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Part of what was touted as a late-1980s revival of Westerns (and you can see how long that lasted), this good-looking, empty-brained film was like a spurs-and-chaps version of a Joel Schumacher movie, filled with pretty faces, prettier imagery, and absolutely no new ideas. The idiotically grinning Emilio Estevez is cast as Billy the Kid, who slowly accumulates a gang of Brat Pack buddies (Lou Diamond Phillips, Kiefer Sutherland, Dermot Mulroney) and fashions them into a group of male models with six-guns. The action is confused and the script is trite, though Terence Stamp is intriguing as the old reprobate who helps the gang get its act together. Followed by an even worse sequel. Read more

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One of the last great Westerns.
"Young Guns" stands with "Silverado," "Unforgiven," and "Tombstone" as the last of the great Westerns. The movie has a good story, good performances from the cast (Emilio, Kiefer, Lou, Charlie, etc.), solid direction, and action--everything a true devotee of the Western genre could ask for.Furthermore, I was pleased to find the movie to be a fairly accuarate portrayal of the Lincoln County War and Billy the Kid.And I was surprised to learn that Billy's real name was Henry McCarty and that he was not left-handed. Imagine that--Hollywood rejecting a myth and presenting the truth.Scary, right?Granted, Terence Stamp was older than the real John Tunstall, but that gentleman was a father figure to Billy (one account claims that Tunstall considered Billy "the finest lad he ever met)and Mr. Stamp captures the essence of Tunstall perfectly.I shared the grief that the Regulators felt at John's funeral.
"I like these odds."
Modern made western, re-telling the historical and dramatic events that unfolded in Lincoln County, New Mexico.The film attempts to cover the beginning of the Lincoln County wars and the rise and early fame of Billy the Kid.The movie portrays William H. Bonney (E. Estevez) as a trigger-happy, zealous renegade who shoots first and asks questions later.Dick Brewer (C. Sheen) and Doc Scurlock (K. Sutherland) are Billy's fellow Regulators and early members of his gang.Supportive characters in the movie are John Tunstall (T. Stamp), Billy's early mentor; and L.G. Murphy (J. Palance), the evil cattle baron of Lincoln County.The movie depicts how Billy came under the care of Tunstall, then turned into a Regulator, and then into the most infamous outlaw in the American West.
Rare Laserdiscs - dvds Movies Collector.
I have Young Guns (Special Edition) dvd,'tis a great Western movie,A Must See For Emilio Estevez's Fans :P
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Clint Eastwood's second film as a director (and his first Western) is a variation on the "man with no name" theme, starring Eastwood as the drifter known only as "the Stranger." He rides into the desert town of Lagos and is quickly attacked by three gunmen. Recovering with the aid of a local dwarf (a memorable role for Billy Curtis), the Stranger is hired by the intimidated townsfolk to fend off a band of violent ex-convicts. After teaching the citizens self-defense and instructing them to paint the entire town red and rename it "Hell," the Stranger vanishes. He reappears when the marauding criminals arrive, and delivers justice and teaches the townsfolk a harsh lesson about moral obligation. Is he a figure from their past or a kind of supernatural avenger? Combining humor with action, Read more

