Amen!
I’ve never heard of it.
Now you have. I can’t recall if it was a Henry or a Sharps, (Plot Keywords don’t help) but they blew holy hell out of a Lincoln with it from a mile away. Jeff Bridges and Sam Waterston are exceptional as are Richard Bright, Harry Dean Stanton and Slim Pickens.
A movie to own! “Modern” Western.
With music by Jimmy Buffett. (Not really in the period specified, however).
I know it’s not a movie, but screw it - Deadwood is the best western I’ve ever seen, in any medium.
As far as movies go, my top five would be Unforgiven, The Searchers, Heaven’s Gate (yes, Heaven’s Gate), Pale Rider, and Dances With Wolves.
But again, Deadwood stands head and shoulders above all the rest.
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A already have a Sharps. But I’ve never fired it and want to sell it.
What, no love for Tombstone? It certainly belongs in the top ten, if not five.
I agree 100% on Deadwood. I’ve yet to see Heaven’s Gate but it reminds me of another Peckinpah worth seeing: Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)
I happen to love Pale Rider as well, and were it not for the Shane comparisons (and the fact that Shane came first and set the stage for most good Westerns since) I would have it above Josey Wales. It’s a tough task to select the best Eastwood Western! (I’m just now noticing the irony here. )
Swap it for a Henry, then!
Oh, yeah. I love it, too. The problem becomes picking the best version of that Wyatt Earp situation. There are dozens. My pick would be Tombstone, too, but the Costner version that year was also good. and then you have to go all the way back to the early movies to see tham all. The Fonda-Mature My Darling Clementine (1946) even enters the picture. But Kurt Russell cinches it for me, although I like Quaid’s Doc Holliday better than KIlmer’s.
I had forgotten that! One more reason to see it. A real sleeper that’s been on cable quite a bit lately.
Crap! I can’t believe I forgot McCabe and Mrs. Miller! That might actually give Unforgiven a fun for its money.
Nobody likes Heaven’s Gate – except for me.
There are two parts I hate. The first is at the beginning; the graduation from Harvard(?). Way too long, I didn’t like the dancing, and the audio sucked. The other is the roller skating scene. Again, way too long; and also fairly pointless. (Not totally pointless, but still…)
Aside from those, I loved the film. The attention to detail in the costuming and accouterments was impressive. The film is based on the real-life lynching of Ellen ‘Cattle Kate’ Watson and the Johnson County War. Vilmos Zsigmond provided the stunning cinematography. And you get to see Isabelle Huppert nekkid.
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Only, the Sharps is worth about $600-$800 more than the MSRP of an Uberti Henry.
Thirded on the love for Tombstone. And I’ve yet to see Wyatt Earp (I’d always heard that it was more bloated and ponderous than the crackling Tombstone), so I guess Val Kilmer gets the nod as my favorite Doc Holiday. (I can’t help myself, I’m sorry: “I’m your huckleberry.”)
The Grey Fox
The Long Riders
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To undermine the serious Westerns, watch Rustlers’ Rhapsody.
“Ummm…good root!”
Seconded on the love for The Grey Fox. Richard Farnsworth was sublime in that role.
You weren’t asking me, but my wife and I have loved that movie for 35 years. One of our all-time faves, and the first time we ever saw Sam Waterston.
“She’s like … Bambi”
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Don’t you mean “Ditto!”, you provincial putz?
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