Editing Sam Peckinpah (section)

===''The Getaway''===
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Eager to work with Peckinpah again, Steve McQueen presented him [[Walter Hill (director)|Walter Hill]]'s screenplay to ''[[The Getaway (1972 film)|The Getaway]]''. Based on the [[Jim Thompson (writer)|Jim Thompson]] novel, the gritty crime thriller detailed lovers on the run following a dangerous robbery. Both Peckinpah and McQueen needed a hit, and they immediately began working on the film in February 1972.{{sfn|Weddle|p=434}} Peckinpah had no pretensions about making ''The Getaway'', as his only goal was to create a highly polished thriller to boost his market value.{{sfn|Weddle|p=436}} McQueen played Doc McCoy, a convicted robber who colludes with corrupt businessman Jack Beynon ([[Ben Johnson (actor)|Ben Johnson]]) to be released from prison and later masterminds a bank heist organized by Beynon.

A series of double-crosses ensues and Doc and his wife Carol (MacGraw) attempt to flee from their pursuers to Mexico. Replete with explosions, car chases and intense shootouts, the film became Peckinpah's biggest financial success to date earning more than $25 million at the box office.{{sfn|Getaway Box Office|IMDB}} Though strictly a commercial product, Peckinpah's creative touches abound throughout, most notably during the intricately edited opening sequence when McQueen's character is suffering from the pressures of prison life.{{sfn|Weddle|p=439}} The film remains popular and was [[The Getaway (1994 film)|remade in 1994]],{{sfn|Getaway|IMDB}}{{sfn|Simmons|pp=154–68}}{{sfn|Weddle|p=442}} starring [[Alec Baldwin]] and [[Kim Basinger]].