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"Only problem you've got Sheriff is a short supply of guts."
By the late 1960s Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood (Pale Rider, Unforgiven) had certainly established himself as an actor with such features as The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), Hang 'Em High (1968), Where Eagles Dare (1968) before also taking on the role as director in his film Play Misty for Me (1971).High Plains Drifter (1973) was Eastwood's 2nd directing gig, written by Ernest Tidyman (Shaft, The French Connection) and featuring Eastwood himself.Also appearing is Verna Bloom (Animal House), Geoffrey Lewis (Every Which Way But Loose), Marianna Hill (Schizoid), Mitch Ryan (Lethal Weapon), Jack Ging (SSSSSSS), Stefan Gierasch (Silver Streak), Ted Hartley (Ice Station Zebra), Walter Barnes (Every Which Way But Loose), Anthony James (Unforgiven), Dan Vadis (Bronco Billy), and Billy Curtis, one of many little people featured in the film The Wizard of Oz (1939).
An early directorial gem from Eastwood.
HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER was only Clint Eastwood's second film as a director, but it demonstrates the sure hand, unusual tone and solid craftsmanship that would later mark such films as UNFORGIVEN.Cut very much from the same cloth as some of the moodier Italo-Westerns, HIGH PLAINS DRIFTER tells a hard-edged tale of hypocrisy, revenge and murder that never stops surprising the audience.
Best horror/western
This movie is amazing.The Stranger comes out of the ether in the beginning of the movie as a lone horserider appears like a blurry mirage riding through the desert.He enters the small mining town of Lago.All eyes are on him as he rides down the street.What happens next is original, violent, and politically incorrect.This movie should be seen by all fans of westerns and the twilight zone.
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Paul Newman is the blue-eyed "savage," a white man raised by the Indians who rejects so-called civilized society for his spiritual family, in Elmore Leonard's take on Read more

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Great Visuals - Terrible Sound
This movie is classic, and Paul Newman is perfectly cast, but the audio is terrible.Occassionally it is difficult to hear the actors, and often the music score overpowers the actors' lines.Visually, however, this movie is beautiful, the supporting actors first-rate, and Paul Newman is suitably strong-willed, tough, and mysterious.

In this western, the indian has the last say.
When this came out at the heighth of the Vietnam War it was hardly promoted, certainly placed second-bill, and the promoters took heat for picking an Anglo in the starring role.A waste of his blue eyes. However, like vintage wine, this has received the respect it deserved.Well,written and depicted credibly by an all-star cast, Frederick March, Martin Balsam, Diane Cilento, Frank Silvera, (against image)Richard Boone and one of Newman's early co-stars, the lovely Barbara Rush.The existential elements are certainly there in full force. John Russell(Newman)half-breed inheritor of property wants nothing with materialism, or his adopted race. Self-reliant, stoical, seething with resentment, he boards the stagecoach with a bunch of hypocritical phonies,opportunists and a couple of tenderfoots. A couple hours on the road, trouble occurs. When the dust settles you have met one of the most unforgettable western characters, John Russell, who has taught white man what honesty,courage,ethics and religion has not to that point. Second, to Russell, in character and substance is Diane Cilento's character. Russell at the last second, took that opportunity from her to make his stand, and their last glance at one another acknowledged that.Cilento's part, gets passed over by reviewers,yet, hers was finely etched. She was used and cast aside by a local deputy, but she picked herself right up and went on, like Russell, proud and inwardly tough as nails to accept her fate. One afterthought about the fudged edit job when Russell shoots the head off one of the robbers. I believe it was painted in while editing,lingering a couple frames too long;that could be redone with special effects easily today.No matter. It is one hell of a western,paced naturally against the vogue of spaghetti westerns who were reaching for high art.Well-scripted, masterfully directed. Believable.

A significant Existential Western!
This was an unusual Western (made precise or coincidentally) in those awful times of repression, bigotry and ideological intemperance, that remarked the ambivalence of values that may reside in the core of an untamed spirit unlinked to any Ideology (the mythic essence of a hero). Read more

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Saddle Up!
"Silverado"
bestest western
this is one of my bestest westerns i have ever seen. this movie keeps you interested from the start to finish.The film is stolen hands-down by Kevin Costner, playing an irresponsible young gunslinger who never speaks when hootin' and hollerin' will do. A classic, High Noon-style showdown caps this rousing retro western.

