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Movie for a Sunday afternoon: "The Hallelujah Trail"(1965)
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| 1965
| John Sturges
Posted on 03/16/2014 12:15:42 PM PDT by ReformationFan
TOPICS: Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: 1965; briankeith; burtlancaster; comedy; comedywestern; donaldpleasance; elmerbernstein; johnsturges; leeremick; mfasa; pamelatiffin; thehallelujahtrail; western; westerncomedy
Today's feature is a classic western comedy epic that could be described as a combination of "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" meets "F-Troop". Amusing and politically incorrect fun that pokes fun at just about every group of the time period(U.S. Cavalry, American Indians, temperance suffragettes, Republican businessmen, Democratic Teamsters workers, etc.) and probably couldn't be made today because of that. Directed by John Sturges("The Magnificent Seven", "The Great Escape") with a great music score by Elmer Bernstein("The Ten Commandments")
To: ReformationFan; RansomOttawa; Silentgypsy; 1010RD
To: ReformationFan
To: ReformationFan
Burt Lancaster? No thanks - "I'm swimming home."
(Every since I saw him in that stupid movie, I've always though he was an idiot.)
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posted on
03/16/2014 12:39:46 PM PDT
by
Slump Tester
(What if I'm pregnant Teddy? Errr-ahh -Calm down Mary Jo, we'll cross that bridge when we come to it)
To: ReformationFan
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posted on
03/16/2014 12:47:39 PM PDT
by
eccentric
(a.k.a. baldwidow)
To: ReformationFan
Never seen the movie but have the title song on a CD of music from great Western shows and films. It’s a great, rousing song!
Blazing Saddles was only 8 years behind this movie.
Seth McFarlane has a new movie coming out (this summer?) called “A Million Ways to Die in the West.” It actually looks pretty funny. Unfortunately, I read that Bill Maher may be in it, so that’s bound to understandably turn folks away.
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posted on
03/16/2014 12:48:28 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: BradyLS
Arg! Blazing Saddles was 9 years after.
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posted on
03/16/2014 12:50:25 PM PDT
by
BradyLS
(DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
To: ReformationFan
One of my all time favorites!
Donald Pleasance as “Oracle”: “THERE......NOW I SEE IT! LMAO.
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posted on
03/16/2014 12:55:45 PM PDT
by
RepRivFarm
("During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." -George Orwell)
To: RepRivFarm
Whenever I make a “dead solid prediction” I always preface it with “Oracle speaks.” My accuracy is about the same. And I’m a taxpayer and a good Republican!
To: BradyLS
“The Hallelujah Trail” plays like a G-rated, family friendlier version of “Blazing Saddles”(not so much plot-wise but genre-wise). It’s well worth seeing.
To: SoCal Pubbie; RepRivFarm
Great lines from Pleasance and Keith.
To: ReformationFan
I rented this a few years ago from Netflix. I didn’t really like it much, but the music was the best part.
To: Dan in Wichita
The movie is not a great film by any means. It’s too long, too loud, and too overblown. Very much like Mad Mad World in that regard. But if you like camp as much as I do, it’s very enjoyable. Love Donald Pleasance and David Keith is this one. I have it on DVD and play it every so often, usually when I know my wife will be out for a while.
To: ReformationFan
Spoiler alert:
The barrels of booze bubble back up at the end.
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posted on
03/16/2014 1:47:20 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
To: RepRivFarm
Donald Pleasance as Oracle: THERE......NOW I SEE IT! LMAO. LOL! Yep, this is an oldie, but a goodie. Haven't seen it for years, though. I do remember it was funny.
To: onedoug
To: ReformationFan
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posted on
03/17/2014 10:28:45 AM PDT
by
Silentgypsy
(Make sure she doesnÂ’t get ahold of the gom jabbar)
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