Son of Butch
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It's been 30 years since the last good Western movie was made. 1992 - Unforgiven
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SmokinM
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Not true, 2003 Monte Walsh. Unforgiven is a good one though, one of my favorites.
Ouachita
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After Lonesome Dove, there ain't no more westerns. Just wannabes
Son of Butch
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Never heard of Monte Walsh.
1970 movie starring Lee Marvin as Monte Walsh and Jack Palance as Chet Rollins.
directed by Wm Fraker who had 5 movies nominated for best cinematography.
rotten tomatoes 89%
The movie is rough, but always tender. - Roger Ebert
I want to see it. Thanks for the recommendation.
SmokinM
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Didn't know it was a remake. I enjoy it a lot. It is one of my favorites. Hope you enjoy it as well.
Ouachita
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I just figured out why my wife cleans the empty beer cans out of the side-by-side. She's tracking my caloric intake.
CowboyRam
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Monte Walsh, Crossfire Trail, and Last Stand at Saber River were all good movies. I can't say that Tom Selleck ever made a bad western movie. Even The Sackett was in were pretty good. Open Range with Kevin Costner was pretty good as well.
Travlr
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greybeard
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An interesting aside to Jack Palance. Legend was... that his 'unique' facial features were the result of a 1942 incident involving bailing out of a burning or exploding B24 Liberator bomber in Arizona. His face was reportedly reconstructive surgery.
He denied it, saying the story was made up by a PR guy and the reporters bought it hook line and sinker.
Studio press agents make up anything they want to, and reporters go along with it. One flack created the legend that I had been blown up in an air crash during the war, and my face had to be put back together by way of plastic surgery. If it is a "bionic face," why didn't they do a better job of it?
I remember him mostly as Wilson in Shane, the lead character in Dracula and Curly in Cityslickers, and him doing his 1 arm pushups at the academy awards...
lynnmcmahan
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Open Range and Lonesome Dove we're both pretty good. Don't remember when they were released.
Youtube (Jerry Skinner) has a good story about the real Gus and Call.
Rafter S
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. . . or selling the aluminum.
Dave
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Here there is a 10 cent deposit on cans and bottle. That is worth more than the aluminum.
Lonesome Dove was in 1989. My favorite series until 1883 last year. But the best western EVER was Outlaw Josie Wales....1975 I think.
Mr TC will watch it every time it's on, his absolute fave.
Son of Butch
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Outlaw Josey Wales 1976 budget 3.7 million - box office 31.8 million
rotten tomatoes 90% approval rating. In 1999 Clint Eastwood called it an
anti-war movie and a high point in my career.
Proof that box office doesn't = a good movie is Avatar 2009 the all time highest grossing film 2.88 billion vs 246 million budget
Greatest technical effects of all time, but the storyline is a steaming pile of liberal tripe - my 2 cents
Highest Grossing Westerns of All Time
1. Dances With Wolves 1990 budget 22 million 424 million box office
rotten tomatoes 83% Academy Awards 12 nominations 7 wins including
best picture
2. The Reverent 2015 net 398 based on 1823 experiences of frontiersman Hugo Glass. rotten tomatoes 78% 3 Academy Award nominations 3 wins best director - best cinematography - best actor Leonardo DiCaprio's 1st oscar
3. Django Unchained 2009 budget 100 million 425 million box office
criticized for historical inaccuracies - rotten tomatoes 87%
2 Academy award wins, original screenplay Tarantino supporting actor Waltz
4. Lone Ranger 2013 budget 238 mil b.o. 260 m - rotten tomatoes 31%
box office bomb, over 100 million net loss after marketing expenses
51% approval over age 45 nostalgic for their youth.
