Favorite "Western" movie?....

[clarice]

Outlaw Josie Wales
Magnificent 7
Stagecoach

[femmocrat]

1. "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"

and "Giant".

[clarice]

3. Yep....good ones. .....

I read the other day, that Redford and Newman played horrible/funny
pranks on each other for many years. Did you know that?

[femmocrat]

5. I didn't, but...

they seemed to have such natural chemistry. Fabulous casting.

[clarice]

6. absolutely. nt

[clarice]

7. Example....

Newman vs. Redford: For Newman’s birthday, Robert Redford deposited a junked Porsche in Paul’s driveway — sans wheels and fenders but wrapped in a blue bow. Newman retaliated by engaging a compacting company to crush the Porsche into a lump of steel, which he deposited in Redford’s living room, re-wrapped in the same blue ribbon.

[Sherman A1]

17. Classic

re-gifting, me thinks!

[clarice]

19. Right??? Back when movies stars were movie stars. nt

[Sedona]

2. The Searchers

The Unforgiven

[clarice]

4. YES !!!!nt

[Scuba]

8. Butch Cassiday and the Sundance Kid and Silverado.

Magnificent 7 was also excellent.

[clarice]

21. Silverado ..Danny Glover was a bad ass with that Henry Rifle......

"You idiot, he's hit everything he's aimed at" lol

[CBGLuthier]

9. Once Upon a Time in the West, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, The Great Silence

Unforgiven (the Eastwood film)
Heaven's Gate (Yeah, really)


More than a few more but these stand out in my mind.

Red River is a recent favorite as it is the one film where John Wayne comes mighty close to being the bad guy, even more so than The Searchers.

Also very fond of Rio Grande, especially because of The Sons of the Pioneers.

[clarice]

20. I was gonna list Once upon in the west. love that movie. nt

[mahatmakanejeeves]

23. I just bought the DVD at a yard sale last Saturday.

Years ago, I saw it at the American Film Institute at the Kennedy Center.

Sometimes I think it's the best film ever made.

I asked the guy selling the DVDs if he had, by chance, a DVD of "Johnny Guitar." Yes, he did, but it was not for sale. That's one I want to get.

[clarice]

24. Very atmospheric...Henry Fonda playing against type....

Claudia Cardinal. Was that a Leone film? Can't remember.

[CBGLuthier]

32. Johnny Guitar, eh? You know your movies.

For those that don't know it some of the plot elements of Once Upon a Time in the West came from Johnny Guitar.

It is also one of the better mid-period Joan Crawford films.

I have Once Upon a Time on DVD and Blu Ray. Same for The Good the Bad and the Ugly (it was the first DVD I bought). Some films are just plain essential to one's collection.

I also love and have on DVD Leone's Once Upon a Time in America. The man was one hell of a great filmmaker.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

35. I've never seen Johnny Guitar.

The only think I know about it is its description in Leonard Maltin's 2007 movie guide.* He says what you said, that Once Upon a Time in the West has plot elements like those in Johnny Guitar. The local libraries do not have it. I refuse to pay the new price, knowing that I can find it at a yard sale somewhere, someday.

The same yard sale had a whole bunch of DVDs I wanted, but they were not bargain-priced. Hitchcock, Clint Eastwood, and so forth. Most of them I can get at the library. In addition to Once Upon a Time in the West, I got Repo Man and Pulp Fiction. I'm not a big Quentin Tarantino fan; I find that level of violence hard to take. Neither of those two is at the library, so if I want to see them, I have to own them.

* Like this, but older: http://www.amazon.com/Leonard-Maltins-2014-Movie-Guide/dp/0451418107

[CBGLuthier]

36. If you just want to see it, but not own it, Amazon has it on instant

for 2.99. 3.99 for HD.

It is a fun movie. Some interesting subtext too with the Mercedes McCambridge character and her hatred of Joan Crawford's character.

[Tom_Foolery]

10. "Open Range" with Kevin Costner and Robert Duvall...

