Movies based in the late western era.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Mon May 21, 2012 10:28 pm

dingleberry wrote:Don't know if it fits the era, but Appaloosa is a fucking great recent western.

It's merely decent IMO. It's a Spencer book set in the old west: pussywhipped PI/sheriff; badass buddy/deputy who follows him around like a puppy; and an annoyingvlove interest who fucks anything with a pulse.

seeahill · Post by **seeahill** » Mon May 21, 2012 10:41 pm

Turdacious wrote:
dingleberry wrote:Don't know if it fits the era, but Appaloosa is a fucking great recent western.
It's merely decent IMO. It's a Spencer book set in the old west: pussywhipped PI/sheriff; badass buddy/deputy who follows him around like a puppy; and an annoyingvlove interest who fucks anything with a pulse.

Great synopsis of about any Robert B. Parker novel. Nicely done.

vern · Post by **vern** » Tue May 22, 2012 4:52 am

dingleberry wrote:I really liked, "My Name is Nobody"

It comes at the end of the west era.

Nice one. I used to judge video stores by whether they had this or not. If they did, it was a good store.

I also really liked Will Penny, but I'm not sure what year it's set in. (One of Chuck's best performances.)

Holland Oates · Post by **Holland Oates** » Tue May 22, 2012 3:32 pm

Nor sure of the timeline but Nevada Smith was decent.

Shapecharge · Post by **Shapecharge** » Tue May 22, 2012 7:58 pm

Probably off 30 years or so from Batts timeline but you can't not mention Jeremiah Johnson.

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Tue May 22, 2012 8:14 pm

I did not like Jeremiah Johnson at all and I really liked Crowkiller, which is a book about the same guy. Something about Redford makes me want to punch him in his chipmunk grill.

Holland Oates · Post by **Holland Oates** » Tue May 22, 2012 8:20 pm

Ravenous?

Shapecharge · Post by **Shapecharge** » Wed May 23, 2012 1:10 pm

Mak, I've discussed this before with others...one of the few movies that might possibly have been better with someone else in the lead role. Fuck it seemed tailor made for Charles Bronson. Most of the time we hear of how someone else might have been an Indiana Jones, or a James Bond etc. and say, no way would that have worked but Redford's star power and, well, I guess it sounds homo, he's just too good looking for the part so you go with it anyway. But I do hear what you're sayin'.

Batboy2/75 · Post by **Batboy2/75** » Wed May 23, 2012 4:59 pm

Here's one for the camping handbook shape.

Naked Prey with Cornell Wilde. Cornell was 52 years old during filming.

A western story set in Africa and the time period I outlined. However, It was based on an early western (1809 )real life event where a trapper, John Colter, was chased in the same manner by Blackfoot braves.

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Thu May 24, 2012 12:20 am

Naked Prey is a great movie.

vern · Post by **vern** » Thu May 24, 2012 5:36 am

Yeah, Cornell was ripped in that one. Then Mel ripped it off for Apocalypto. (Still a good flick.)

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Thu May 24, 2012 9:30 pm

I didn't think that Apocalypto was a rip at all, it was an homage to pursuit films in general, and a pretty fucking tight one at that.

Batboy2/75 · Post by **Batboy2/75** » Fri May 25, 2012 12:04 am

Say what you want about Mel.

He maybe crazy as shit, but he knows how to make movies.

Fat Cat · Post by **Fat Cat** » Fri May 25, 2012 12:37 am

It's precisely BECAUSE he's crazy as fucking ferret that he makes good movies. Who wants to see well adjusted people on the big screen?

JimZipCode · Post by **JimZipCode** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:06 am

dingleberry wrote:Don't know if it fits the era, but Appaloosa is a fucking great recent western.

This. Appaloosa is awesome. One the greatest Westerns I've ever seen. Appaloosa is that good.

After seeing the movie I tracked down the book, by Robert Parker. He wrote 4 books featuring the characters. The movie is better than the books -- that's a strange thing to say, because it's a pretty faithful adaptation, but the tone and performances are super. But the books are still pretty enjoyable.

JimZipCode · Post by **JimZipCode** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:22 am

Shapecharge wrote:Mak, I've discussed this before with others...one of the few movies that might possibly have been better with someone else in the lead role. Fuck it seemed tailor made for Charles Bronson. Most of the time we hear of how someone else might have been an Indiana Jones, or a James Bond etc. and say, no way would that have worked but Redford's star power and, well, I guess it sounds homo, he's just too good looking for the part so you go with it anyway. But I do hear what you're sayin'.

