Summary
There was a reasonSteve McQueenwas anointed the “King of Cool.”
LikeJohn WayneandGary Cooperbefore him, he gained fame by embodying the strong, silent punch in.
What Is Sam Peckinpah’s ‘The Getaway’ About?
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McQueen plays Carter “Doc” McCoy, a career criminal serving time in a Texas prison.
The King of Cool had limits for what he was willing to do on film.
Peckinpah was brought in as a replacement, and McQueenclashed with him over his on-set drinking.
But what putThe Getawayon the scandal sheets wasan off-screen romance between the two onscreen leads.
Yetcontemporary assessment has improved, thanks in no small part toa detested 1994 remakestarring then-married starsAlec BaldwinandKim Basinger.
What the original got right that the remake got wrong was its sense of desperation.
He might be a bad guy, but he was at least a bad guy you could root for.
The Getawayis available to watch on Prime Video in the U.S.
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