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Edited to add "Appaloosa" with Ed Harris and Viggo Mortensen. Also, the original and remake of "3:10 to Yuma" are excellent westerns.

[Inkfreak]

47. You and I could have a wonderful western movie marathon.

My top 3 favorites. I also love Broken Trail with Thomas Hayden Church and the wonderful..Bobby D! It's just a nice enjoyable movie. Now I wanna watch all of em....

[Tom_Foolery]

49. Yes, "Broken Trail" is an enjoyable movie...

Thomas Hayden Church is an underrated actor. People tend to equate him to his character Lowell Mather in the TV series "Wings". Of course, he is much more than that. He fits perfectly in a western movie because he is rancher in real life.

[easychoice]

11. Blazing Saddles hands down

The best western ever.

[Sherman A1]

16. +1

A great film.

[progressoid]

67. YES!

[Aristus]

12. Tombstone.

I grew up a hour's drive away from Tombstone, and visited it many times. I always disliked the OK Corral movies that preceded it, because they all got so many historical details wrong.

Tombstone got a lot of things right, and made for a very enjoyable film. I liked how it portrayed the Earps not as white-hat good guys, but as not-entirely ethical businessmen willing to use violence to protect their interests.

One historical detail the film got wrong was during the shootout scene, which shows the participants sweating in the heat. The Shootout at the OK Corral took place in October. And even though it was in Arizona, Tombstone is situated in the mountains, and it had snowed in Tombstone the night previously.

[panader0]

13. An hour's drive away?

I live 26 miles away. My girlfriend lived in Tombstone and I used to drive there on the Charleston Road. I wrote a song,
"Tombstone Bound" that my friends liked so much they named our band Tombstone Bound. We had 2 CDs. I actually tried to sell it to the city for advertisement (tourist) purposes. There are more venues for a band in Tombstone than Sierra Vista.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

51. where could I get a copy of that CD?

I'd like to play it on my radio show.........

[Scuba]

22. Excellent movie.

[clarice]

26. And you must be Ringo. Look, darling, Johnny Ringo.

The deadliest pistoleer since Wild Bill, they say....should I hate him?

[Aristus]

28. "Yer probably seeing double, aintcha?'

"I've got two guns; one fer each of ya..."

[IronGate]

44. Why Johnny Ringo,

you look like somebody just walked over your grave.

[clarice]

56. "Well hell Doc..I got lots of friends"................."I don't" nt`

[Coventina]

14. Apple Dumpling Gang.

I love Don Knotts!

If I had to pick a "serious" Western, I'd probably go with High Noon.

[Art_from_Ark]

39. Don Knotts was also in "The Shakiest Gun in the West"

[Coventina]

41. Also, "Hot Lead and Cold Feet"

Comic genius!

[Art_from_Ark]

43. My favorite Don Knotts movie is "The Ghost and Mr. Chicken"

Especially the final scene

[Coventina]

48. I don't remember that one!

I'll have to check it out!!

[Tom_Foolery]

50. Some other great Don Knotts movies...

The Incredible Mr. Limpet, The Reluctant Astronaut, How to Frame a Figg, and The Love God.

[Coventina]

53. Thanks!!!

I missed some of those as well!!

[Tom_Foolery]

54. You are very welcome! n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

72. I remember seeing that, LOL!

And I have to agree with you on both counts!

[Coventina]

73. GMTA!!

[Sherman A1]

15. Sgt, Rutledge

although I do really like Blazing Saddles.

[Populist_Prole]

18. Never really cared for westerns but I like 'Deadwood'

Nice and gritty. 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' ( 1962 ) I enjoyed too though, but I can't stand the John Wayne types or the ones made by John Ford.

[CBGLuthier]

33. It took me a long time to warm up to Westerns

Growing up in Ohio in the 60's I always had to be the Indian so I had a prejudice against them. It took the films of Leone to get me interested in them and now I have seen most of the classics.

[Archae]

25. The Shootist

John Wayne's last film, and one of his best.