Great Western
I am not a big fan of western movies but since modern day westerns like Silverado, Young Guns, Young Guns 2, Maverick,Tombstone, Unforgiven and The Quick And The DeadI have become really interested in this genre. Silverado has a great plot with a great cast and really good theme music. From Its explosive, breathtaking opening gun battle to a final, tense 'high noon' shoot out, this thrilling western is filled with full-blown entertainment and action. ... Read more

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What does it tell us that Sam Peckinpah's most joyous and life-affirming movie is also his most underappreciated? Read more

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The elusive dreams !
Cable Hogue is the most poetic film of an epic filmmaker as Peckinpah was. This is the portrait of human being who will make the best he can in order to achieve his personal bliss, far from the madding crowd. Intense, lyric and heartfelt rendition of the most representative North American genre: The Western considered as a mythic universe.
A Classic
The ballad of Cable Houge was an excellent movie.At times it is funny, heartwarming, and sometimes sad. Aside from it's entertaining value, there are other elements that make it somewhat of an epic. So if inclined, you could value this film as an entertaining movie, or also appreciate it for it's symbolism. Also of mention are the memorable performances by the actors, and (as the the special features reveal) the dedication put forth by the director, photographers, writers, and crew. I highly recommend.

The Ballad of Cable Hogue
A hard movie to find.Directed by the late Sam Peckinpach.Jason Robarts is very good in it.Very entertaining. ... Read more

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Editorial Review

Billy the Kid is reimagined by director Sam Peckinpah as a kind of Old West rock star, a young man who wants to do his own thing but constantly runs up against the objections of the establishment--in this case, the cattle barons who run this part of the country. Peckinpah indulged in some quirky casting, including Bob Dylan as an outlaw named Alias and most of Kristofferson's band as Billy's gang. He also draws exceptional performances out of a cast of old veterans, including James Coburn as the reluctant Pat Garrett, R.G. Armstrong, Katy Jurado, and Slim Pickens, who has a terrific death scene to Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door." Look for this longer version (122 minutes); the shorter version is the one that MGM recut against Peckinpah's wishes, removing all the character development and Peckinpah's elegiac sense of the Old West in favor of action and violence. Read more

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A Masterpiece That Can't Seem To Escape Controversy
I am very conflicted in praise for this special edition.
Ranks with "The Shootist" for "Best Ever Western"
Sheriff Colin Baker's (Slim Pickens) death with his wife (Katy Jurado) by him stunned me.I had heard "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" hundreds of times, but now, with Bob Dylan singing the ballad in the background, it truly made me feel what was going between these two excellent actors.

A Tale of the Christ
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is one of the darkest of films; death and loss seem to pervade every scene.The film mourns the death of the western film (it is the last great western), the end of the frontier period, and is the last film of many western actors.
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A Different Film.....
I have just watched Soldier Blue on a DVD and it is of fantastic quality. I had viewed a video of the film, that I think was made in the 1980's but the wide screen version on DVD creates all the atmosphere that one would expect from superior quality. I am not surprised that it has not been released in the US and it certainly does not hold back punches.
The truth hurts
I take serious exception to what must be a very prejudiced individual, for their review saying that the Indians committed atrocities too.
How the West was really won
Soldier Blue was made as a biting allegory of the Vietnam war. It divided critics at the time of its release and indeed, continues to do so. It is extremely brutal but not gratuitously so. The appalling acts depicted are shown from the point of view that this actually happened, as opposed to well lets give the audience some gore. People seeing the film tend to be shocked from the former point of view as opposed to the latter.
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Before State Farm, AFLAC andPrudential,there was Milford Farnsworth!
There's just something so inherently likable about Bob Hope. Maybe it's the quick wit and comedic timing. Maybe it's the self-effacing "just one of the guys" mannerisms. Maybe it's the basic decency of the man shining thru. I don't know, but he's my favorite film comedian, bar none. Alias Jesse James is just another fine example of Bob exercising his immense comedic talents to their fullest.
Funny Western Spoof With Bob Hope In Fine "Cowardly", Form
Greatly enjoying Bob Hope's "lovable coward", characterizations that he played so well in many films in different settings I found the very funny "Alias Jesse James", set in America's old West one of the comic's best. Having already used a western setting to great effect in his earlier comedy classics "The Paleface", and especially "Son of Paleface", it was the ideal setting for Bob Hope's brand of comedy where his nervous non heroic characters always contrasted superbly with the hard drinkin', hard shootin' rugged men out on the frontier. In "Alias Jesse James", Hope has one of his most memorable characters to play in bumbling, inept insurance salesman Milford Farnsworth who through an unlikely set of circumstances finds himself up close and personal with notorious outlaw Jesse James to who he unknowingly sells an insurance policy which ultimately will involve more than just signing on the dotted line. The crazy situations that Bob Hope gets into make for a most amusing film which is rich in the expected sly references to current events which became an expected and much anticipated feature of all the Hope vehicles.
Classic Bob Hope Comedy!!Happy 100th Birthday Mr. Hope!!
Bob Hope stars as an inept insurance salesman who sells the outlaw Jesse James a 100,000 dollar life insurance policy with hilarious results.This is a classic Bob Hope Comedy along with a great cast.By the way ,Happy 100th Birthday,Mr. Hope and thanks for the memories,we all love you!! ... Read more

