Westerns > 1972 Westerns

Some say he's dead...some say he never will be

Advantages: Great acting, scenery
Disadvantages: None I can think of

...shift boat. The man is Jeremiah Johnson (played b Robert Redford) He is an ex-soldier, he has arrived in Utah to fulfil his ambition of becoming a mountain man. Jeremiah asks the local shop owner where he can go to hunt. The man gives him directions and Jeremiah sets off into the snowy mountains. Jeremiah comes across an old man who hunts bears. He teaches Jeremiah new skills. He tells Jeremiah that the territory he is heading for is indian territory. ...
...The Crows, are killers. Jeremiah again sets off. Along his route he survives treacherous weather and the fear of the indians. He comes across a house where he finds a hysterical woman. Her husband and son have been killed and scalped by the Crows. Jeremiah helps the woman bury her family. He goes into her house to find a small boy cowering in the corner. The woman insists that Jeremiah take the boy with him on his travels. The boy does not speak ...

rufusredcoat 01.12.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Jeremiah Johnson (DVD)

Oh Boy, Hubby's film choice!

Advantages: Good music and scenery
Disadvantages: John Wayne!

...his choice. His choice being The Cowboys which was when John Wayne was at his peak so I am told. The film sees John Wayne playing the role of William Anderson who is a 60 year old ranch owner who is trying to get his cattle to market as this will be his last year due to his age. He does not have any cowboys as they have all deserted him to go in search of gold. One of his friends suggests he goes to the town school and recruit the boys to help him ...
...he has 10 of the boys at his ranch and he is training them up to help him. During the training of the boys an older man turns up who I believe is called Nightingale and joins them. Nightingale helps with the teaching of the boys and soon finds himself as their role model. They are successful in training them and they soon set off on the 400 mile journey with the cattle to get to the market. Will they all arrive and sell the cattle and what life lessons ...

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Review of The Cowboys (Deluxe Edition) (DVD)

The equal best Spaghetti Western of all time.

Advantages: Brilliant plot, acting, direction and musical score.
Disadvantages: None

This is a classic Spaghetti Western with some added dimensions that don't occur in many others. Made in 1971, filmed in Italy, and spanning 157 glorious minutes this film shows off James Coburn's and Rod Steiger's acting talents to the full. The great Sergio Leone directs and the equally great Ennio Morricone provides the music. This Spaghetti Western is unusual in so far as it is set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution and James Coburn's ...
...how you could possibly get a great film out of this but believe me this film is awesome and along side The Good, The Bad & The Ugly in my opinion is the joint best of all of the Spaghetti Westerns ever made. The two best highlights for me in the film are the opening sequences showing rich, well to do passengers eating like animals in the first class section of a train. This is a piece of cinematographic and directorial genius, and, the main "Sean, ...

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Review of A Fistful Of Dynamite (DVD)

CAHILL : UNITED STATES MARSHALL

Advantages: GOOD FILM FOR YOUNG AND OLD
Disadvantages: I SUPPOSE LIKEING WESTERNS IS ADVANTAGE

IF YOU LIKE JOHN WAYNE FILMS OR WESTERNS THIS IS A GREAT FILM TO ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION. U.s. marshal cahill has two sons who are left to there own devises and end up in big trouble with some real bad guys. the marshell is hopeing thay will tell him whats going on. he ends up getting a friend to help him catch the bad guys and to teach them a lesson. and it works .this is the film when john wayne says the famous words ( GET OFF YOUR HORSE AND DRINK ...

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Review of Cahill: United States Marshal (DVD)

You're Burnin' Daylight!

Advantages: Excellent story, fantastic cast
Disadvantages: for a western... none!

...I watched a lot of the Western Genre of films. They are my Mother's favorites, so of course she introduced them to me. I can still remember watching this film for the first time and absolutely loving it. As a kid I thought it was really cool to see a film where a lot of the characters were just about the same age as me, and they were doing things that adults thought they couldn't. Not only were they taking on adult roles, but they were successful ...
...evening. I showed him the section in my DVD case that had movies he was allowed to see, and he sat quietly on the floor looking through titles. Finally he said, "Can we watch this one?" In his hand was my copy of John Wayne and the Cowboys. It'd been ages since I'd seen the film, and truthfully I'd forgotten how much I really enjoyed it. I've also created another fan, because my nephew loved it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ...

Rahielli 10.03.2006 · Read full review
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Review of The Cowboys (DVD)