protagonists in someway written from the tragic perspective of his life, how he viewed the changing times, culture and ethics... He's truly an unchanged man in changing times

[@realdaybreaker8013]

@Peter Sutcliffe yes, just look up his interview with Playboy, the character traits showcased in Wild Bunch are actually derived from his experience of life.

[@realdaybreaker8013]

@Peter Sutcliffe he was disgusted by the modern society

[@mandalayfilmclub]

God I would have loved to have seen Sam make the film that he talks about in this interview

[@timcombs2730]

Gosh they really need to make a biopic on him, the right actor could give a great performance playing him. You can tell by the interviewer's reaction, Sam's got a presence in that room

[@michaeljosephbrown246]

DeputyAndy1 Regarding the biopic, I've often thought the same, in particular one centered on a disastrous on-location shoot down in Mexico. Turn's out one of Mr Peckinpah's colleagues has explored that: check out Rudy Wurlitzer's novel Slow Fade. There's a scene in which the principal character has a drunken meltdown on a TV interview - probably not based on this one though....

[@timcombs2730]

Excellent, I'd certainly see it.

[@philpembroke5373]

It would have been Warren Oates; sunglasses clinch the deal.

[@RobinSchoutenRS]

Thanks Dennis for this great interview with Sam. Only one of the few I could find here on KZbin (the other one is the BBC interview from 1976). I have heard in other interviews that Peckinpah appeared on the TV shows of Tom Snyder and Johnny Carson. Are you familiar with this footage? Never seen that before. If you can post some of that, many thanks.

[@theuserwithnoname7688]

Sam Peckinpah era un hombre, for sure.

[@hammondOT]

Wow what a great bit of history here! You got to sit with a legend! What year was this, I'm sorry if it was said already.

[@mi39471]

3:45 - "Sam Peckinpah's DEEP THROAT" 🤣🤣🤣 He dead-panned that perfectly

[@Shifty1940]

What year was this? Couldn’t have been long before he passed.

[@NovaFeedback1979]

The date on the title screen says May 16th, so it would have to be 1984. Peckinpah mentions the last film he directed The Osterman Weekend, which came out late '83. Peckinpah died in December of 1984. This might be the last on-camera interview he ever did.

[@capscow_5398]

sam's got the paience of jov...i love this dude❤

[@DavidCarney-l8b]

The Osterman Weekend would be his final film. Unfortunately it was ripped to shreds. One of my favorites is Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.

[@wotdoesthisbuttondo]

Guess the year?

[@rajkomilosevichguera4547]

Did the host juggle afterwards?

[@lyndonferaud3965]

Cool sunglasses, Sam.

[@lipiarskisteve]

il a l'air d cuver la nuit d'hier soir .......hanghover !

[@rivafussball6719]

He was drunk & in chronic pain!

[@koa2341]

Is this Nick Baynon or Behnen ?

[@brianvail1507]

They misspelled his name in the interview. Nick Behnen is his correct name, a person who knew Howard Hughes, and has mob connections going back to 1968 in Detroit.

[@rayjr62]

@@brianvail1507 If you were going to enter the gambling business back then, or put your name on some gambling enterprise, you had to deal with the mob. Not sure about today. Vegas is now owned and run by corporations.

[@DMalltheway]

A shame John Wayne never worked with Peckinpah.

[@DMalltheway]

@Peter Sutcliffe Don’t know that, then again they are both heavy drinkers.

[@DMalltheway]

@Peter Sutcliffe they both made westerns

[@DMalltheway]

@Peter Sutcliffe And he made The Cowboy of him getting killed, he would’ve been good in The Wild Bunch

[@DMalltheway]

@Peter Sutcliffe For a good movie he would

[@DMalltheway]

@Peter Sutcliffe Just because they are totally different don’t mean anything especially since they both do primarily westerns.

[@elchoya100]

didn't he get fired from the cincinatti kid 1965 about poker playing,after that he did the wild bunch 1969,thats 4 years later.

[@spencerglover1]

+Dennis Hunt great interview Dennis

[@hirsutelungproductions2426]

+elchoya100 He did indeed get fired from The Cincinatti Kid.

[@1223steffen]

He died at 59

[@fansofst.maximustheconfess8226]

SAAAAAAAM!!!!!

[@henrysgigs1]

My god. Sam is patient here. Why could a decent interviewer have not chatted to Sam ..This guy is just useless

[@markbaldwin9878]

henrysgigs1 or nervous

[@Stephen-lt1tp]

It’s funny the host said the movies are getting bad in the 80s I’d hate to see what he thinks of past 2000.