Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Little Big Man
The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
Shane
Pale Rider
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Blazing Saddles
Three Amigos
Westworld
Wild Wild West - Used to love the television show when I was a kid. Horrified when I watched the feature film.
Westerns
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Yeah Av, both The Sacketts and The Shadow Riders were TV movies with Tom Selleck and Sam Elliot.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Sounds great. And one of the best of the novels too. (Although my favourite was The Sackett Brand I think.)
Well, not much chance I'll ever come across it here, but if I do, I'll definitely be watching it. You never know. (Must tell my father about it, he has every Louis L'Amour novel ever published...I grew up on that stuff.
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Well, not much chance I'll ever come across it here, but if I do, I'll definitely be watching it. You never know. (Must tell my father about it, he has every Louis L'Amour novel ever published...I grew up on that stuff.
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"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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The Man from Snowy River
The Day They Shot Liberty Valance
Cat Ballou
too much Selleck action going on for me
Those movies above I really enjoyed...I don't know why I put The Searchers out there I guess I glanced at a couple of lists and saw it was #1 on most...I remember almost everything I've ever seen--but I don't remember much at all about that one-Heck, pilgrim, I even remember the dumbass Rio Bravo in fairly vivid detail and even tho 100 Rifles sucked there's a distinct reason why men remember it
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If you get a chance watch The Hi-Lo Country filmed in NM, written by Max Evans-great cast: Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, Patricia Arquette, Sam Eliot, Penelope Cruz, James Gammon...(and Fist will love that the guy who played Ed on Northern Exposure has one of the greatest scenes in the movie, "I'll slit ya like a lizard!" )
Tom Berenger actually made two very good westerns: The Avenging Angel where he plays one of Brigham Young's hitmen-don't laugh it's pretty damm good and Return of the Dogmen.
OOPs! Just thought of two more good ones:
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Warren Beatty and Julie Christie, I believe)
and Luci and Syl would probably slit me if I didn't mention Deadman.
If you want a real bizzare double feature watch Deadman followed by Grimm's Pairie Tales-3 or four nasty/horrorish tales-but very realistic...
The Day They Shot Liberty Valance
Cat Ballou
too much Selleck action going on for me
Those movies above I really enjoyed...I don't know why I put The Searchers out there I guess I glanced at a couple of lists and saw it was #1 on most...I remember almost everything I've ever seen--but I don't remember much at all about that one-Heck, pilgrim, I even remember the dumbass Rio Bravo in fairly vivid detail and even tho 100 Rifles sucked there's a distinct reason why men remember it
.If you get a chance watch The Hi-Lo Country filmed in NM, written by Max Evans-great cast: Woody Harrelson, Billy Crudup, Patricia Arquette, Sam Eliot, Penelope Cruz, James Gammon...(and Fist will love that the guy who played Ed on Northern Exposure has one of the greatest scenes in the movie, "I'll slit ya like a lizard!"
)Tom Berenger actually made two very good westerns: The Avenging Angel where he plays one of Brigham Young's hitmen-don't laugh it's pretty damm good and Return of the Dogmen.
OOPs! Just thought of two more good ones:
McCabe and Mrs. Miller (Warren Beatty and Julie Christie, I believe)
and Luci and Syl would probably slit me if I didn't mention Deadman.
If you want a real bizzare double feature watch Deadman followed by Grimm's Pairie Tales-3 or four nasty/horrorish tales-but very realistic...
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fall far and well Pilots!
I would say I never truly appreciated the value of the Western until I saw Unforgiven. Before then, I saw the Western as as an outdated thing that was irrelevant to me, since I had grown up spoiled by sci-fi and fantasy. The one exception was Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid, which I enjoyed because it seemed different from the "typical" Western I was biased against.
However, it was Unforgiven that made me properly respect what the Western genre was capable of. As a kid, I had seen bits of Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns on TV, but Unforgiven was the complete package that connected all the dots. I could more fully understand how each of his Westerns was like a piece of the puzzle that added up to the Man With No Name. So in other words, Eastwood is my favorite Western dude.
However, it was Unforgiven that made me properly respect what the Western genre was capable of. As a kid, I had seen bits of Clint Eastwood's spaghetti westerns on TV, but Unforgiven was the complete package that connected all the dots. I could more fully understand how each of his Westerns was like a piece of the puzzle that added up to the Man With No Name. So in other words, Eastwood is my favorite Western dude.
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Another fairly good one is The Left Handed Gun (1958) with Paul Newman as Billy the Kid. The Long Riders is good too--with the Carradine bros, the Keach bros, The Quaid bros and the Guest bros-covers the Younger gang...
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fall far and well Pilots!
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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Funny you should mention Westerns...
I can't ever remember watching a Western before (and I've seen God knows how many movies in my life), but I just watched Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy over the course of last week. Fantastic movies all around.
I also watched Tombstone on Saturday and I have to agree: Val Kilmer makes the movie as Doc Holliday. I wish he had more scenes, but it's still a great movie.
I can't ever remember watching a Western before (and I've seen God knows how many movies in my life), but I just watched Sergio Leone's Dollars trilogy over the course of last week. Fantastic movies all around.
I also watched Tombstone on Saturday and I have to agree: Val Kilmer makes the movie as Doc Holliday. I wish he had more scenes, but it's still a great movie.
Yah, Val does a great job, but I really think Kurt Russell is underrated in this film. He does a great job, but is often overlooked because his character is more introverted, and Doc's is more extrovert. Russell does a great job!
And Encryptic, if you liked the Fist full of Dollars/Few Dollars More, etc... check out the original: Yojimbo (a Japanese samurai pick based upon teh old western ideas) ... and it's sequal, Sanjuro (my fave). The Samuari With No Name... Toshiro Mifune is excellent!
And Encryptic, if you liked the Fist full of Dollars/Few Dollars More, etc... check out the original: Yojimbo (a Japanese samurai pick based upon teh old western ideas) ... and it's sequal, Sanjuro (my fave). The Samuari With No Name... Toshiro Mifune is excellent!
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I've fought a losing battle over Russell's performance in Tombstone for years. His simmering portrayal of Earp is spectacular, especially when he loses it on the train platform "....Right behind you Ike!"
The man nearly has smoke coming out of his ears.
But then again, I think Kurt Russell is one of the most underrated actors of our time.
The man nearly has smoke coming out of his ears.
But then again, I think Kurt Russell is one of the most underrated actors of our time.
"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." - PJ O'Rourke
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"Men and women range themselves into three classes or orders of intelligence; you can tell the lowest class by their habit of always talking about persons; the next by the fact that their habit is always to converse about things; the highest by their preference for the discussion of ideas." - Charles Stewart
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"I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations." - James Madison
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