{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Director's Chair Network","title":"Major Dundee","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/c20b5bff\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":5607,"description":"Major Dundee (1965): Sam Peckinpah's troubled Civil War Western starring Charlton Heston & Richard Harris! In this episode of Bloody Sam: A Peckinpah Fan Podcast, host Scott Murphy and guest Adam Thornton dive deep into the film's chaotic production (budget battles, on-set fights, drunken chaos), the differences between the 1965 theatrical cut and 2005 extended restoration, Heston's heroic-but-flat Major Dundee vs. Harris's nuanced Confederate Tyreen, moral ambiguity (Ahab-like obsession, questionable mission), violence levels, and how this \"warm-up\" foreshadows The Wild Bunch.  Is the extended cut a redemption story, or still flawed? We compare notes on both versions.  ","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LBAEYblG9PZVYwjdm61Rf1UWRUyUQfQtnArxhuaMpYw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS81MmRi/NTM1ZThmYjRiZDZj/ODBkMDc3Y2ZhNmEx/NmU0Mi5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}