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He's a supersuave special agent. He has an arsenal of custom-made high-tech gadgets. Women find him irresistible. James Bond? No, James West, from the fondly remembered genre-bending TV series Read more

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why isn't this show being released by the season on dvd like so many other shows are
i grew up watching reruns of this show and i still love it. the "james bond" of the west is every bit as cool as bond and has as many "gagets" . the three shows in this collection are the first 3 shows ever aired. they are actoin packed and great fun. " the night the wizard shook the world" the second tape in the set and the second one broadcast gave west his "blofeld" like bond in the short form of the great michael dunn as the small in body only dr.miguelito loveless. this was and in my mind still is the greastest villin to ever grace the t.v. screen. watch and see the fun mr. dunn,an over looked actor if there ever was one, has as he taunts west and proves that size is not the mesure of a man. why this is not on dvd in season by season packs is just beyond me. wake up hollywood and quit giving every show that came down the pike the season by season pack and put this great and exciteing show on dvd please we need this dose of great old t.v. now more than ever. i guess the wild, wild west movie, a piece of junk that should never been greenlighted must have made hollywood think we wouldn't by the series. well if you watch the orignal you will see what a great show it was and how bad the movie really trashes the concept.
Why aren't these on DVD
It's way beyond time for all of these episodes to be in DVD. I'm amazed that this hasn't happened. With all of us that loved this show and watched it weekly, they would sell like hotcakes. Here's hoping that will happen very soon.

wonderful memories
I admit it has been some time since I've seen these shows, having worn the images right off my video tapes. When I was young I would have put James West up on my wall only they didn't publish him in the teen magazines. I confess, I couldn't really afford the magazines and may have missed him inside but if he'd been on the cover I would have found someone's kids to babysit to get the money I needed. I didn't miss an episode. So WHEN will the series be released on DVD? This one I would buy even over the Avengers and Ilya Kuriakin. ... Read more

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Tom Selleck plays Matthew Quigley, the cowboy hero in this traditional Western, set very untraditionally in Australia. After some macho silliness in the opening minutes, the story settles into a surprisingly evocative tale of Quigley, a sharpshooter who had come to the country to work for a land baron (Alan Rickman) and who is on the mend after a brutal attack. In the company of a woman (Laura San Giacomo) abused by that same baron, Quigley gets his strength and his shooting skills back while healing in the midst of aboriginal people as well as some stunning Australian settings.Director Simon Wincer (Read more

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Quigley Down Under
A friend of mine loaned me this dvd. I was so taken with Tom Selleck and the direction of Simon Wincer I bought the dvd and Crossfire Trail and Monte Walsh also starring Tom Selleck and directed by Simon Wincer.
Quigley rules, mate!
This is a thoroughly enjoyable western, albeit one set in Australia.It doesn't matter.Alan Rickman is excellent as the evil rancher, Laura San Giacomo is cool as the crazy woman, and the whole story moves along at a nice pace.While there is some violence, it is not gratuitous and makes sense within the story.It is a western, after all.The ending is satisfying and upbeat.I've seen the movie maybe 6 times, and the DVD version is the best, with all the cut bits put back in and widescreen to boot.It may not be highbrow cinema, but it's a good movie.

