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The Last Western You Watched ?
Nice new site you have here, so I think I'll move this thread over here from the old place. So, plain and simple what was the last western movie you watched? Here's mine:
"Appaloosa"(2008)
-Ed Harris, Viggo Mortensen
Plot Synopsis: IMDB
New Mexico.Territory.1882. Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are itinerant lawmen, hired by desperate towns as marshal and deputy. The city fathers of Appaloosa hire them after Randall Bragg, a newly-arrived rancher with money and a gang of thugs, disrupts commerce and kills three local lawmen. Cole and Hitch contrive to arrest Bragg and bring him to trial, but hanging him proves difficult. Meanwhile, a widow has arrived in town, Allison French, pretty, refined, and good-natured. Virgil falls hard, and it seems mutual, but there may be more to Allie than meets the eye.
Phantom's Review: I loved this movie ! Great acting from all the stars, beautifully filmed and a nice balance of action and humor. A wonderful western.
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Permalink Reply by anthony martin on -
I had a rather long chat with Tom Selleck when he and his brother were discussing some designs with us 3 years ago.He's a really nice fellow and is especially proud of that film.
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Permalink Reply by Phantom Stranger on -
"Undead Or Alive" (2007)
- Chris Kattan, James Denton, Navi Rawat
Plot:IMDB
Army deserter Elmer Winslow and local cowboy Luke Budd are on the run after robbing the evil Sheriff Claypool, stealing his money and fleeing the town, they find themselves with an angry posse on their trail. Joining Elmer and Luke is an Apache warrior, who's out to wreak vengeance on behalf of her decimated people; her plan is to attack the U.S. Army wherever she can find it, and she takes Elmer up on his offer to go with her to the nearest Army outpost he knows. Their plans become complicated when they discover that, as a result of the great Apache Geronimo's curse on the white man, all the people of the surrounding areas have turned into zombies.
Phantoms Review: If your a fan of Westerns, horror, or comedy then do yourself a big favor and....AVOID THIS MOVIE LIKE THE PLAGUE!! Bad in almost every respect. The western aspect of the film is obviously made by people who should not be making westerns. The attempts at horror fall flat and the comedy is pathetic. The only good thing about this film is a lovely actress named Navi Rawat, but even she can't save this looser of a movie.
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Permalink Reply by Steve Pinch on -
Viggo Mortenson steals the show.Miss Zellweger is bloody annoying
Steve.
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Permalink Reply by Clare Johnson on -
Also Appaloosa - really enjoyed it.
Unlike Steve, I wasn't annoyed by Renee - however I'm not convinced her character was absolutely necessary to the plot. I agree though that Viggo was the star of the show. I'm not sure whether his character was supposed to be the lead but in my opinion it was!
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Permalink Reply by Jim Holden on -
The 2nd Book actually has Everett (Viggo) as the star, although he's joined by Virgil (Harris) later. The Renee character Allie doesn't appear, as she has run off. The 3rd book by Robert Parker is available for pre-order, and Virgil and Everett go off searching for Allie again, with what sounds like disastrous results. Hope they continue the movies as a series, but doubt it as it didn't actually do that well at the box office. The books are excellent.
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Permalink Reply by Rob Cook on -
I have 3 main "Comfort Westerns"..meaning Westerns that I NEVER get tired of seeing~
#1. HOMBRE with Paul Newman
2. TOMBSTONE with Russell,Kilmer and my buddy Sandy Gibbons who plays "Father Feeney".
3. JERIMIAH JOHNSON
I'm also ready to add "WILD BILL" to that comfort Western list.
But the last Western I watched was another favorite of mine "BROKEN ARROW"..that scene of a deceased Spencer Tracy, still upon his horse was gripping.
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Permalink Reply by Wacco on -
It's just after 7:30 PM here in Zone Improvement Plan Code 85638. Still about 65 degrees. So, a Cuban cigar on the veranda, and "The Cowboys" in the DVD player. BBB talking about Bruce dern this week got me thinking to watch this one.
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Permalink Reply by Phantom Stranger on
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"Where The Hell's That Gold ??!!??"
-Willie Nelson, Jack Elam
Plot: IMDB
On the run after stealing and hiding a large amount of gold, two outlaws find themselves travelling through 1895 Mexico on a train full of dynamite as rebels. Apache Indians, Wells Fargo agents, and Federal troops trail them. When they are captured by the Mexican authorities, they scheme to keep their ill-gotten riches with the help of a sassy madam and her prostitutes...
Phantoms Review: Well acted, but dull. Great chemistry between Nelson and Elam and Delta Burke as the Madame is fine, but the movie just doesn't have what it takes to be a really entertaining film.
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Permalink Reply by Patrick M Gavin on -
This was the last western I did NOT see...I missed it, it did not run very long in London UK, which happens to be my Wild Frontier, but I will get to see it. I have heard only good things about it, but then it was scripted by Robert B Parker who did a wonderfull account of The Earps and Holliday in Tombstone, I think it was called 'Gunmans Rhapsody' What I liked about the book was that it was written in the same style as his contempory urban detective novels, that is to say dry eyed, lucid and humour is never far away. it's as if there is no difference between now and then. Thanks for the review.... can't wait to see it.
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Permalink Reply by Rick Rea on -
Bells of San Angelo
Roy - Dale - Andy Devine - The Sons of the Pioneers and of course Trigger!
A great tongue in cheek line during a song one of the Pioneers fires shots 7 and 8 and Dale asks; "Is that a 6-shooter?" the reply "No it's a 16-shooter!" I think he got of a total of 20 without reloading.
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Permalink Reply by Wacco on
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Moved to the new ranch this week. Unknown when the satellite folks can get here. I'm so far in the sticks, no cable here. Not even land lines for a phone. How I get wireless Internet is a mystery...
Welcome to Tombstone.
Last night was "McLintock" and "Sons Of Katie Elder." I wonder if the writers/producers knew Katie Elder was Big Nose Kate's real name.
Tonight was "True Grit" and "North To Alaska" with Capucine. Odd and quirky French model/actress that did the suicide thing. Too bad.
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Permalink Reply by C. F. 'Charley' Eckhardt on
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Actually, Kate Elder's (Kate Fisher's, Big Nose Kate's) real name was Mary Katherine Horoney. She was born in 1850 in Pesht, Hungary--the half of current Budapest on the east side of the Danube, Her father was a noted physician. When Napoleon III persuaded Maximilian von Habsburg to go to Mexico to be the 'Emperor,' Kate's father was appointed court physician. When it became obvious that the 'Empire' was going to fall, the family moved to Davenport, Iowa, where there was, at the time, a large Hungarian enclave.
Kate was an educated woman. She spoke 5 languages--her native Magyar (Hungarian), Austrian German, French, Spanish, & heavily-accented English. She & her siblings were orphaned when she was about 17. She was placed in a convent but ran away from it. She married a guy named Elder, but he was a drunk. She left him. She did support herself as a prostitute. She met & fell in love with Doc Holliday, probably when he was in Dallas. She may have been with him when he died. She was staying in Colorado with some of her siblings in 1886. Kate died in 1940 in the Arizona Old Pioneers' Home. She died the same day Doc did--54 years later--& was buried on her 90th birthday. In her later years she was married to a man named Cummings. Her tombstone, in the Old Pioneers' Cemetery, reads 'Mary K. Cummings.'
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