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I just read that the real Jeremiah Johnsons body was removed from his grave and reburied in Wyoming(?) with lots of pomp and circumstance and Robert Redford was a pallbearer.
Learn something new every day. I have loved the movie forever and have watched it countless times. Didn't even know it was based off of a book. Just bought the two book combo called Josie Wales on Kindle. Come to find out the author also wrote "The Education of Little Tree". This is a book I read years ago and I remember it as being one of the best books I've ever read.
rbertalotto wrote:JW....Best movie ever made! PERIOD!
Naw, #1 is Casablanca with Bogart & McCall; # 2 is True Grit I
You're both nuts!
Best movie ever was "Elf".
It seems as if no one has seen the original "Monte Walsh"...
I've seen it....I'd class it as "okay", but not great. We all have different tastes.
I wasn't that big a fan of Lonesome Dove...It was a little rough for my taste to be aired on broadcast TV during "Family Hour". Now it would be clean compared to what's on during that time slot.
I love "Open Range" even though it is slooooooow.
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rbertalotto wrote:JW....Best movie ever made! PERIOD!
Naw, #1 is Casablanca with Bogart & McCall; # 2 is True Grit I
Casablanca is Bogie & Ingrid Bergman. & I'm sure you meant Bacall
Yeah, I know better. I was thinking of McCall because she just passed away.
Both stunningly beautiful women.
Thanks.
Bacall.
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Shrapnel wrote:It seems as if no one has seen the original "Monte Walsh"...
Yes, but... the remake was better. Shorty with an 1887 Winch. was "just right." Plus, who can't identify with Monte enjoying a can of peaches w/brandy?
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DiamondD wrote:Learn something new every day. I have loved the movie forever and have watched it countless times. Didn't even know it was based off of a book. Just bought the two book combo called Josie Wales on Kindle. Come to find out the author also wrote "The Education of Little Tree". This is a book I read years ago and I remember it as being one of the best books I've ever read.
Thanks! I can't believe I had never read "The Education of Little Tree" before. My local library actually had it. And "Meet me on the Mountain" which is historical fiction about Geronimo. I'm about half way through it. So far, it's pretty good, too.
"Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure that there is one less scoundrel in the world." - Thomas Carlyle
I totally love Josey Wales, but I have to put The Good, the Bad and the Ugly a half step above it, in part for the music. The scene of "Tuco" (Eli Wallach) running through the cemetary to the tune of "The Ecstasy of Gold" is a favorite. Another favorite is The Wild Bunch.
I just saw Last Stand at Saber River for the first time, and I know I'll watch it again. Love the Henry rifle that Selleck carries, as well as the Colt conversion pistol. Gorgeous, and with period correct guns all around, as far as I could tell, including a Spencer Carbine, complete with the box full of ammunition tubes for fast reloads! Great cast, and a great gunfight with Tom Selleck defending the homestead against four gunsels.
The Selleck westerns are great - you can buy the whole dvd set for a pretty good price, as well.
Appaloosa, Vigo Mortensen (Great cowboy) and Ed Harris, is a very good movie.
This is going to sound strange, but Seraphim Falls is a Very good western and Pierce Brosnan makes a Really good cowboy - really - I know it's weird.
A Great modern western, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, was a personal project of Tommy Lee Jones, good performance by Dwight Yokum, and the last film cameo of the late Levon Helm (who probably had the best speaking voice ever... Up on Cripple Creek, she sends me, if I spring a leak, she mends me....)
And Tom Horn - Steve McQueen's best performance on film.
Griff wrote:Watched OJW last nite, and during the scene where Locke was being pawed by the comancheros, I got a flash of folks behind them... it was the crew!
Griff, checkout the scene where they are driving the ox carts to Granny's kid's place (they get checked out by a small band of Indian riders). Beneath the cart driver you can see a small opening on the face of the cart and a second set of reins leading to the team. The real driver(s) were hidden in the carts for filming...
Tom
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I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." -John Bernard Books. Jan. 22, 1901