My husband made me watch this movie...
even though I really didn't want to. I am not a fan of westerns. This actually wasn't all that bad. Quigley is hired to go to Australia ostensibly to shoot dingos, and finds he is expected to exterminate aborigines. He turns it around and fights for them against the guy who wants them killed. There are disturbing images of the aborigines being killed off in two scenes. It is a sad historical fact that this happened to native populations all over the new world. There is plenty of the western style shoot 'em up stuff that would be expected for a movie of this genre. Observing the PG13 is a good idea.A woman known as Crazy Cora latches on to Quigley. As her character develops, a life of hidden pain emerges. Is she really crazy? Or is it just an act? The rest of the women in her situation are resigned to a life of prostitution style slavery (nothing unsavory of this is actually shown). A negative of the film for some would be the nudity of the aborigines, but this wasn't excessive. Often (not always) the camera cuts off just above. Overall, I enjoyed watching this film. ... Read more

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In latter-day interviews Joel McCrea always maintained that producers would cast him "only if they couldn't get somebody really good, like [Gary] Cooper." This very pleasant actor was self-effacing to a fault (and largely mistaken), but when it came to the 1946 remake of Read more

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Fair Joel McCrea Remake Of A Gary Cooper Classic
It had to be a thankless task to remake one of the classic Westerns of all time, one that has a special place in the heart of filmlovers because it was one of the first great talking Westerns.
1946 "Virginian"
this is a remake in technicolor of the 1930 black and white classic, with Joel McCrea playing the Gary Cooper hero role and Brian Donlevy playing the evil Trampas as earlier portrayed by Walter Huston.Sonny Tufts is a little goofier but still good as the doomed sidekick played by Richard Arlen in the earlier version.Both versions are quite good;neither great.This version would probably be more acceptable to viewers who just don't care for older black and white films. ... Read more

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Exciting, Post High-Noon Cooper Western
It would be nearly impossible for Gary Cooper to follow up his Oscar-winning performance in High Noon with as great as a Western, but Springfield Rifle is more than rousingly entertaining. It is well-written and although it has some lapses in logic, it does have good plotting.
great western spy movie,1st rate
A Army Major gets striped of his rank and thrown out of the Army,kicked out of Garrison by his pears and Comerads alike.When the Major clears his name(Garry Cooper)he reviels the rear Croock and brings him to justice.Great western good Actors,good director,they dont make movies like this anymore ... Read more

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ONE OF THE TEAM'S BEST FILMS
RIDE 'EM COWBOY
Whoaaa!!!
A surprisingly entertaining movie.I had not heard of this one before but it surely ranks up there as one of their best by far.Some incredibly funny sequences, Costello trying to milk the cow stands out as one of the funniest.Great comedy a must for any Abbott & Costello fan and most comedy fans will find something good about this old time classic.

ONE OF ABBOTT & COSTELLO'SBEST FILMS
A TERRIFIC mix of songs, a western film, and comedy.Abbott & Costello play rodeo peanut venders who get mixed up with Indians and cowboys.5 STARS again for this HILARIOUS, UPROARIOUS comedy and toAbbott & Costello. ... Read more

