Posted on 03/11/2017 10:56:52 AM PST by nickcarraway
While some movie theme songs have been listed here is the on from the John Wayne movie She Wore A Yellow Ribbon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BQPwob6-fI
I've never actually seen a bad Western. I keep "Blazing Saddles" and "Little Big Man" on rotation for viewing about once a year.
“Pale Rider is the same story as Shane.”
Not really. Shane was just passing through. The Preacher came for a purpose.
Rio Bravo was a remake of El Dorado
Just as an aside, the first people to be called “cowboys” were Pennsylvania herders in the early days of the republic.
Ooops...other way around. El Dorado was a remake of Rio Bravo
Rio Bravo was a blatant attempt to curry favor with a new audience by using Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson
Thanks for that. “Census records suggest” .... back then census records suggested nothing. The only two races were recorded in the census were black and white. I guess what that is saying is that someone is inferring that up to 15% of cowboys in certain areas were black. The census recorded those of Mexican heritage as white.
Hard to quibble with the list. i recommend Open range with Costner and Duvall. The shooting scene between the locals and the bad guys in the street near the end has been called the most realistic shootout scene ever. people in the open, nervous and scared an unable to hit the side of a building.
When Costner asks a bad guy if he killed his friend and the guy says yes, he shoots him right away. perfect scene.
And annette Being in a non glamour role sill makes my eyebrows hard irrespective of her age or politics.
good cinematography Wyoming or Canada or Montana don’t know.
Very good article. I would have included Tombstone, The Shootist, and The Outlaw Josey Wales in the list.
There are so many great Westerns its almost impossible to come up with a Top Ten. A Top 100 would be easier.
My list would include "Ride the High Country", Randolph Scott's final role and Joel McCrae's last major role.
Destroy Rides Again and Cat Ballou!
One thing I discovered. The older I get, the more I enjoy Westerns.
There's something to that.
Sometimes a movie is just a movie, too. I don’t look for hidden meanings everywhere.
Here are a few newbies to add to the top 1,000 (in no particular order):
Bone Tomahawk
In a Valley of Violence
Outlaws and Angels
The Duel
Free State of Jones
The Hateful Eight
Jane Got a Gun
Forsaken
“Blazing Saddles” and “Little Big Man” are two of my favorites, along with “Cat Ballou”. Yes, I have a strange sense of humor.
Although any western with Tom Selleck, Sam Elliot, or written by Louis L’amour are winners.
And Lonesome Dove.
I love Cat Ballou. Without a doubt the best trained horse and stunt man ever.
Movies are symbols. Symbolism is key. High Noon symbolized actors being persecuted by the anti communist movement in Hollywood. Rio Bravo (which preceded El Dorado) was the Hollywood conservative’s retort to High Noon.
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