Warren Oates might not be a household name in 2014, but during the golden age of the New American Cinema, Oates took iconic turns in cult classics like Cockfighter and Two-Lane Blacktop, and became the John Wayne to Sam Peckinpah’s John Ford, appearing in The Wild Bunch, Ride the High Country and Major Dundee.

The pair’s last film — and my favorite of their collaborations — was the fabulously titled Bring me the Head of Alfredo Garcia. That film celebrates its 40th anniversary this year and we salute this fantastic actor with this documentary which features interviews with Oates’s fellow actors and directors as well as his Montana neighbors like writer Thomas McGuane and painter Russell Chatham.

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