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excellent battle scenes.......wrong story & details
Although I've seen The Alamo many times and love it as a true war classic, it tells a fictional account of the battle. For instance, Col.Travis, played by Lawrnce Harvey, is tooflamebryot in his character....The real Col.Travis wasn't like that. Second, the palisade wall between the Alamo church and the Lower Barracks is only built about 4 to 5 ft. high....the real palisade wall was about 10 to 12 ft. Third, when Bonham returns to the Alamo, he brings news that Fannin isn't coming because he was ambushed by part of Santa Anna's army....in the real story, Fannin is in Goliad and he said he couldn't come relive the Alamo because his wagons and other equipment broke down and he couldn't move, so he goes back to Goliad and decides to hold up there as long as he could. Fourth, when Travis tells the men that no help is coming, he simply tells them if they want to go out and maybe join up with Houston's small army, they can....in the real thing, he tells them what's really happening and he takes his sword and draws a line in the dirt and asks whoever wants to join him in the fight for freedom, come over to him. Fifth, in the real story, there was a big cannon known as the 18 pounder that was put at the south-west corner of the fort and it was the cannon that fired the thunderous 'No' at Santa Ann's request for surrender....in the movie, the 18 pounder wasn't seen at all. And finally, Jim Bowie's character, played by Richard Widemark, is okay, but in the real thing, Bowie was 6.ft 6.in tall and in the movie, Bowie looks like he's 6ft. 2in tall...........Despite these inaccuracies, this movie is great because of it's large battles scenes, which were really good. I loved the part where James Bowie fights to the end and takes a bunch of Mexicans with him, and I realy liked that 7-barreled shotgun that Bowie used in the end. All-in-all, this movie is a good one if you like a good western. I recemend it.

This is the One to Get!
THE ALAMO is one of my top 10 favorite movies of all time. THE ALAMO is one of our nation's greatest cinematic icons of "Film Americana" ever made. Through word, song and picture the legend of the Alamo was handed down and stills lives today. Men and women of different religious, ethnic and social backgrounds came together and died or lost loved ones at the Alamo in a noble effort to overcome tyranny and preserve basic human freedoms. John Wayne preserved that legend on film. John Wayne produced, directed and starred in this epic mixing nobility with bawdiness resulting in a reverence for the ideals of the defenders seen through their personal lives and conduct. The cast, script, production design and score added to the richly textured look and feel to the film. John Wayne is effective in his portrayal of Col. David Crockett. However, John Wayne takes a back seat to the brilliant performances of Laurence Harvey as Col. William Travis and Richard Widmark as Col. James Bowie as they feud and bicker over the virtues of military protocol vs. and expedience. Wayne in turn approaches the role of Crockett as the levelheaded onlooker who interjects this legend with passages of homespun witticism to keep the defenders from losing focus of their reason for being there. The entire cast is very good. You get the feeling that the actors gave a little more of themselves to deliver this story. Ken Curtis as Capt. Dickinson, Chill Wills as Beekeeper, Richard Boone as General Sam Houston, Joan O'Brien as Mrs. Dickinson, Patrick Wayne as Capt. James Butler Bonham, Hank Worden as Parson, Denver Pyle as Gambler, Linda Cristal as Flaca, Ruben Padilla as General Santa Anna and Frankie Avalon as Smitty all deliver staunch or heartfelt performances. Cinematographer William Clothier's images are proud and majestic depicting the honor of the defenders. James Edward Grant's script is intelligent, energetic and moving. Equally energetic and moving is the eloquent and multi-textured score by Dimitri Tiomkin. Tiomkin's scoring of the final battle scene is brilliant and highly overlooked. Tiomkin integrates the nobility of the combatants with the fervor of the conflict and with simple queues he emotionally captures the falling of each defender in a brief moment of reflection as the battle rages on. His song "The Green Leaves of Summer" is beautiful, reflective and haunting and is effectively integrated into the context of why the defenders gave their lives. This director's cut version is incredible as it gives us further insight into the motivations of the defenders. This uncut version vastly explores many of the characters and their interwoven relationships especially between Laurence Harvey's Colonel William Travis and Ken Curtis' Captain Dickinson. This uncut version demonstrates definitively that THE ALAMO is one of America's greatest films and a vision come true thanks to John Wayne's determination and insight to what drives the American spirit.

