Western Movies

[bobarian]

My Name is Nobody-Henry Fonda, Terrance Hill
My Darling Clementine-Henry Fonda, Walter Brennan
Red River-John Wayne
High Noon-Gary Cooper
Rio Bravo-John Wayne, Angie Dickinson
High Plains Drifter-Clint Eastwood

Originally Posted by icehog3

Have you seen "Unforgiven"????

Oddly, no.

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by Darrell

Oddly, no.

You need to.

[MajorCaptSilly]

Originally Posted by Texan in Mexico

I would have to agree with you - the list goes on and on for me but I really like ones with a Mayberryesque quality to them:

Tom Mix comes to mind

Some really good flicks that I like -

Stagecoach

The man who shot Liberty Vallance

The Shootist

The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance is one of my favorite movies of all time!

MCS

[kugie]

Winchester '73
Silverado. One of my Favorites (it's like RUDY I can't Shut it off)
Firefly Not really a Western But a great Western Theme.
The Searchers John Wayne
Cat Ballou
Sons of Katie Elder
Unforgiven "Well, he should have armed himself if he's going to decorate his saloon with my friend"
I got A whole Bunch More But I don't have the Time.

[WyoBob]

Originally Posted by Tombstone

Robert Duval is my favorite actor. His acting in Lonesome Dove and Open Range is legend. He is a true American.

He's really good in "Second Hand Lions", too. One of my favorite non-westerns.

I'd add to the many movies listed (maybe not truly "westerns"): Quigly Down Under, Dances with Wolves and Little Big Man.

WyoBob

[hotreds]

C'era una Volta il West.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azK1d...eature=related

[stevefrench]

I like western movies! Some of my favorites are:
Fort Apache
She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
Stagecoach
Open Range
Red River
Wyatt Earp
Unforgiven
Pale Rider
The Searchers
Rio Bravo
Jesse James
The Return Of Frank James
Lots of cigars in these movies too!

[muziq]

Although typically not considered a western in the same breath as the period pieces (i.e. The Searchers), it would be hard to find a more iconic "modern" western character than Paul Newman's Hud in the film of the same name.

[galaga]

Favorite is OJWales, the Searchers and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.

A few others not mentioned yet:

The Magnificent Seven (A Kurosawa Samurai flick)
Brynner, Wallach, McQueen, Bronson, Coburn

One-Eyed jacks (Brando's best Western)
Brando & Malden

Lonely Are the Brave (from a Edward Abbey novel)
Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Bogart and Huston (Badges? We ain't got no....)

[mugwump]

I've always appreciated the anti-hero aspect of many Westerns. My all-time favorite would have to be "The Professionals." I like how it covers the time period when the traditional Old West was starting to give way to the modern era of automobiles. Plus Burt Lancaster makes for a great scene-chewing villain.

[kugie]

Originally Posted by galaga

Favorite is OJWales, the Searchers and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon.

A few others not mentioned yet:

The Magnificent Seven (A Kurosawa Samurai flick)
Brynner, Wallach, McQueen, Bronson, Coburn

One-Eyed jacks (Brando's best Western)
Brando & Malden

Lonely Are the Brave (from a Edward Abbey novel)
Kirk Douglas, Walter Matthau

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Bogart and Huston (Badges? We ain't got no....)

I think the magnificent Seven One of the reatest Was not mentioned. One of the Best

[icehog3]

Originally Posted by muziq

Although typically not considered a western in the same breath as the period pieces (i.e. The Searchers), it would be hard to find a more iconic "modern" western character than Paul Newman's Hud in the film of the same name.

I must be psychic, Heath, I put "Hud" in the movie title thread 30 seconds before reading this....wow.

[JohnnyFlake]

Like everyone here, I absolutely love Westerns. All the movies mentioned so far are great in their own way!

A couple that I really enjoy, that have not been mentioned, unless I missed seeing them, are:

Gun Fighter's Moon (Lance Hendrix)

Purgatory (Eric Roberts, Sam Shepard, Randy Quaid, Donnie Wahlberg & others)

They are great films!!!

Question:
Many, many of you list "Tombstone", and I agree, it's a great movie!
My question though, is which version of "Tombstone", of the two most recent, is your favorite. One stars Kurt Russell & one stars Kevin Costner?

Personally, I like them both, a lot! However, if forced to choose one over the other, I would go with the Kevin Costner version!

[shilala]

Originally Posted by bobarian

My Name is Nobody-Henry Fonda, Terrance Hill
My Darling Clementine-Henry Fonda, Walter Brennan
Red River-John Wayne
High Noon-Gary Cooper
Rio Bravo-John Wayne, Angie Dickinson
High Plains Drifter-Clint Eastwood

I love old spaghetti westerns. Clint owns the genre, but I would probably have to chose "My Name Is Nobody" as my all-time favorite.
I'm glad Bob mentioned it because I couldn't believe it wasn't on the first page.

I recently watched a comedy spaghetti western that was really good.
It's spanish and it's subtitled, but it was big fun.
It's called 800 Bullets. Here's a link.
It's definately worth the $1.99 at Blockbuster. One of the user comments on that page I linked says "A touching and funny homage to Spaghetti Westerns and film-making in general."
It's exactly that. It's not going to win any awards, but it pleasantly surprised me. I'd love to sit and watch it again.

[acarr]

Young Guns
For a Few Dollars More
Joe Kidd

Originally Posted by JohnnyFlake

Question:
Many, many of you list "Tombstone", and I agree, it's a great movie!
My question though, is which version of "Tombstone", of the two most recent, is your favorite. One stars Kurt Russell & one stars Kevin Costner?

Personally, I like them both, a lot! However, if forced to choose one over the other, I would go with the Kevin Costner version!

I think you mean Wyatt Earp, which starred Costner. I have to go with the Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer in Tombstone. That film is so much better IMO.

[Snake Hips]

Just bought a collection of really crappy spaghetti westerns at Wal-Mart for the purpose of making fun of them, Mystery Science Theater style. Rage At Dawn was an insta-classic I'm still trying wondering where the rage is!

[muziq]

Originally Posted by icehog3

I must be psychic, Heath, I put "Hud" in the movie title thread 30 seconds before reading this....wow.

Well, you're *something,* Tom...

Another non-traditional fav western for me is All The Pretty Horses. The book is a better-told story, but the film still has some great acting and an interesting cross-border storyline.

[borndead1]

"Death Rides a Horse" is one of the great underrated westerns IMO. Lee Van Cleef is in it...and he DOESN'T play a bad guy!