And a well deserved warning, in this case. Yup, God made man. And Sam Colt made it possible for some men to make things equal. There is the potential for good and evil in any tool in the hands of men. A gun or a spade.
@@pier-lukevigneault3128 You seem to forget that with a modicum of effort you can make an explosive out of fertilizer, one such case killing more people in a attack than any mass shooting. Teachers should be allowed to arm themselves, as such will allow them to stop a shooting I their school and protect children, but sure, gun free zones have always stopped the shooter from shooting...when the inverse is proven true. Funny how the places with the least strict gun laws are some of the safest in the USA.
Even when playing villains, Alan Rickman threw in a bit of wit or humor, as if to say to the audience: "I'm not really this bad a guy. I'm just acting!" Indeed, most actors who worked with him said he was one of the kindest, most generous persons one could meet. RIP, Alan Rickman
I often find through media etc that those that play baddies, or evil characters are in fact the nicest people in real life and a lot of those that play superheroes or the hero are not so nice or just plain A Holes. Rickman was certainly one of the most underrated actors ever.
@@robertsmith5217 I’ve seen movie prop rifles auctioned off and they are pretty neat on their own. Rubber or something similar with a wooden or aluminum etc center shaft so they don’t flop around but actors can have them fall on them or on too of them with no harm. I really hope that’s what this was…
I'm a John Wayne/Clint Eastwood cowboy movies kind of guy, but Quigley Down Under is one of the best western genre movies of all time. The acting and writing/plot line are superb - a fine tribute to cowboy movies, everywhere.
I agree. Didn't see it when it was released and just thought it was a vehicle to make Selleck a movie star. But his acting was understated, the supporting cast was superb, the story enlightening. I came away thinking, "This was a good movie that would have held its own during the heyday of great Westerns." Theme wasn't bad either. Good comment.
Great movie with long range shooting. If you haven't seen it watch an old Burt Lancaster movie called, "Valdez is Coming," you will probably enjoy it as well.
Love his line at the end, "Said I never had much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." You know it's a cool statement when the bad guy dies with a smile on his face.
The first time Quigley said "I never had much use for one", I knew he was going to be called upon to use one before the end of the movie, and when Marston stood him up in front of "his old pistol target" I knew he was going to come out on top and I knew, almost to the exact words, that he was going to say what he said.
Marston's wish was to be a legendary gunfighter. He was trying to live out his fantasy but grossly underestimated his opponent. His smile was the realization that even if HE couldn't be a great pistolero, he HAD died at the hands of one (Quigley), who even had a badass quote to boot.
Quigley is thinking. “This fool. He’s got all this land, power and rich. And he was a Wild West fantasy.” POW! POW! POW! “People die in fairy tales too. What a waste.”
Yeah it tends to get overlooked as do almost all the westerns from the 80s (which was such a low period) - Pale Rider, Silverado, Man From Snowy River (another overlooked western from Australia), Lonesome Dove - we got too many things like Young Guns, Long Riders (gimmick westerns) or satires like Bronco Billy (which I did like), Three Amigos and Rustler's Rhapsody. I also enjoyed Selleck's two tv westerns - The Sacketts, Last Stand at Saber River and Shadow Riders
Dark Matter Thanks for the compliment but I did see a lot of black and white westerns featuring the cowboys from the past. Some were even silent films.
What I love is not just the fact that the good guy wins in the end, but the fact that it's the bad guy's own arrogance that gets himself killed. THAT is called poetic justice.
"An instant classic forever embedded in movie history as one of the best scenes in cinema." Biggest overstatement in the entire history of the universe, from start to finish. That's irony. I'll agree with the Rickman part. He was the best part of this, and many other films.
"That's it then. Cancel the kitchen scraps for lepers and orphans, no more merciful beheadings, and call off Christmas." - Alan Rickman starring as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves AR was one of the most humorous bad guys in movie history.
Rickman had a similar insult to Bruce Willis in Die Hard 1988, when Rickman said something like "THis time, the American Hero doesn't ride off into the sunset with Grace Kelly"
"By the way you're fired". I don't know if he threw that line in himself but it was so typical of Alan Rickman. He could generate humor in virtually any situation. Such a great actor. I think over the years Tom Selleck was under rated as well. Always believable. If you were going to war you could do worse than having him nearby.
Alan made every movie he was in so much better. And you're right about Selleck. The first serious role I remember him in was Runaway. One of my favorites.
The thing that I liked about Rickman's villains were the small nuances that he gave them; after Quigley makes the last comment ["didn't say I didn't know how to use one"], Rickman's villain smiles as he's dying, as if he appreciates the humor/ irony of the situation. The man -and his characters- had serious CLASS. Sure do miss him...
I have this movie on Blu-ray. Love the last line he says to him. "Said I didn't have much use for one. Never said I didn't know how to use it." Classic.
