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& my personal top 2 idols/heroes SINATRA & TRACY made a few Westerns
SEA OF GRASS, BROKEN LANCE-(if one counts BLACK ROCK?) & HOW THE WEST WAS WON
& THE CHAIRMAN made>
JOHNNY CONCHO, SERGEANT'S 3, FOUR FOR TEXAS, DIRTY DINGUS McGEE
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1 hour ago, TomJH said:
The ending is extraordinarily poignant, isn't it?
Scott went out with a good film and McCrea would be in one more film, a nice outdoorsy little modern western, Mustang Country. I realize that most people are not familiar with this film so here's a review of it I wrote a couple of years ago:
Mustang Country (1976)
A 70-year-old Joel McCrea emerged from retirement to make this one last film, a simple, unpretentious western about a hunt for a lone black stallion on the Montana-Alberta border in 1925.
This is largely a two character movie, with McCrea accompanied for the majority of the film by young Nika Mina as a runaway Indian boy who, after he discovers that his grandfather has died, gets McCrea to agree, after numerous failures to capture the stallion in the past, to try one last time with him. There's a reward for the horse which the boy wants for his family. The story will also involve Three Toe, a grizzly who wiped out all the sheep on McCrea's ranch and who, of course, will emerge from the woods to cause trouble again.
Filmed on location in Banff National Park the scenery, needless to say, is breath takingly gorgeous, from the first shot in this film to the last. Those who love the sight of mountains and forests, lakes and streams, will have nothing to complain about in regard to that aspect of the film. I have to seriously wonder if McCrea, a rancher in real life, agreed to make this film because of the spectacular location shooting. There are also a lot of cutaway shots of animals, at times giving the film a bit of a Disney feel, but it's not too much of a distraction from the main story.
In his only film appearance Nika Mann is clearly limited as an actor but even though he's a bit stiff as a performer, he's a likable kid companion. McCrea, even in his grey haired senior years, still looks mighty convincing riding a horse, and there's a comfortable screen presence about him, as well as a direct honesty in his delivery of dialogue that makes his final screen performance an appealing one.
By the way, aside from the Indian boy, McCrea's other two companions throughout most of the film will be his horse, Rosie, and a remarkably bright dog, Luke, who will play a role in saving both McCrea and the Indian boy from wilderness tragedies.
Briefly appearing at the beginning of the film are Robert Fuller and Patrick Wayne as a couple of cowboys who try in vain to capture the stallion. While the film seems designed to appeal to kids, adults should also enjoy it for the scenery and McCrea's seasoned performance.
saw it in the '80's on tv
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Yoda, see imdb's list I just posted
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12 hours ago, Princess of Tap said:
Where did Jerry Stiller go to?
What are you talking about?
he went from alzheimers a few days ago, though 92!
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I simply DESPISE it when somebody says THAT WAS BEFORE MY TIME!!!
How small minded
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Django Unchained ($165m.) (**1/2) is the most ridiculous choice in my opinion anyway
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Some also call BAD DAY AT BLACK ROCK a Western
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2 minutes ago, fxreyman said:
I would not trust or use anything ever from imdb Spence. Almost all of the people who vote for things there are either too young or too stupid to appreciate classic films hence their selection usually of The Shawshank Redemption as their number one film of all time. And I like Shawshank!
I know what your sayin' again not my choices and do you think the tremendous SIERRA MADRE is a Western or Adventure?
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Just caught this online, imdb chose-(may be an older poll, looked like it was new on FB though) it's candidate's for the top 10 WESTERNS yet made>
1st The Good, the Bad & the Ugly
2 . Once Upon a Time in the West
3. Django Unchained???
4. For a Few Dollars More
5th place *Unforgiven-(*-denotes Oscar)
6. Treasure of the Sierra Madre-(only ever heard of Bogie calling this a western though?)
7. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
8, A Fistful of Dollars
9. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
10th place Rio Bravo
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8 minutes ago, Yoda1978 said:
Ben Johnson had great roles in Wayne Films and he was in other films. My Favorite Wayne Character ever done was his role as the Guy he was playing in the movie The Cowboys
For yrs Bruce Dern says he used to get into bar fights with drunks who would yell "YOU KILLED MY BUDDY"
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Like-(not as much ) COOPER seems to be annually forgotten like W.C. FIELDS?
Only die hard moviebuffs like us seem to know full well who he was thesedays
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2 minutes ago, Yoda1978 said:
Well Duke Had Nathan Brittles, George Washington McClintock, John T Chance and Ethan Edwards. Eastwood Mostly was the same character.
Underrated a lot as an actor too, called himself a re-actor when FORD saw RED RIVER he said "I didn't know the sob could act" unquote
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1 minute ago, Yoda1978 said:
19 Goldfinger----007 Goldfinger
NO Mr Bond I Expect You To Die is my favorite classic line in a bond film. Goldfinger for me was the Bond Villain I liked best of all the films. Im only an expert in Bond for the Connery and Brosnan Bonds. Craig and Moore well i fall asleep watching them.
