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riverevir
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 Posted - July 10 2004 : 9:36:08 PM
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| Tomstone, I love that movie. However,The Missing comes close for favorite western. Has anyone seen it? It has Tommy Lee Jones and Cate Blanchet, and we must not forget Eric Schwig(spelling?)!!! But not one of his most flattering film roles. Execllent movie. |
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Posted - July 20 2004 : 7:38:03 PM
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| A friend of mine recommended "The Missing." It was very good. However, I'm curious. Since LOTM, it seems that Eric Schweig is almost always cast as a villian. I wonder about this. |
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I recently picked up Sergio Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West"(1969). If you loved "Fistful of Dollars" or "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" and haven't seen this, you should. Same director, same guy did the soundtrack- there's no Eastwood, instead you get Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, and Charles Bronson. Fonda's character oozes EVIL. Great movie, anyone else seen it? Enjoyed it?
I always thought "Once Upon a Time in the West" definitely was an odd one and you're right, Fonda really does ooze Evil.
A really bizarre one, a little newer, is "South Of Heaven, West Of Hell" Everything is pretty authentic, shocking at times in the reality, except for the stupid casting of Dwight Yoakam wearing his stupid modern hat and modern jeans. Nothing against his singing, but the man can not act.  Bridgit Fonda does a really good job and there is quite a gory scene with a lamp.
Can't forget "Stagecoach" and the infamous stagecoach ride!
"Big Jake" (named our son Jakolb) - another with Maureen O'Hara, actually from what I understand it was John Wayne's 5th movie with her.
Always did like "Young Guns"
Have to agree with Secureman, "Blazing Saddles" is a classic - the boys in our western reenacting group LOVE recreating the campfire scene, much to my chagrin.  
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Wild Bill Hickok: "I don't know, I just met you."
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Stephanie
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Tombstone, hands down. Not just because of Val Kilmer, either. It's everyone else, too! Powers Boothe as Curly Bill, Michael Biehn as Johnny Ringo, but best of all: Stephen Lang as Ike Clanton. What a GREAT job he did in that role! Law don't go 'round here! Stephen Lang is the most under-rated actor in Hollywood today. He is incredible.
And Billy Bob Thornton, too, hardly rocognizable as the cubby and inept faro dealer. "Summin' on your mind?"
Wait a minute, why are the bad guys all my favorites??? (This asked by the #1 Magua fan as well...hmmmmmm what could this mean?)
But Lonesome Dove is a very close second. Breathtaking!
Diana I liked "The Searchers" too, only saw it a few months ago and liked it.
Stephanie
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Emily
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Posted - May 29 2005 : 5:25:33 PM
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Tombstone has got to be my pick o' the list. (Val Kilmer, heck yeah.)Shanes' a close second up there. But I can't forget McClintock, Chisum and all the other John Wayne greats. Lonesome Dove, Open Range. And all goodins' the Clint Eastwood did. And Jimmys' movies! So many to choose from! No way I could pick a favorite. [<:)]
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Obediah
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| Yup, a lot of good 'uns got left off the list (but I guess one can only put in so many choices)...so I voted for "Tombstone." Personally, I think that "The Searchers" is the greatest Western ever. "Whadda ya want me to do, draw ya a picture?" |
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Lady of Glencairn
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Posted - August 18 2006 : 05:34:33 AM
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| I chose 'Dances with Wolves' ... one of my all-time faves! |
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Posted - March 10 2007 : 6:21:48 PM
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Bummer that " Stagecoach" did not make the list!
I agree with pretty much everyone for all thier posts. You gotta love some of the lines from both "Tombstone" and "Jerimaih Johnston" are good as well.
"Why Ike, whatever do you mean". Or, " Nothing wrong with quiet".
I always remember that line when I go off backpacking on my own and the only thing I hear is the wind through the trees or see some wildife or just sit on some ridge and look over the landscape either at sunrise or sunset. When I do that, I always hear the score from "The Glade" from LOTM. LOL, tis true.
A movie I'd like to see them make would be about Lewis and Clark and the Corps of Discovery ( I know, Ken Burns did a show on them).
Oh, just a bit of info: The Civil War segment from " How the West was Won" were filmed in the town I grew up in. LOL.
See ya all later around the fire.
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i'v found somebody just like me. i thought i was the only one of them.
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Obediah
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| I kinda liked "Unforgiven" too, EXCEPT the climactic scene near the end (the gunfight in the saloon) where Eastwood's inept character magically transforms into Dirty Harry & kills all the baddies without receiving a scratch. |
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Obediah
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Ah yes, "Tombstone," my second favorite movie of all time, which includes my favorite scene of all time (in any movie):
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[Ringo steps up to Doc]
Ringo: And you must be Doc Holliday.
Doc: [Careless, drunk, and not looking very well] That's the rumor.
Ringo: You retired too?
Doc: Not me. I'm in my prime.
Ringo: [Dubious and insulting] Yeah, you look it.
Doc: And you must be Ringo. Look, darlin', Johnny Ringo. The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say. What do you think, darlin'? Should I hate him?
Kate: You don't even know him.
Doc: Yes, but there's just something about him. Something around the eyes, I don't know, reminds me of... me. No. I'm sure of it, I hate him.
Wyatt: [To Curly Bill and Johnny, holding up hands in placatory gesture.] He's drunk.
[Doc takes another drink from his tin cup.]
Doc: In vino veritas. / Wine loosens the tongue.
"There are sleeping drunks and fighting drunks and quiet drunks and talkative drunks. In vino veritas, an old Roman proverb, with the literal meaning 'in wine the truth', tells us that people under the influence of wine or other spirits will say things they ordinarily try to conceal."
Ringo: Age quod agis. / Pay attention to what you are doing.