@@MoxieMike66 Thanx, and no need to be sorry. I've always liked this movie, have watched it many times and have also been to Australia many times, and since my wife is Australian, has a brother there who is about a week older than I and who still lives in Melbourne, we have been there many times to visit. One of my all-time favorite movies and was actually introduced to me by my youngest son. My AU wife went to London for a visit, lived there a while and then came to visit the USA on a visa and never left. I met her while on a solo motorcycle ride and married her two years later. From our home at 1100', we have an excellent view of the ocean and every clear day will find us on our deck observing the sunset, always on the lookout for that ever ellusive ''green flash''. BHE
When messing around on set, they found Alan Rickman was the fastest draw, even though he hated guns, never owned one and only ever held prop guns in his life.
In older times of movie history this movie would have had a much larger box office draw. It was as fun to watch as other movies of action and adventure including Indiana Jones. We can blame youth not having an interest in the Westerns genre, only thing I might find if I did some digging is perhaps the marketing of this movie wasn't good. Rickman and Selleck would not be to blame at all they did a fabulous job acting and being in character as Ralston and Quigley.
WeWantSome FallenStarNow I really enjoyed “The Sacketts” as well. Glenn Ford as Tom Sunday was incredible as was Ben Johnson as Cap Roundtree. Not to mention Sam Elliott.
I liked the Sacketts movies a lot but if you really want to get into the characters and the family bonds, you should read Louis L'Amours Sackett books. He wrote 16 novels about the Sackett family plus multiple stories. Sackett family members also appeared in several other of L'Amour's books as secondary characters. He wanted to write half a dozen more but died before he could accomplish it. His intention was to cover a family from their roots in England until the end of the 19th Century, covering the branches in the Caribbean, in the Revolutionary War, as Mountain Men, in the Civil War and as miners and cattlemen throughout the history of the western expansion. He was a marvelous author, and did not restrict himself to Westerns, although that was his most well known genre.
@@donwild50 I've read The Sacketts series of books several times. Just can't get enough of those stories, so well written and full of life. Read a few of his other stories as well, Kid Rodelo, Lando, Bendigo Shafter, Yondering, The Man From The Broken Hills, Hondo, Last Stand at Papago Wells, The Man from Skibbereen, The Quick and the Dead, Last of the Breed, Milo Talon and Fair Blows The Wind. All are well written and take you on the adventure of a lifetime.
One of my favourite movies of all time of both Tom Selleck and Alan Rickman and to have them both in one epic movie that was truly entertaining was a cinematic treat!
" I said I never had much use for one.....Never said I didn't know how to use it " That has got to be one of the Best Lines in a Western. Right up there with Eastwood's " Dying ain't much of a living boy "
Nice touch, the little gunslinger twirl as shoves the revolver into his belt, great scene. Good to see Selleck before he became a reverse mortgage salesman.
Laura San Giacomo was superb too. The scene where she fights off the dingos is a defining moment for her deeply troubled, but heroic character, just a beautiful performance.
They have had a good natured competition going on for a while now. They are friends. In The Ranch on Netflix there were several joking comments made about Tom Sellecks moustache being the best. Sam Elliot was in that.
Is it really 31 yrs since I watched this film on VHS. I wasn't so sure when I first heard about it having been made in Australia they usually had the same half dozen actors in them but with Alan Rickman and Tom Selleck (Magnum) starring I soon changed my mind, thank goodness I did. An excellent cowboy style film set in the mid 1850's in the rugged Australian outback.
You don't get to write screenplay so you're bitter? lol. It's not bullshit. You don't like the ending which is fine. But it's plausible. Which is all that's required. Peace out.
The rifle had more use than the revolver did. You learn basic shooting and target acquisition with the pistol, then move on to the rifle for distance shooting. Pistols weren't very good past 15yards, at best. Only use for them was close-range self-defense.
"this ant dodge city... and you ant Bill Hickok" great quote from a great movie.... havent seen this one in years gonna have to watch it again soon... and yeah... Allan Rickman was and still is one of my favorite actors of all time.... gone but NEVER forgotten... R.i.P. Mr Rickman
John Williamson he was also very memorable as the villain Hans Gruber in Die Hard one of my favorite roles of his and consider more of a role to remember him by then people I know remember him as Snape in Harry Potter movies.
I always thought it was to the Rickman character's credit that even in the instants before his death he was able to smile at the fact that his own assumption had gotten him killed.
This is a timeless classic and Tom's best movie in my opinion. My favorite line... "I said I never had much use for one, never said I didn't know how to use it."
“This ain’t dodge city and you ain’t Bill Hickcok” followed up by one of the best shoot downs in movie history that’s why Tom will always be up there and his stache will only ever be rivaled by Sam Elliot
I love Selleck's westerns. This one, "Last Stand at Saber River, Crossfire Trail", and I think as his best performance portraying a fading cowboy as a new era is ushering in and passing him by "Monte Walsh". "You have no idea just how little I care!" is one of his signature lines in that last movie.