My 2nd fav Bond film after FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE-(Shaw another strong villian by the way) Not a big BOND fan, but like CONNERY by far the best The late critic once said on GMA that "Roger Moore is a movie star and CONNERY is an actor" unquote
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1 minute ago, Yoda1978 said:
Im Thinking Of Doing An Overall Western Characters List. Not really labled hero or villains but just characters overall.
Good concept THE DUKE of course would be #1st by most as you know
I often wrote about Eastwood's own heroes, COOPER, STEWART & strangely due to him being so eastern CAGNEY are it, but WAYNE would likely be a runner-up
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7 minutes ago, spence said:
how about Nicholson's seemingly forgotten JOKER as well though, or is that who you mean at #1?
Couple strong one's too though, Hans Landa-(greatest per yet in a Tarentino film), the original Max Cady-(though De Niro's was a powerhouse & I think almost a great film like the 1st, except for that ASININE storm out of nowhere at it's finale), Mr. Blonde & of course Michael-(not Mike of course) Myers See you included FRANK BOOTH!
& true to life story, who ever heard of true life mobster JOEY GALLO knows the story as a kid he admired Widmark's Tommy Udo so much he dressed & even giggled like him
Nurse Ratched is another I just recalled among AFI's list think Darth Vadar & Norman Bates were runners-up to Lechter as #1 Roy Batty another great choice by had sympathetic qualities at the end
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Though didn't make AFI's list, LIBERTY VALANCE., JACK (Jack Wilson) in SHANE also belong & what about FONDA'S (frank) in ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST?
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18 hours ago, LawrenceA said:
- The Joker
- Hannibal Lecter
- Darth Vader
- Dracula
- Reverend Powell (The Night of the Hunter)
- Nurse Ratched (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest)
- Roy Batty (Blade Runner)
- Frank Booth (Blue Velvet)
- Ernst Stavro Blofeld (You Only Live Twice, etc.)
- Tommy Udo (Kiss of Death)
- Ming the Merciless (Flash Gordon)
- T-800 (The Terminator)
- Lo Pan (Big Trouble in Little China)
- Michael Myers (Halloween)
- The Predator (Predator)
- HAL-9000 (2001: A Space Odyssey)
- Khan (Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan)
- Sir Guy of Gisborne (The Adventures of Robin Hood)
- Hans Gruber (Die Hard)
- Lex Luthor (Superman: The Movie)
- Leatherface (Texas Chain Saw Massacre)
- Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th parts 2-???)
- Mr. Blonde (Reservoir Dogs)
- Hans Landa (Inglourious Basterds)
- Max Cady (Cape Fear '62)
That's off the top of my head, and I'm sure I'm forgetting many memorable ones.
how about Nicholson's seemingly forgotten JOKER as well though, or is that who you mean at #1?
Couple strong one's too though, Hans Landa-(greatest per yet in a Tarentino film), the original Max Cady-(though De Niro's was a powerhouse & I think almost a great film like the 1st, except for that ASININE storm out of nowhere at it's finale), Mr. Blonde & of course Michael-(not Mike of course) Myers See you included FRANK BOOTH!
& true to life story, who ever heard of true life mobster JOEY GALLO knows the story as a kid he admired Widmark's Tommy Udo so much he dressed & even giggled like him
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Did anybody also vote for Hopper's Frank Booth in BLUE VELVET that I usually include?
Lynch has a specialty with villians, but he admits Dennis' was the topper
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1 minute ago, Yoda1978 said:
21 The Sheriff Of Nottingham-----Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves
One of the best cases where the villain and Morgan Freeman make them more memorable then the lead actor playing the lead hero. When everything is settled in film history more is remembered that Alan Rickman again made villain gold on screen . But who would have guessed his whole career Rickman would be creating his best most known character in a little kids book movie adaptation of Harry Potter. Rickman just makes character gold.
pretty good one, but his famed Hans in DIE HARD is the role he'll always be remembered for by far!
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Yesterday rewatched for numerous time THE LAST PICTURE SHOW (l97l) & today BADLANDS (l974)
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they talk about 0rson Welles being able to handle so much, but CHAPLIN did it all almost Producing, acting, directing, writing and his own music
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On 2/12/2020 at 10:03 PM, Rudy's Girl said:
Ah...the grandeur of old Hollywood.
marvelous choice!
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Someone on this similar topic submitted the magnificently underrated score for the coen bros epic gangster film MILLER'S CROSSING, think it was JakeHolman in my topic he did a superlative job with GREATEST BEGINNINGS AND ENDINGS
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1 minute ago, spence said:
Another of it's 4 Academy victories, though adapted Had no chance vs JAWS for original score
Have yet to see all of BL for some reason? All other Kubrick cinema I think I have
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surprised they didn't remake this by now, kind of did with the animated epic THE PRINCE OF EGYPT