At the end, why does Pike shoot the German Officer when they've just away with killing the General?
Thanks!
2007-04-25 07:04:30 · 4 answers · asked by Nelson 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Sorry- meant just *got* away with killing the General!
2007-04-25 07:04:56 · update #1
Yes I mean the character was German, not the actor!
There was indeed a German Officer present, the man that Pike shoots for no apparent reason with his pistol, marking the beginning of the shootout.
He even calls himself, '.............of the Imperial German Army,'!
2007-04-26 01:24:48 · update #2
they were old.
they were tired and world-weary.
their time had come and gone.
the only thing left for them was to do what they did.
and they did it so well.
ADDENDUM:
i'm pretty sure there is a "German" officer in the film as you say. i'm not 100% sure if he is actually German, but i think the actor was supposed to be portraying a German officer.
2007-04-25 10:36:55 · answer #1 · answered by michael p 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Wild Bunch 1969 Sam Pekinpah movie...
starring William Holden as Pike Bishop and Emilio Fernández as General Mapache
NOT A GERMAN OFFICER TO BE SEEN!!
Taglines for the movie:
The land had changed. They hadn't. The earth had cooled. They couldn't.
The came too late and stayed too long
Suddenly a new West has emerged. Suddenly it was sundown for nine men. Suddenly their day was over. Suddenly the sky was bathed in blood.
Unchanged men in a changing land. Out of step, out of place and desperately out of time.
Born too late for their own times. Uncommonly significant for ours.
Maybe you are referring to a different film??
2007-04-25 10:39:11 · answer #2 · answered by Pardus 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't meen the 1970 Sam Peckinpah western then? No I haven't
2007-04-25 07:27:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they had realised that here era was finished and they went into that fight knowing that they would not survive.They were all cycopaths anyway.
2007-04-25 07:18:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