Alan Rickman was (according to reports) a gentle man but well trained in the thespian craft. But he was outstanding when he played a villain or a seriously flawed character.
He was a down to earth actor who was known as a stage actor prior to starring in his very first movie role as Hans Gruber in Die Hard in 1988 at age 41. He was recluant at first as he was afraid to be typecast as primary villain which he was in Robin Hood Prince Of Thieves and Quiqley Down Under before wanting to do more drama roles.
alan did a great job playing snape on harry potter what was not known was alan was the Only character who knew the ending of the movie and snape no one else did the first day on the set he had a meeting with the author of the books i think it helped him developed snape the way he did
this is an all time classic movie...the location is breath taking the cast is superb and the chemistry between the actors makes this movie a classic//i own the movie and watch time and again...well done Hollywood
3:27 Never even got the hammer cocked... and he was Quigley's _second_ shot... When somebody thinks they're a fast draw, and finds out the hard way they aren't.
Yea, and after Quigley tells him "I said l never had much use for one. l never said l didnt know how to use one" his last thought before dying was, "Damn...was l stupid!😖"
An absolutely brilliant movie I have watched many times, well produced, well acted, great settings and some great lines. Amazing that it is not known about by so many people. Think I might just have to watch again.
Alan Rickman usually played villains, but in almost every instance he upstaged the protagonist lead. Think Robin Hood (with Kevin Costner), Die Hard, perhaps Quigley .... He somehow found just the right blend of menacing evil with an undercurrent of subtle tongue-in-cheek comedy. One of my favorite actors, will be missed ----And by the way ... this scene is badassss! :)
He was the ONLY good thing in Robin Hood. I laughed my ass off at most of his scenes. Kostner is a piece of wood next to him. Hell, Bruce Willis couldn't ham it up enough to out do Rickman for screen presence.
@@slowpokebr549 Its doubly funny as he was under contract to make the film, despite hating the role and not wanting anything to do with a Costner Robin Hood. He hammed it up hoping they would let him out of it, and ended up the only good part.
I've seen them all: silent westerns, A-westerns, B-westerns, "C-westerns", Spaghetti westerns, Sauerkraut westerns, and what else there is. I stil say this is one of the great ones, and Tom Selleck outclasses many other actors in the genre. A pity he didn't make a lot more westerns. Period!
Jan. 3, 2021----The one thing I liked about this scene was the momentary look on Ricks face when Quigley tells him this ain't Dodge City and you ain't Bill Hickock, making Rick realize HE can die even with the odds stacked against Quigley. World of difference shooting unarmed aborigines vs facing a man with a pistol and WON'T back down.
Marsten was a bully, and a coward at that, unless he felt he had the upper hand. When the three hands are chasing him down the mountain, Marsten looks over at Dobkin and says, "Get up there." Never do the job yourself, but of course, when your men fail, it's their fault, not yours.....Marsten's hubris got the better of him in the end. I like the smile Quigley gives him as he's taking off the glove..."This ain't Dodge City......."
@@billyboblillybob344 I think he put Rickman in his place with that line much better than Eastwood's dyin' ain't much of a living line. Both knew that their enemy was about to die.
@@chrisflaherty8991 I understand that but Marsten was a victim of his own arrogance, paying with his life. Josey Wales had the biggest target on his back in several states so he was always dealing with unknowns trying to kill him. A man's gotta do something for a livin' these days, applied to many desperate people. It's really just a matter of taste though. Both are very well placed one-liners for their respective stories.
@@billyboblillybob344 And Marsten's arrogance made him a more powerful target for the death he was dealt, largely because he didn't see himself as arrogant or inferior to Quigley. Had Eastwood's foe had similar braggadocio instead of fear the scene from Josey Wales would have been more compelling.
When you think of it, that sentence was a last warning to tell, Alan Rickmanns bad guy character, that he was way out of his depth. Play with fire and you get burned 🤔🤔🤔
I love this movie. One of the best westerns ever (Lonesome Dove being #1). I must have watched this movie dozens and dozens of time with my dad before he pointed out the part where Quigley stops his horse on the way up the hill and turns around to just sit and look at Cora, something her husband didn't do when he left her. I had never realized it until then. Now, wow, one of the most romantic scenes I've ever watched in a movie.
@@1968CudaGuy there are some interesting incidents when priceless props were not swapped put. A Martin guitar was smashed and a small model ship. Both were worth about $100,000 .
iirc there was at least one prop rifle, plus a couple of fully functional extras. Also the Sharps was an incredibly robust firearm, and being tossed in the dirt would likely not have incurred much damage, if any at all.
If Quigley is on and I’m flipping through the channels. Guess what I’m watching. I doesn’t matter if it just started or is almost over, I’m watching it.
I thought it was hilarious. "What the fuck are you doing?" They give a guy who makes a living at using firearms a firearm, as if it being a revolver will make a difference.