Funny, I think Jeremiah Johnson is terrific. I love the last half hour, with all the one-on-one Indian fights. The early part is great too, where he almost dies in the Winter and the old coot shows him how to live. To me, Redford's fresh-faced handsomeness works in those early parts where he doesn't know anything and can't hack it.

For my money the best 70s Western is The Outlaw Josey Wales.

An offbeat one that I enjoyed in the 80s was Barbarosa, with Willie Nelson(!) and Gary Busey.

The Westerns Jimmy Stewart made with director Anthony Mann are frequently cited as great entries in the genre: Winchester '73, Bend of the River, Naked Spur, The Far Country, Man from Laramie. Critics hype Naked Spur, but I enjoyed Winchester and Far Country more. Mann also directed Man of the West, with Gary Cooper and Lee J Cobb, which is intense and dark.

Speaking of Alaska (where The Far Country is set), check out The Spoilers, with John Wayne, Randolph Scott(!), and Marlene Dietrich(!).

Speaking of Jimmy Stewart, Destry Rides Again is a lot of fun (Marlene Dietrich again), and of course The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a must-see.

Turdacious · Post by **Turdacious** » Tue Jun 26, 2012 5:41 am

Fat Cat wrote:It's precisely BECAUSE he's crazy as fucking ferret that he makes good movies. Who wants to see well adjusted people on the big screen?

He really should write more of the dialogue though-- it would turn his good movies into great ones.

DikTracy6000 · Post by **DikTracy6000** » Sat Jun 30, 2012 1:42 am

This is a Great Thread, as I'm a Western nut. The Outlaw Josey Wales is something of a joke to my wife and family since it's my favorite to the point, I know most of the lines. I will make a list of titles mentioned here that I haven't seen. I also like some of Tom Selleck's westerns over the years, Quigley Down Under, Lassiter, and Monte Walsh.

The Ginger Beard Man · Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:39 am

I recently got to see "Once Upon a Time in the West" on the big screen. Great fucking movie. I wasn't expecting to see Henry Fonda play the bad guy.
Jason Robards had one of the best lines ever, to Claudia Cardinale: "Jill, you remind me of mother. She was the biggest whore in Alameida, and the finest woman I ever met."

They did a two week spaghetti western festival at the Film Forum in Manhattan. I didn't find out until it almost ended, and was working six days a week at the time. Missed "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" on the last day because I couldn't get out of work on time.

Kazuya Mishima · Post by **Kazuya Mishima** » Mon Jul 02, 2012 12:58 pm

Not a movie, but based on the late western era, one of the top three games I have ever played, and will suck your life away faster than heroin and crack.

Bob Wildes · Post by **Bob Wildes** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 2:02 pm

seeahill wrote:The Ballad of Cable Hogue:

A eulogy to the west. Unusual film for Sam Peckinpaw. Very little violence, a good story, gentle humor. And, I mean, if you want to get all symbolical about it: Cable Hogue dies at the end, run over by one of them new fangled automobiles.

You got that right. The Ballad of Cable Hogue was a pleasant surprise. Wasn't expecting much, but I was wrong.

Stella Stevens was easy on the eyes also.

johno · Post by **johno** » Mon Jul 09, 2012 8:51 pm

Reminds me, I need to rewatch Lonely are the Brave, with Kirk Douglas.

Yes I Have Balls · Post by **Yes I Have Balls** » Tue Jul 24, 2012 10:22 pm

Treasure of the Sierra Madre takes place during that time. And, not a movie, but Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy is as brutal late wild-west scenario as you're likely to encounter.

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:46 am

Very good Russian western "Blood of wolf" (or "Wolf's blood"...

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Bandits of Kolchak murdered father of good guy (commie :) he appears on 1:20). And then movie about revenge.
Very good movie, I say this as a fan of westerns :) all heroes (reds and whites ) not too good and not too evil, just people of war times...

Wild Bill · Post by **Wild Bill** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 12:55 am

Sidikhin may be not as good at fast drawing as Clint Eastwood :) but the movie itself and soundtrack...
"It's not Evening Yet" - remixed traditional Cossack song ("So Ends Enother Day") in their version.

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