Goin' Crazy with Sam Peckinpah and All Our Friends [Paperback]

In this enthralling memoir we follow Evans and Peckinpah through conversations in bars, family gatherings, binges on drugs and alcohol, struggles with film producers and executives, and Peckinpah's abusive behavior--sometimes directed at Evans himself.Max Evansis the author of over thirty works of fiction and nonfiction. He is the recipient of the Spur, Wrangler, and Owen Wister awards, and he is the subject of the biographyOl’ Max Evans: The First Thousand Yearsand a documentary film of the same title. Evans has made his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, for over fifty years.

Robert Nottis the author ofThe Films of Randolph Scott;Last of the Cowboy Heroes: The Westerns of Randolph Scott, Joel McCrea, and Audie Murphy; andThe Films of Budd Boetticher. He is also the coauthor, with Max Evans, ofGoin' Crazy with Sam Peckinpah and All Our Friends(UNM Press). He has been a reporter for theSanta Fe New Mexicanfor the last twenty-five years.Director Sam Peckinpah, the mad genius of film, managed to drive away almost everyone who worked with him or drank with him. Max Evans stayed loyal to the end. His graphic reflections inGoin' Crazy with Sam Peckinpah and All Our Friendsmake you wonder how he did it.--Richard Gaughran, James Madison University