5. True Grit 2010 remake budget 38 mil box 252 million - r.t. 95%
10 academy award nominations 0 wins
True Grit 1969 b.o. 31 m 1968 novel based on US Marshall Heck Thomas
1850-1912 and John Wayne won his only academy award
6. Rango 2011 computer animated box office 246 millon r.t. 88%
7. Wild Wild West 1999 budget 210 million box office 222 million
rotten tomatoes 18% - it stinks
8. Maverick 1994 budget 75 m box office 183 mil rotten tomatoes 67%
9. Unforgiven 1992 budget 14.4 box office 159 million rotten tomatoes 96%
9 academy award nominations 1 win best picture
10. Blazing Saddles 1974 budget 2.6 million 120 million rotten tomatoes 88%
3 Academy Awards nominations 0 wins
Other westerns worth mention
My Darling Clemintine 1946 director John Ford, Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp
Harry Truman's favorite movie
The Searchers 1956 director John Ford - John Wayne as anti-hero
rotten tomatoes 92%
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne
Lee Marvin, Andy Devine rotten tomatoes 93%
Little Big Man 1970 Dustin Hoffman budget 15m box 32 million
rotten tomatoes 90% forerunner to Forrest Gump style of film
A Fistful of Dollars 1964 budget 225 thousand box office 19.9 million
rotten tomatoes 94%
A Few Dollars More 1965 budget 600 thousand box office 25.5 million
rotten tomatoes 93%
The Good The Bad and The Ugly 1967 budget 1.2 million box office 39 million
rotten tomatoes 97%
Once Upon A Time In The West 1968 budget 5 million box office 45 million
rotten tomatoes 95% In 2008 it was voted 14th greatest movie of all time and the highest ranked western on the list
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greybeard
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The Searchers usually ranks #1 or #2 as greatest western movie ever made.
Son of Butch
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True.
The critics love John Wayne as a racist anti-hero lusting after his brother's wife. A great film, but too dark of a storyline for the academy awards of 1956.
greybeard
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I had to go to Killeen today for a Dr Appointment and on the return trip decided to stop by Walmart for a gallon of milk. But 1st was going to get a badly needed haircut at the shearer inside Walmart. There was a girl behind the counter playing on her phone and another in a barber's chair doing the same thing and no one else.
me:
"Can a man get a haircut here?"
her:
"Sure can but our prices for a regular man's haircut start at $24.95"
me:
Well, I'm no 'regular' man, whatever that is nowadays but that's outrageous. I paid $12 bucks for my haircut in Walmart back in East Texas a few months ago
she:
"That has nothing to do with us here. It's still $24.95"
me:
"Maybe not but it probably has a lot to do why you 2 are sittin on your backsides playing phone games instead of cutting hair, while hoping someone dumb enough to pay $25 bucks for a regular haircut comes in."
She looked at me like I had just shot her dog.
I went on into Cove and got a fine haircut at a little mom/pop barbershop on 190 by a mid aged Korean lady for $13, and included a very nice and intelligent conversation.
me:
"Can a man get a haircut here?"
her:
"Sure can but our prices for a regular man's haircut start at $24.95"
me:
Well, I'm no 'regular' man, whatever that is nowadays but that's outrageous. I paid $12 bucks for my haircut in Walmart back in East Texas a few months ago
she:
"That has nothing to do with us here. It's still $24.95"
me:
"Maybe not but it probably has a lot to do why you 2 are sittin on your backsides playing phone games instead of cutting hair, while hoping someone dumb enough to pay $25 bucks for a regular haircut comes in."
She looked at me like I had just shot her dog.
I went on into Cove and got a fine haircut at a little mom/pop barbershop on 190 by a mid aged Korean lady for $13, and included a very nice and intelligent conversation.
Ouachita
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Last time I got a haircut, cost was $8. When my barber died, I bought some shears and started cutting my own. Wife shapes up the back of my head/neck, then slaps me on the butt. It's a win/win.
greybeard
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Last week,Typhoon Karding roared thru the Philippines causing the usual mess in Manila. Power out, trees down and profound flooding.
Some locals, instead of wading shoulder deep water found and interesting tho risky way of getting around while staying mostly dry.
I just don't know what to say about this picture...........
Some locals, instead of wading shoulder deep water found and interesting tho risky way of getting around while staying mostly dry.
I just don't know what to say about this picture...........
