Need to know: Greatest Westerns of all Time (duels a must)
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By "duel" do you mean a gunfight where two men stand at opposite ends of the street and see who has the quickest draw (like at the start of "Gunsmoke")? If so, that would eliminate one of my favorite westerns, "The Searchers" because it's more a cowboy/indians picture. I guess if it has to have the duel in it, then I would say either "Liberty Valance" or "My Darling Clementine." I guess you could say I like the way that John Ford shoots a western (he directed all three of my picks).
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I've never forgiven John Wayne for his politics during the Vietanam fiasco (much the same way that some have not forgiven Jane Fonda), and I don't care for him as a person. But I liked his acting in "The Searchers" and as Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit."
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I've never forgiven John Wayne for his politics during the Vietanam fiasco (much the same way that some have not forgiven Jane Fonda), and I don't care for him as a person. But I liked his acting in "The Searchers" and as Rooster Cogburn in "True Grit."
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Yes, yes: Exactly that kind of duel. The one where it's okay to kill the other guy, because he drew first.Will O'B wrote:By "duel" do you mean a gunfight where two men stand at opposite ends of the street and see who has the quickest draw (like at the start of "Gunsmoke")? If so, that would eliminate one of my favorite westerns, "The Searchers" because it's more a cowboy/indians picture. I guess if it has to have the duel in it, then I would say either "Liberty Valance" or "My Darling Clementine." I guess you could say I like the way that John Ford shoots a western (he directed all three of my picks).
Cranberry: The only reason this is a worthwhile social science project is exactly the fact that Westerns are stereotypical and extremely violent.
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Duel at Diablo (Sydney Poitier, James Garner)
Duel in the Sun (Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotton, Jennifer Jones, aka the cause of the duel)
The Shootist (John Wayne)
Last Train from Gun Hill (Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn)
My Darling Clementine (Henry Fonda, Victor Mature)
Tombstone (Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer)
Red River (John Wayne, Montgomery Cliff - the greatest western)
The Big Country (Gregory Peck, Burl Ives, Charleton Heston, Jean Simmons - a classic one long duel)
The Gunfighter (Gregory Peck)
Gunfight at the OK Coral (Kirk Douglas)
The Magnificent Seven (Bryner, McQueen, Coburn, Bronson, Wallach, Bucholtz)
El Topo (cultish mexican western by Alexandro Jodorowsky)
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Duel in the Sun (Gregory Peck, Joseph Cotton, Jennifer Jones, aka the cause of the duel)
The Shootist (John Wayne)
Last Train from Gun Hill (Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn)
My Darling Clementine (Henry Fonda, Victor Mature)
Tombstone (Kurt Russell, Val Kilmer)
Red River (John Wayne, Montgomery Cliff - the greatest western)
The Big Country (Gregory Peck, Burl Ives, Charleton Heston, Jean Simmons - a classic one long duel)
The Gunfighter (Gregory Peck)
Gunfight at the OK Coral (Kirk Douglas)
The Magnificent Seven (Bryner, McQueen, Coburn, Bronson, Wallach, Bucholtz)
El Topo (cultish mexican western by Alexandro Jodorowsky)
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Re: Need to know: Greatest Westerns of all Time (duels a mus
You got it.Bloomfield wrote:Fistful of Dollars
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Perhaps not in the same league as "Liberty Valance" or "Clementine," but I still like "Pat Garett & Billy The Kid" with James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Slim Pickens and Bob Dylan -- Directed by Sam Peckinpah. It also had Dylan's song, "Knockin' On Heaven's Door."
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Funny....Bloomfield wrote:Thanks for telling me, but I'd probably watch it anyway.Will O'B wrote:... It also had Dylan's song, "Knockin' On Heaven's Door."
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Joking aside ,it is a superb film for many reasons.
The slo-mo violence is terrifying,the casting is magic and the heart of the plot goes back to Cain and Able.
It has the finest cinematography ever seen in a western and as if all that wasn't enough there is the amazing Bob Dylan soundtrack which contains some truly incredible instrumentals featuring recorders (of all things) and Byron Berline on fiddle.
FWIW,I always thought Knockin on Heavens Door was one of Bobs weaker efforts but works well in the context of the film.
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How about Howard Hughs "The Outlaw" with all the viewers ogling Jayne Russell while the rest of the cast were purportedly ogling one another?
Paul Newman versus Richard Boone in "Hombre."
Newman and Redford versus the world in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (one of the greatest of any kind)
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Paul Newman versus Richard Boone in "Hombre."
Newman and Redford versus the world in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" (one of the greatest of any kind)
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HA! I don't want to turn you off on the movie, cause it is good -- but the song sort of sets the tone: the Kid's desperation and fatalistic attitude. Here are a couple of reviews that will give you a better flavor of what the movie is:Bloomfield wrote:Thanks for telling me, but I'd probably watch it anyway.Will O'B wrote:... It also had Dylan's song, "Knockin' On Heaven's Door."
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http://www.film.u-net.com/Movies/Review ... rrett.html
http://www.eufs.org.uk/films/pat_garret ... e_kid.html
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