pure enjoyment.
I only recently saw the full version of the Alamo.I must say it was excellent.Great stuff.As a non American I am jealous of your heroes.Only flaw was the historical in accuracies.Why not tellit as it happened?Other than that,Mr.Wayne did a superb job. ... Read more

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Love Kris and Willie?You'll love this movie!
This is one of the best sequels to ever come about. Viewing it together with the first, A Pair of Aces is best...gives you the back ground and story line....full of Willie's wonderful brand of humor and Kris Kristofferson as the Cop who's come to bring in Willie the Gambler....it's just awesome! ... Read more

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Tom Selleck plays Matthew Quigley, the cowboy hero in this traditional Western, set very untraditionally in Australia. After some macho silliness in the opening minutes, the story settles into a surprisingly evocative tale of Quigley, a sharpshooter who had come to the country to work for a land baron (Alan Rickman) and who is on the mend after a brutal attack. In the company of a woman (Laura San Giacomo) abused by that same baron, Quigley gets his strength and his shooting skills back while healing in the midst of aboriginal people as well as some stunning Australian settings.Director Simon Wincer (Read more

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Quigley Down Under
A friend of mine loaned me this dvd. I was so taken with Tom Selleck and the direction of Simon Wincer I bought the dvd and Crossfire Trail and Monte Walsh also starring Tom Selleck and directed by Simon Wincer.
Quigley rules, mate!
This is a thoroughly enjoyable western, albeit one set in Australia.It doesn't matter.Alan Rickman is excellent as the evil rancher, Laura San Giacomo is cool as the crazy woman, and the whole story moves along at a nice pace.While there is some violence, it is not gratuitous and makes sense within the story.It is a western, after all.The ending is satisfying and upbeat.I've seen the movie maybe 6 times, and the DVD version is the best, with all the cut bits put back in and widescreen to boot.It may not be highbrow cinema, but it's a good movie.

My husband made me watch this movie...
even though I really didn't want to. I am not a fan of westerns. This actually wasn't all that bad. Quigley is hired to go to Australia ostensibly to shoot dingos, and finds he is expected to exterminate aborigines. He turns it around and fights for them against the guy who wants them killed. There are disturbing images of the aborigines being killed off in two scenes. It is a sad historical fact that this happened to native populations all over the new world. There is plenty of the western style shoot 'em up stuff that would be expected for a movie of this genre. Observing the PG13 is a good idea.A woman known as Crazy Cora latches on to Quigley. As her character develops, a life of hidden pain emerges. Is she really crazy? Or is it just an act? The rest of the women in her situation are resigned to a life of prostitution style slavery (nothing unsavory of this is actually shown). A negative of the film for some would be the nudity of the aborigines, but this wasn't excessive. Often (not always) the camera cuts off just above. Overall, I enjoyed watching this film. ... Read more

