My fav western film has to be-The Good The Bad And The Ugly.
The film is just amazing from the story,soundtrack,scenery and the cool acting of Clint Eastwood and also the stand at the end of the film is probably the greatest ending to any film ever made..
Its one of those films that you have to watch before you die..
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#572042 04/16/1007:38 PM04/16/1007:38 PM
I'm not a big western fan myself. I remember way back seeing "High Noon" with Gary Cooper (with my family) which was good. I remember seeing Roy Rogers, Hop-a-Long Cassidy on tv.
However, if I had to pick a western though, I'd probably go with "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly" too. I also liked Eastwood's "Hang 'Em High" and if you call it part of the Western genre, I'd even prefer Eastwood's "The Beguiled". Not many will agree with me, but I really liked the movie.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Man From Laramie and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.
Maybe.
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Oh yea, Liberty Valance. I forgot about that one. Very good! I haven't seen the others you mentioned Capo.
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Pale Rider Posse Open Range Once Upon a Time in the West Shane Tombstone The Way of the Gun (a sort of modern western)
My favorite is probably "Open Range"..., more for Duvall than Costner.
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#572058 04/16/1009:50 PM04/16/1009:50 PM
I've always liked "The Quick and the Dead" with Leonardo DiCaprio, Gene Hackman, Sharon Stone and Russell Crowe. I thought the cast was very good and the eventual reveal of why "Lady" had come to town was interesting enough. And nobody can play evil like Gene Hackman.
One neglected western is The Big Country with Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives, and Jeam Simmons. Great performances, the eastern comes west theme, and a rousing score.
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#572090 04/17/1012:52 PM04/17/1012:52 PM
RED RIVER-John Wayne cant knock that.It was a 4 star flick and some serious cattle drive scenes,etc. Any old black and white outlaw,indian,cowboy films.
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#572822 04/26/1008:42 PM04/26/1008:42 PM
I brought "Butch Cassidy and sundance kid" a while ago but still yet to watch it..
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#574374 05/25/1005:18 PM05/25/1005:18 PM
I don't really have a favorite western but do have a preference for Once Upon A Time In America and The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. Ennio Morricone.
How about My Darling Clementine? The Searchers? Ride The High Country? The Last Train From Gun Hill? Posse (original directed by Kirk Douglas)? The Great Silence?
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#635432 02/18/1207:08 AM02/18/1207:08 AM
I brought "Butch Cassidy and sundance kid" a while ago but still yet to watch it..
great movie
I finally got round to watching this movie after owning it on DVD for a couple of years, was a great film, Newman and Redford made a great pairing. I especially liked the chase in the movie.
8/10
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#635445 02/18/1212:49 PM02/18/1212:49 PM
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John Wayne made some really interesting later Westerns, like El Dorado, True Grit, The Cowboys, and The Shootist. John Ford directed Wayne and Henry Fonda in Fort Apache.
Lonesome Dove is tremendous. The novel by Larry McMurtry is also great. McMurtry's original idea was that it would be a screenplay for Wayne, Jimmy Stewart, and Henry Fonda, but Wayne dropped out.
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