The Wild Bunch. Sam Peckinpah, 1969.
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Edition screened: Warner Blu-ray, released 2006. English language. Runtime approximately 145 minutes.
Summary: Torture and willful indifference to animals.
Details:
1) The opening sequences include a group of children torturing scorpions in an ants’ nest. At 14:33 we return to that scene and see the children burning the entire nest of ants and scorpions.
2) At 1:27:30 is the famous scene where a bridge is blown up causing horses and riders on that bridge to plunge into the river below.
3) At 2:08:12 a small bird is shown on its back dying or in similar distress.
For some films, I suggest getting through or navigating around animal violence so that the bulk of the movie can be experienced. This slog through a particularly moronic section of the wild west is not one of those cases.