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Reel to Real » The western — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 11:29:45 +0000

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By: Lance Manning

Lance Manning — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 01:15:20 +0000

Without doubt you have a fine list and you did list the one movie I tohught and will be forever for me the Best Movie of ALL TIME which was Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West"…great actors, great screenplay, extra great plot, and an OUTSTANDING SOUNDTRACK…the soundtrack blended in beautifully with each of the characters. The film was also able to depict how all races including Blacks, Asian, Irish, Italian, Native Americans, and others played their important role in expanding the West via the building of the train network. And most of all Mr, Henry Fond with his beautiful pale blue eyes as the meant and heartless heavy! Hats off to one of the greatest director's of all time. And I need not even mention what he did to "Once Upon a Time in America" which was also a fantastic movie, very much ahead of others! If you have not seen one or both of these movies you are missing out on what good movies are all about.

Mr. L.E. Manning

By: John Booth

John Booth — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:32:25 +0000

Hey Dearg Doom:
Just a little FYI – The line in Tombstone was actually "I'm Your Huckle-Bearer" in reference to the "Huckles on a casket you carry them with. Thought you might get a kick out of that.

By: John Booth

John Booth — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:09:10 +0000

Gents (and ladies)
C'mon.

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF JUDGE ROY BEAN !!!

OK, is was somewhat fictionalized BUT based on a real man and portrayed by Paul Newman superbly.

By: BIG MIKE DONAVON

BIG MIKE DONAVON — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:09:53 +0000

YOU'RE CORRECT.
JOHN WAYNE DID USE HIS OWN PISTOLS IN HIS LAST MOVIE OBVIOUSLY, ONE WAS NOT TOSSED ACROSS THE FLOOR AFTER JOHN WAYNE GETS SHOT. THESE GUNS HAVE A SPECIAL MEANING IN BOTH THE MOVIE AND KEEPSAKE WORLDS OF IMPLIED HISTORY AND ACTUAL CURRENT HISTORY.

By: Pat Robinson

Pat Robinson — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:01:00 +0000

Peter Fonda's 1971 THE HIRED HAND is to my mind one of the most underated westerns ever made. Warren Oats is outstanding in it.

By: Dearg Doom

Dearg Doom — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:30:03 +0000

Shane – am I the only person on the planet who believes Shane to be just an ok 'good-guy-versus-bad-guy' movie? Alan Ladd annoys me – he's one of the most wooden, expressionless actors ever. IMHO, not a great or 'classic' film. But I DO like the part where he falls off his mount at the end – pity it wasn't having a sneaky horsey-poo at the time ! AVERAGE.

Rio Bravo – utter, utter, utter, utter drivel – as is ANY film with Angie Dickinson. AVOID !

El Dorado – now you're talkin'. Very, very watchable, time and time again – not least because Charlene Holt (Maudie) was simply babe-a-licious! And no pointless singing either, thank-you-very-much.
Great cast, great script, great acting, GREAT FILM.

Tombstone – SUPERB ! One of the more accurate portrayals of the Earp/K Corral shootout (note it's NOT totally accurate by any means – for example the Holliday/Ringo showdown DIDN'T actually happen).
Having said that, Val Kilmer (Doc Holliday – "I'm your huckleberry") out-acted everyone, much like Alan Rickman in 'Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves'. BRILLIANT !

Quigley Down Under – one of the very best westerns (set in Australia) -featuring Tom Selleck & Alan Rickman – check it out if you haven't already. Included In my 'Top Five Best Westerns' list.

Pale Rider – simply a remake of 'High Plains Drifter', which was a much, much better film OK movie but HPD is worth viewing instead.

High Plains Drifter – the Bridges gang using them there whips – OUCH ! The Jim Duncan supernatural element added greatly to the movie. Watch it again, THEN tell me Pale Rider is 'better' !

How many remember ALIAS SMITH AND JONES (the 1970's series)? Let's not forget how good the (pilot) movie actually is. Great series (with only one dreadful episode – season 2 "Journey from San Juan" – truely awful). The rest ranged (no pun intended) from good to excellent.

Blazing Saddles – bear in mind it's a pretty decent western, as well as being an acceptable musical and a TERRIFIC comedy (up there with 'Life of Brian' as one of the best comedies ever).

A Gunfight – Johnny Cash and Kirk Douglas. I reckon one of the best, yet most under-rated westerns ever. As with 'High Noon', the action is kept 'till the end. Watch it all the way through !

Lawman – Burt Lancaster – an original 'how-far-can-the-Law-go' premise. Very highy recommended.

There's also a bunch of B-westerns well worth viewing – example – 'Dead for a Dollar' (John Ireland) – no major stars, dodgy camerawork, nonsense script(s), no real budget BUT all these elements made them more authentic, in certain ways, than the biggies. ENJOY !

By: Western Towns

Western Towns — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:52:03 +0000

I could use some help here. We plan on bulding a Wesetrn Town wih 44 buildings. What I'm looking for , The size & how they were build, color. I would like to work with some of the Western Movie Production folks who all ready worked on some. this will be a town that folks can live in year around. If you know where I can get in touch with someone, Then I would like to hear from you.

Richard

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By: david schaffner

david schaffner — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 02:31:11 +0000

Enjoyed your 100 great westerns but you sure missed the mark on quite a few of them.Blazing Saddles?Y ou got to be kidding.What about 1947's "Ramrod" and 1948's "Four faces west".Culpepper cattle company and Monte Walsh with Lee Marvin.Man of the west with Gary Cooper was far superior to "High noon"Is "High Noon' a poliitical move.Surely doesn't deserve to be number one.John Waynes "Rio Grande" and "She wore a yellow ribbon","Three Godfathers" and 1942's "The spoilers" and "In old olkahoma" with Albert Dekker and so many old charactor actors.Although it was a tv mini-series "Lonesome dove" is my top pick along with "Pale rider"You writers don't belong in the same page with the films I mentioned.Sorry.