[clarice]

27. Agreed. Although "Son's of Katy Elder" wasn't bad. nt

[geardaddy]

29. Young Guns

Blazing Saddles
Unforgiven

[Tom Ripley]

30. The Wild Bunch

[The Second Stone]

31. A lot of great ones in this thread

My favorite Westerns are

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood)
The Searchers
One Eyed Jacks
Heaven's Gate
The Cheyenne Social Club (a comedy of sorts)
3:10 to Yuma

[Scuba]

38. One Eyed Jacks. Great movie. My parents covered my eyes when Brando took the whipping.

Great acting, great scenery. Thanks for reminding me; I'll have to watch it again.

[Enrique]

34. Lonesome Dove

the book is way at the top of my list too.

The Big Country is another great one.

Johnny Guitar is a great bizarro-western.

[pokerfan]

60. Lonesome Dove

The book won the Pulitzer for fiction in 1986. I read all the sequels/prequels and not one of them really comes close to the original. Highly recommended.



Of course LD is a miniseries. If I had to choose a feature length film then it would have to be Unforgiven (1992).

[Tribalceltic]

37. Often forgotten

Support your local Sheriff , and gunfighter
Mclintock (not really a John Wayne fan)
Back to the future 3
and of course
Cowboys versus Aliens

[Gidney N Cloyd]

40. Love the standards but would like to see more of the late 60's/70's "revisionist westerns"

Monte Walsh, Kid Blue, Bad Company...

[IronGate]

42. 3:10 to Yuma,

Silverado
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Gunfighters Moon
Young Guns
Tombstone
Broken Trail
Open Range
Heaven with a gun
Cahill, U.S. Marshal
The Shootist
The Cowboys
2 Mules for Sister Sara
The Unforgiven
Big Jake
True Grit
And of course,
Blazing Saddles

[TeamPooka]

45. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. nt

[kentauros]

46. They Call Me Trinity

You've probably seen the following scene, also used by one of the telecoms (maybe AT&T?)

The full movie:

Also, Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo.

And yes, Blazing Saddles

[Auggie]

52. No mentions of "My Darling Clementine" and "Destry Rides Again?"

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

55. Joe Kidd - Valdez Is Coming - Chato's Land

I can watch these movies over and over. The humor in Joe Kidd never gets old. And the performances of Clint Eastwood, John Saxon, and Robert Duvall make it very watchable. It's my favorite western.

Valdez Is Coming, with Burt Lancaster is another fave. Chato's Land with Charles Bronson is another I've enjoyed watching again and again.

[Orrex]

57. True Grit, the Coen Brothers version

[Bombero1956]

58. The Oxbow Incident

To me the hangings are a metaphor for mob rule.

[First Speaker]

59. Firecreek

...Fonda *and* Stewart...intense, terrific...Good, Bad, and Ugly is second...

[haele]

61. True Grit - the Jeff Bridges one.

Outlaw Josie Wales
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Trinity
The Magnificent 7

[El Supremo]

62. Why hasn't anyone mentioned "Shane"?

The "A gun is a tool" scene has been used by the pro gun people as a good argument for not restricting guns. But I say that was just Shane's belief. And by the end of the movie it proved the tragedy of his life.

[Algernon Moncrieff]

63. 5) For A Few Dollars More

4) Red River
3) Silverado
2) Support Your Local Sherriff
1) The Good, The Bad, & The Ugly

[awoke_in_2003]

74. For a Few Dollars More...

the song during the final dual was haunting.

[Wolf Frankula]

64. Blazing Saddles for Comedy

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for not comedy, 'The Wild Bunch'. Opens and closes with the two best gunfights in film.

Wolf

[Mr.Bill]

65. Hombre

I like many others mentioned here, too.

[mackerel]

68. Snap! So many good ones listed here.

[IronGate]

66. Oh yeah, one I forgot,

Breakheart Pass.

[mackerel]

69. When I come to think of it there a lot of really good Westerns. It's definitely and American genre.

[Brigid]

70. Dances With Wolves

The directing is a bit clumsy in places, but I like it.

[jmowreader]

71. Does No Country for Old Men count?