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It was made in 1968 - after The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and A Fistful of Dollars. Leone and Clint Eastwood had a big falling out. What a great film though. Henry Fonda as a villain. The soundtrack by Ennio Morricone is unforgettable too.IMHO Once Upon a Time In the West. It starred Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Elam, and Jason Robards. I think it was the best of all the Spaghetti Westerns and before the Clint Eastwood era.
Good list. High Noon is my favorite. I'd add The Outlaw Josey Wales and Shane.My favorite six in order:
1. The Searchers
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
3. High Noon
4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
5. True Grit (original)
6. A Fistful of Dollars
Gay Cooper with one of the great performances. Here is an article about it and him by his daughter.Good list. High Noon is my favorite. I'd add The Outlaw Josey Wales and Shane.
John Ford's finest.'The Searchers' is the greatest of them all. After that 'Fort Apache' and 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon'...the best of John Wayne.
Thanks for the link. I'm a big Gary Cooper fan and when add Grace Kelly, you have movie magic.Gay Cooper with one of the great performances. Here is an article about it and him by his daughter.
LINK: The Tao of Cooper: Why High Noon Still Matters
He was my mother's favorite actor.Thanks for the link. I'm a big Gary Cooper fan and when add Grace Kelly, you have movie magic.
Unforgiven is probably my all time favorite.
Others:
The Outlaw Jose Wales
Dances with Wolves (though I've always liked Mary McDonnell)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance - I was wondering when this one would appear.Unforgiven (HUGE Clint fan, but Hackman stole the show)
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Lonesome Dove (though the book - one of my all time favs - is MUCH better)
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Dances With Wolves
Butch & Sundance
Based on Kurosawa's Seven Samurai (one of my all-time favorite films).The Magnificent Seven (1960).
Brynner, Wallach, McQueen, Bronson, Coburn, Vaughn...how's that for an all-star lineup?
The music.
The scenery.
Clear good guys vs. bad guys.
Thank you LJ. I held off on the Wild Bunch. Was wondering when that would be mentioned. Sam Peckinpah's epic poetry of violence. Really controversial at the time. Very different from the Westerns before it.A lot of good movies here. I'm very partial to The Wild Bunch and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. I enjoy Jeff Bridges' work a lot and I think Wild Bill is a good film, great atmosphere, with Ellen Barkin as a crazed Calamity Jane.
A lot of good movies here. I'm very partial to The Wild Bunch and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. I enjoy Jeff Bridges' work a lot and I think Wild Bill is a good film, great atmosphere, with Ellen Barkin as a crazed Calamity Jane.
So many great choices in the total thread. I will add The Tin Star, with Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, NevilleMy favorite six in order:
1. The Searchers
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
3. High Noon
4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
5. True Grit (original)
6. A Fistful of Dollars
Thank you LJ. I held off on the Wild Bunch. Was wondering when that would be mentioned. Sam Peckinpah's epic poetry of violence. Really controversial at the time. Very different from the Westerns before it.
True Grit (Duke version, although the remake was OK)
Jeremiah Johnson
Josey Wales
High Plains Drifter
Big Jake...this was poorly acted but the Duke's dialogue is tremendous.
Unforgiven
The Shootist, featuring this immortal line:
John Bernard Books: "I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them."
Simons, this film fits your anti-western criteria as well.
My favorite six in order:
1. The Searchers
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
3. High Noon
4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
5. True Grit (original)
6. A Fistful of Dollars
Does Blazing Saddles qualify?My favorite six in order:
1. The Searchers
2. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
3. High Noon
4. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
5. True Grit (original)
6. A Fistful of Dollars
Pat Garret & Billy The Kid ( Peckinpah )
Tombstone
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Unforgiven
Wild Bunch
Open Range
Jeremiah Johnson
Once Upon a time in the west
Young Guns
Blazing Saddles does qualify. It's a great Western comedy.Does Blazing Saddles qualify?
1.) Liberty Valance Lee Marvin is the perfect villain
2.) Wild Bunch great send off to veteran actors
3.) The Good, The Bad and The Ugly nothing else needs to be said great cast, great score, great cinematography and great voice dubbing
4.) Shane one of the first of the mysterious, stoic Protector of the Innocent westerns and Jack Palance rivals Marvin as a villain
5.) Pale Rider "There's nothing like a good piece of hickory"
Blazing Saddles does qualify. It's a great Western comedy.