(Or, in this case, "You'd better be careful" or "Watch what you say".)
"Age quod agis, literally 'do what you are doing', is excellent advice for those who become careless in their work as well as for those who fail to do what they are supposed to do."
Doc: Credat Iudaeus Apella, non ego. / Tell it to the Marines, not me.
This phrase comes from a work by Horace; literally, I believe that this reads "Let the Jew Apella believe it; I will not." Roget's Thesaurus entry #497 (absurdity) gives "Credat Judaeus Apella" the loose translation "Tell it to the Marines", while entry #485 (unbelief) suggests "Let those believe who may."
"Iudaeus" is sometimes spelled "Judaeus".
Ringo: Iuventus stultorum... [he indicates his revolver] ...magister. / Youth is the teacher of fools.
"Iuventus" is sometimes spelled "juventus".
or...
Ringo: Eventus stultorum... [he indicates his revolver] ...magister. / Fools must be taught by experience.
(You decide which, if any, is correct.) [My choice is the 2nd one.]
Doc: [Half-whispering with heightened intensity] In pace requiescat! / Rest in peace! [Your're gonna die, right here, right now!]
Johnny proceeds to draw his revolver and gives an impressive demonstration of his dexterity in handling and twirling it; Doc answers with a repetition of the same moves, except using a tin cup instead of a revolver. Everyone enjoys the joke and the conflict is over for now.
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Fitzhugh Williams
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Posted - April 22 2007 : 7:03:27 PM
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Why, Johnny Ringo, you look like somebody just walked over your grave.
Fight's not with you, Holliday.
I'll beg to differ, sir. We started a game we never got to finish. Play for blood, remember?
I was just foolin' about.
I wasn't.
And this time... it's legal.
All right, lunger. Let's do it.
Say when.
Come on. Come on!
Oh, Johnny. Come on!
You're no daisy. You're no daisy at all!
Poor soul. You were just too high-strung.
I'm afraid the strain was more than he could bear.
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 Well, you gotta know I love this thread!
Anyone out in California, there is a big gathering in Pioneertown, CA May 18-20. Lots of folks including Dave Bourne from the "Deadwood" HBO series.
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Jack McCall: "Should we shake hands or something, relieve the atmosphere. I mean how stupid do you think I am?"
Wild Bill Hickok: "I don't know, I just met you."
"A nation with no regard to it's past will have little future worth remembering."
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susquesus
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Posted - April 23 2007 : 6:24:21 PM
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| I know it's gory and filled with all sorts of cussin' but Deadwood is definitely my favorite Western tv series. Ian McShane is amazing as saloon owner Al. Very gritty, very real. |
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Posted - April 23 2007 : 7:37:09 PM
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| HEY SUS!! WHere ya been? I was just thinking about you the other day! |
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Posted - April 23 2007 : 7:38:08 PM
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| You have a good "hobby" susquesus ... don't let it change. |
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susquesus
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Howdy GG! Oh, you know....I lurk here and there. I'm hermity and such so sometimes I just clam up. Good to hear from you.
Thanks Monadnock Guide. I'm definitely out and about in the great outdoors, even in the MN subzero winters. I do a lot of fishing and have a boundary waters canoe/kayak/fishing trip coming up in June.
Anyone seen "The Westerner" with Gary Cooper and Walter Brennan or Sam Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch"? |
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Wilderness Woman
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| Hey Sus! I've missed your presence here, and especially your interesting and thought-provoking polls! Don't be quite so reclusive! |
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Posted - April 24 2007 : 10:56:43 PM
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I went with "Dances With Wolves." IMHO, this is an amazing movie, not so much because of Kostner (although I consider it about his best role), but because of the portrayal of, and by, Native Americans.
I really liked Wind In His Hair but you probably aren't too suprised by that, WW! I even like him better than our beloved Uncas! (Did I just admit that?)
Also Kicking Bird and Ten Bears. Greatly admired those two.
Dances With Wolves was casted perfectly! But the three above were my favorite actors in the entire movie!
But alas, even though I love DWW I had to vote for my fave western Tombstone! I just love Val Kilmor! I liked him "Ghosts In The Darkness" too.
Sitting atop the rickety wooden tiger trap Val looks down at the remaining lion who lurks along the dark edge of the village and says, "I'm your huckleberry!"
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| Right after he says, "Isn't that a peach of a cat!" |
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Hey all!!
I saw "Open Range" just the other night on DVD.....Darn if it were NOT good!!
Robert Duvall, ya gotta love him in that as well as in " Lonesome Dove".
I did a bit of a day hike a few weeks ago and found myself up in an area that had been used in " The Searchers"...Best of all, it was during the week and I was there alone.
I'll see ya all later.....Me C/W unit is going to be doing our yearly tactical next weekend and I've got some things to help out on.
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Posted - April 26 2007 : 7:45:01 PM
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Right after he says, "Isn't that a peach of a cat!"
Good one, Obi! |
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Hurray, another "Deadwood" fan! Glad to hear it, Susquesus. I LOVE "Deadwood"! Profane to be sure, but incredibly entertaining and absorbing. Keith Carradine's portrayal of Wild Bill Hickok during season one was so amazingly good that I wondered how the show would fare after Hickok's death, but I needn't have -- Ian McShane carries it effortlessly as Al Swearingen, one of the most compelling and complex characters ever to appear on screen. Not that all the actors aren't excellent, but it's Al, not Wild Bill, who's the one character the show could never afford to lose. Truly Shakespearean! Now E.B. Farnum, he's something else . . . Dickensian, maybe.
Agree with you, condor watch, "Open Range" is another good one. I loved Kevin Costner's graveside prayer: "Lord, you're gettin' a good man and a good dog." Not nearly as corny as it sounds, in context. |
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