xps Wayne also came back to do the Rooster Cogburn movie w/Kate Hepburn.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 23:07 (five years ago) link
But back to The Hired Hand, I remember it being good, but disappointing. Will need to rescreen.
― Making Plans For Sturgill (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 3 July 2018 23:10 (five years ago) link
xp oh yeah forgot. I've never seen Rooster Cogburn thanks to tepid word of mouth on it
― Josefa, Tuesday, 3 July 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
revising my opinion of Shoot Down the Sun upwards after getting to the end, has a great ending sequence
― Οὖτις, Thursday, 5 July 2018 18:08 (five years ago) link
Warlock, a novel quite popular on I Love Books, was made into a Cinemascope oater by producer-director Edward Dmytryk in 1959, and damn it is a weird one (tho less so than the book, of which I've read 50 pages). Henry Fonda is an Earp-like freelance "marshal" hired to clean up a mining town, his gambler sidekick and possible lover Anthony Quinn in tow. Richard Widmark is their semi-antagonist, Dorothy Malone a vengeful figure from the past. (Star Trek's future Dr McCoy also has a sizeable role as one of the cowboy gang.)
Also very weirdly, Widmark's younger brother is played by Frank Gorshin, later a popular TV/club impressionist whose act regularly featured his Widmark imitation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgLUMPjuHy4
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 11 February 2019 16:41 (five years ago) link
It's just barely a western, but nowhere else for this...I'm positive that anyone who loves The Straight Story will also love The Grey Fox, Richard Farnsworth's Canadian film from 1982. (Coppola's company distributed it in the U.S. when it came out.) I never saw it back then, and I wouldn't be surprised if I never get a chance to see it again. Worth the wait--much beauty in the love story, the cinematography, the soundtrack (the Chieftains, a few years after Barry Lyndon, and a line in the prologue about Farnsworth's character, leaving San Quentin in 1901 after 33 years, being "released into the 20th century."
― clemenza, Thursday, 28 March 2019 03:39 (five years ago) link
Dmytryk's Warlock (see above) now on Blu
https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review-edward-dmytryks-warlock-on-twilight-time-blu-ray/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 6 June 2019 18:46 (four years ago) link
have seen 91
https://www.slantmagazine.com/features/the-100-best-westerns-of-all-time/
The Lone Ranger, eh
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 16:22 (four years ago) link
they kinda fumbled at the goal line listing The Searchers as a 1965 movie
― Josefa, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 16:39 (four years ago) link
well, typos happen
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 16:42 (four years ago) link
Have seen 69, though there's 3-4 I'm not sure about. Have seen very few of the ones from the 2000s.
It's an OK list, a bit safe maybe. I'd put Jesse James (1939) on there, as well as A Bullet for the General(1966), The Big Gundown (1967), and The Hired Hand (1971) off the top of my head.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 17:35 (four years ago) link
I haven't verified it for myself, but I've actually heard good things about The Lone Ranger. It seemed to be one of those movies that started developing a minor cult within months of flopping at the box office. Still not sure I want to subject myself to more Depp mugging, though.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 17:47 (four years ago) link
Pale Rider seems like a more questionable inclusion. I remember it being pretty bad.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Wednesday, 1 April 2020 17:48 (four years ago) link
had no idea Tombstone (1993) was directed by Panos Cosmatos' dad.
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 1 April 2020 17:58 (four years ago) link
Only seen 56 of these. Making some notes for future viewing.
― Miami weisse (WmC), Thursday, 2 April 2020 16:08 (four years ago) link
As I understand it was mostly directed by Kurt Russell
― Piven After Midnight (The Yellow Kid), Thursday, 2 April 2020 16:46 (four years ago) link
I've seen 38 by a quick count. I guess I should see The Naked Spur and Johnny Guitar soon.
― wasdnuos (abanana), Thursday, 2 April 2020 20:58 (four years ago) link
The Naked Spur is very good; I prefer it to the somewhat overpraised Winchester '73.
― Maria Edgelord (cryptosicko), Thursday, 2 April 2020 21:21 (four years ago) link
Out of these that I haven't seen does anyone have a particular recommendation?
Wagon MasterThe Violent MenDocSilver LodeI Shot Jesse JamesCanyon PassageDay of the Outlaw
― Josefa, Thursday, 2 April 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
Dan Duryea pretty much ruins Night Passage for me, yeeesh the overacting. Character is supposed to be villainous and threatening but comes across as laughable. Think I've liked him in other things and don't recall him being such a scenery chewer.
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 17:24 (three years ago) link
I do! But I like his brand.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 17:26 (three years ago) link
Gonna have a Lee Van Cleef marathon thanks to the library: Sabata trilogy, plus Death Rides a Horse
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 17:27 (three years ago) link
Need to get on those Sabatas, LOVE the Cantori Moderni theme song to one of 'em.
Death Rides A Horse was a disappointment. Fav non-Leone spaghetti Van Cleef so far was Day Of Anger.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 21 July 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
lol the back cover of the Death Rides a Horse dvd has a formatting error and discloses the "surprising turn" in the plot
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 21 July 2020 17:31 (three years ago) link
putting Day of Anger on my list
Just watched Allan Dwan's Silver Lode, which if anything is more direct about its HUAC allegory than High Noon -- Dan Duryea's villain is named McCarty. DD and Dolores Moran as the good-bad prostitute supply the acting juice; Lizabeth Scott is kinda wasted as hero John Payne's loyal bride. (Oh yeah it's set in the middle of a July 4th celebration.) One great long tracking shot as Payne dodges fire, one of the better Dwan films I've seen out of 20.
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 2 August 2020 00:08 (three years ago) link
RFI what is the meaning of the Jeremiah Johnson gif?
― Wile E. Kinbote (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 19 April 2022 20:16 (two years ago) link
"i nod in approval." don't overthink it.
― adam t. (abanana), Wednesday, 20 April 2022 00:06 (two years ago) link