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Excellent plot- not just a lot of killing
When a western is written by Elmore Leonard, you know it's gonna be good. Writer of such wonderfully fun films as Jackie Brown, Get Shorty and Out of Sight, this is an earlier Leonard western that today still delivers some fabulous screen moments. Clint Eastwood is in perfect western mode during this one (shot in 1972) and he's obviously having a lot of fun with the lead role of Mr Kidd.
Good effort, albeit too short - and even shorter on DVD - get VHS copies while you can!
Several important scenes are missing from
Joe Kidd
Whoever wrote the editorial review sucks at writing.
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Best of Eastwood/Leone Collaborations?
The Helpful Part:Actor Clint Eastwood and director Sergio Leone team up once again after the success of "A Firstful of Dollars."This movie is often mistakenly considered a sequel to the first film, but that's not the case.Eastwood is playing a different (though similar) character with a different name (he's Monco here and Joe in the first film).Gian Maria Volonte is also playing a different role, though he is still a bad guy.
Good but German version from Amazon.de is better.....than UK SE
Just received the German 4 disc digipak. GOOD NEWS. played 10 mins of both - no problems. Menus are all in English (or German) all the extra's on the English R2 SE's are here except for the photo gallery.
Best of the Leone/Eastwood Films
Despite the legendary status afforded "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly", "For a Few Dollars More" is considered by some to be the best of the Leone/Eastwood collaborations.This film certainly lacks the epic scope of that more famous picture, but the more limited focus is in many ways truer to the roots of the "Spaghetti Western" genre Leone popularized.
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A Tragically "Unknown" Gem
Now that Warner Brothers has recently given us "Fort Apache" and "Ballad of Cable Hogue" on dvd, we have only about 8 "necessary" westerns that beg to be released in the dvd format. These are "The Great Northfield Minnesota Raid", "The Gunfighter", "There Was a Crooked Man", "The Gray Fox", "Jesse James", "The Return of Frank James", "The Sundowners", and "The Culpepper Cattle Company".
Excellent Film
While not historically accurate, this is the most under-rated westwern I have seen. Robert Duval makes a convincing Jesse James with his evangelical outbursts and psychopathic behavior.Cliff Robertson plays the sly, yet introspective, charming ladies man as Cole Younger. The soundtrack and narrative couldn't be better. This is one very entertaining movie, with Duval and Robertson at their best.

Good film, bad history
Cliff Robertson is charming and charismatic as the outlaw Cole Younger and Robert Duval is menacing and more than a little scary as his comrade Jesse James in this film which purports to tell the story of the real-life attempted robbery of a bank in Northfield, Minnesota.The plot deviates sharply from some of the historical facts, but the greatest historical "sin" of the movie is the way in which it presents the townspeople of Minnesota, showing corruption, cowardice, and incompetence where, in fact, a group of ordinary people stood up to the most notorious outlaw gang in the West and basically shot them to pieces.This film in its strongly anti-Establishment thrust is certainly a product of its times, enoyable to watch but not history. ... Read more

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not as epic as john wayne's "the alamo" this is a very good more personal version and it's a nice change of pace
james arness is jim bowie,brian keith is davy crockett,alec baldwin is will travis,and in a move that most films about the alamo never do the late raul julia is santa anna.much smaller in scale than the movies,and useing footage from the film "the lost command",this is more about the effect of the seige than just the battle. it is a little slow ,but as the title says it lasted 13 days,and really i found it quite good. one draw back and the reason for only 4 instead of 5 stars is the over use of stock footage and the reuseing of some of the same footage over and over again,travis kills the same soldier at least 3 times and it is clear that it's just the same shot used again.
Authentic depiction of the thirteen day seige of the Alamo
This is the most accurate version of the events of the Battle of the Alamo.A TV Miniseries can go into far more detail than a feature film and this show is very detailed down to the finest historic points of interest.I have done extensive research on this event and this movie does not overly embellish the facts that were gleaned from several recorded "eye witness" accounts.Without being "too Hollywood" the interesting and tragic story is presented intelligently with a minimum of historical "docudrama" inaccuracies.We are given a chance to feel along with these heroes their final moments.Although we can only speculate the words that were spoken, this film presents a truly moving tribute to these brave, doomed men.

one of the worst and most horribly inaccurate Alamo movies..
EVER!!! first of all, Crockett didn't wear a cowboy hat. he wore a conskin hat and fought till the end with his rifle. in this movie, Crockett has a knife. 2nd of all, they use the same battle scenes over and over. they aren't even original. they took the charge scene from the 1959 Alamo movie, The Last Command! and if you look closely at Travis, he kills the guy the same way about 3 times. this movie is just plain horrible! i only give it 2 stars because it's about the alamo. but don't waste your time on this movie. it's horrible! you want a good Alamo movie, watch John Wayne's "The Alamo" or go to the IMAX theatre and watch, Alamo: The Price of Freedom. ... Read more

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