Posted on 12/29/2004 3:00:15 PM PST by pissant
Top 10 Best Westerns of All Time:
1. The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Sergio Leone's quintessential Western epic made Clint Eastwood the torchbearer in the genre and cemented Lee Van Cleef as one of the greatest movie villains of all time.
2. Shane - The archetypal Western plotline of the stranger who befriends a family and saves them from evil set the tone for all that swam in it’s wake, including The Unforgiven, the most blatant (and best) Shane knockoff.
3. High Noon - A case study in movie making, High Noon is among the first films to take place in real time.
4. The Wild Bunch - Sam Peckinpah's ultra-violent epic still packs quite a punch.
5. High Plains Drifter - The most badass revenge flick ever made. Clint's The Man With No Name could kick Dirty Harry's ass.
6. The Unforgiven - There would be no Unforgiven without Shane.
7. Outlaw Josey Wales - Practically a remake of High Plains Drifter but with more backstory, sub-plots and fully developed characters. You can still feel the sting of that darned whip!
8. Treasure of the Sierra Madre - A later-era Western to be sure, but a terrific character study in greed and trust, and a fine example of why we are still talking about Bogart to this day. The man oozes star power.
9. A Fistful of Dollars - The beginning of Sergio and Clint's Dollars series, this is the best of the bunch.
10. Once Upon a Time in the West - Henry Fonda and Charles Bronson lead this all-star cast. Never in cinematic history has a harmonica been the source of so much tension.
Do ya'll agree or disagree?
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The plot of the film "Four for Texas" mixed some elements from those earlier films. Google or IMDB them.
"The Searchers" and "Unforgiven" and "My Darling Clementine."
John Ford, two for three.
""The Angel and the Badman", wasn't a great flick, but Gail Russell sure was pretty".
You are right about that
"Although you call them no-names, Red Sun starred Charles Bronson and Toshiro Mfune (spelling?)".
I guess they were only no names because I couldn't remember who they were. I stand corrected.
"They are certainly rich in ballots"
Illegal ones to boot.
I too like the Quiet Man, but a early 20th century irish setting is hardly a western, though they could have been in west Ireland. Maureen O'Hara is the lust, I mean love, of my life. Cheers.
Now I know what I'm going to do this weekend. Pass the popcorn, please!
Any time these 2 are on, they are a must-watch. Purchased M7 this year.
Funniest Westerns:
Cat Ballou is a stitch. Nat King Cole!
Okay, tell me: best line(s) in Liberty Valance? Best line(s) in Magnificent Seven?
Since I asked, you get to go first!
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Dan
LOL, I saw high plains drifter in Paris France. To hear those cowboys talking in prissy french was too much for us to bear. WHAT AN ENJOYMENT. Will never forget.
"The Quiet Man", a western? Not every John Wayne movie is a western. But then, you know that. (Still a great movie though, and a favorite Wayne movie of mine) Aloha
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Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
Marlon Brando .... Robert E. Lee Clayton
Jack Nicholson .... Tom Logan
Randy Quaid .... Tittle Tod
Kathleen Lloyd .... Jane Braxton
Frederic Forrest .... Cary
Harry Dean Stanton .... Calvin
John McLiam .... David Braxton
John P. Ryan .... Si (as John Ryan)
Sam Gilman .... Hank Rate
Steve Franken .... Lonesome Kid
Richard Bradford .... Pete Marker
James Greene .... Hellsgate rancher
Luana Anders .... Rancher's wife
Danny Goldman .... Baggage clerk
Hunter von Leer .... Sandy
Virgil Frye .... Woody
R.L. Armstrong .... Bob
Daniel Ades .... John Quinn (as Dan Ades)
Dorothy Neumann .... Madame
Charles Wagenheim .... Freighter
Vern Chandler .... Vern
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Scott Palmer .... The Mounty (uncredited)
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Western Ireland, maybe ;)
"Wife - none, kids - none, prospects - none." - that monologue regarding the life of a gunfighter by McQueen was aweSOME.
Calvera: Last month we were in San Juan. Rich town. Sit down. Rich town, much blessed by God. Big church. Not like here - little church, priest comes twice a year. BIG one. You'd think we'd find gold candlesticks. Poor box filled to overflowing. Do you know what we found? Brass candlesticks. Almost nothing in the poor box.
Sidekick: But we took it anyway.
Calvera: I KNOW we took it anyway. I'm trying to show him how little religion some people now have.
Calvera: Generosity, that was my first mistake. I leave these people a little extra, and then they hire these men to make trouble. Shows you, sooner or later, you must answer for every good deed.
Lee: Do I have any enemies? No, none.
Chris: No enemies?
Lee: Alive.
Best unspoken moment: Robert Vaughn's lip-slide against the wall death scene.
Floyd: Doc! Doc! Liberty's hurt!
Doc Willoughby: Whiskey, quick.
[takes a drink, turns Valance's body over with his foot]
Doc Willoughby: Dead.
Liberty: You lookin' for trouble, Doniphan?
Tom: You aimin' to help me find some?
And the quisessential:
Tom (John Wayne): Whoa, take 'er easy there, Pilgrim.
I second that emotion about Maureen O'Hara. As for favorite westerns try these:
Rancho Deluxe
Butch cassidy and the Sundance Kid
The Sons of Katie Elder
Waterhole #3
Four of my favorites that come to mind.
Hands on hips....Well men, you are so Right! I stand corrected.
"The Quiet Man" is not a western then. Would it then be Blarney?
When I hear or read the word `Western` in print I always think of the Duke. He was just so `Big` in life.
I sure won`t confuse This movie with a Western again! `blushing` ;-)
Maybe you will do more movie Threads?
You all got me to laughing at myself anyway! Uff`Da!
Happy New Year!
good choices
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