As a Cub Scout in the late 60s I was absolutely blown away to meet the legendary Chief Dan George at a Scout Jamboree near Dallas. We were completely hypnotized by his stories. One of the kindest wisest humans I've ever met. He could paint pictures in your mind. It changed my life. What an honor.
You Lucky lucky Man .. i feel he touched you from another world you never knew .. How Beautiful is that !!! I hope & wish your life is full & well ?? My sister says to me'' if I aint Native in this life, You might be in the next........... Does the Great Spirit work like that ?? Any how Josey was the best in the West'' & I know he won't like it because No one in the world is the BEST. Let's not blow ourselves UP OK .
Ah, we now live in a world without great story tellers. I really agree with you, Bryan. What's funny is when I read your comment, my first thought was how cool it would be to sit with you and hear the story of meeting Dan George. Good story tellers are passed from father or mother to child. I promise you, Dan George had a great grandfather who told beautiful stories of brave warriors and the sweet young wičhíŋčala who awaited their return.
As a new EMT I used to transport a native woman 125 miles three times a week to dialysis treatments. Very nice lady. She kind of adopted me into her family and home. She told me stories about notable mountain views and streams that had importance to her tribe. I'll never forget her. I loved those stories, and to this day they are important to me too.
People always rave about "Unforgiven" as Clint's best western. Don't get me wrong because it is a fine movie.....but I always have enjoyed "The Outlaw Josey Wales" so much more.
John Fuentes Unforgiven‘s a great Western swan song for Eastwood because it was his last one and he went out on a high note with that movie. However The Outlaw Josey Wales was made while he was still young and in his prime. It depends on how you look at where he was at during those two movies.
John F: I agree with you. I have never been a huge fan of Unforgiven. But that is my problem. I understand and recognize that tons of other people have raved about it. And frankly .... wait. I will make a separate comment about MY favorite Clint western ...
Josie: "Whenever I get to liking someone they ain't around long." Chief: "I noticed when you get to disliking someone they ain't around for long neither."
The scene with Josey and Ten Bears is the most powerful scene in any movie I've ever watched. The straight forward talk, honesty and respect between these two men is memorable and deeply moving. I always thought that if people would live by the words and the code they displayed, war and conflict would cease to exist.
I too was moved by this riviting scene. I was hoping to see it again, but I guess I will just have to watch this movie again, but that's ok. Like two other movies, Stagecoach (John Wayne) and The Treasure of Sierra Madre, I never get tired of watching them.
@@marksisto900 "Dyin ain`t hard for men like us, It`s livin thats hard" I aint promisin you nuthin, and you don`t have to promise me. I am just sayin that men can live together without butcherin each other"
Agreed. The whole cast was great, but Will Sampson as Ten Bears was on another level. You literally don't know if everyone's going to make peace, start killing each other, or what. The tension is palpable, even after Ten Bears says "It shall be life."
My father was a man who never liked going to the movies, but for some reason he decided that he, myself, and my two brothers were going to see this movie together. My sister and mom were not invited. I didn't want to go because I thought the movie was going to be lame, but my father gave me no choice, so we all went together. Needless to say, I fell in love with the movie as did my brothers. My father passed away many years ago, but my brothers and I still quote this movie to each other all the time, and remember my father and the bonding we had that day. One of my most enduring and endearing memories of my youth.
My dad and I used to quote this movie back and forth. His favorite line was " Thats a nice horse ya got there mister, ya wanna sell it? When he got sick we watched this movie together the day before he passed.
The Outlaw Josey Wales and Jeremiah Johnson are two films that should be on every fathers movie list to bring his children to see. Both of these films bring visions of wonderment to children of all ages.
So funny you should mention fathers in connection with these two movies. I saw both movies with my family and my father was a die hard western fan. I always think of my father whenever I see either of these titles mentioned.
The Outlaw Josey Wales is still one of my favourite movies of all time, I'm 51, I watch it at least once a year still, along with Pale Rider and The Unforgiven. Oh, and, "Yeah, I Reckon", thanks for the line, I've been using that line for 30 years, still, probably ten times a week, three short words that pretty much says it all, in many situations.
I just loved Dan George .. I loved the line about he did not surrender but his horse surrendering and pulling a cart in Kansas somewhere. Over all just another great Eastwood movie...
John B Truly a great line. For me what made it so great was that the character never surrendered his self respect or his dignity. And that line brought to mind something my Japenese step mother told me. She and her family were in prison camps during WWII. The conscious mindset she had then and through her life was, "I shall not be defeated". Pretty powerful considering her family was not happy with her not marrying a Japenese man and she endured a lot of issues, from many directions, being in a mixed marriage. Never the victim and she love her Lakers. Sorry folks for getting slightly off topic.
vinyltapelover My dad was civilian POW in Japanese POW slave labor camps in Shanghai and Osaka. He was a wise man. He said the Japanese soldiers did what their government ordered them to do. Just like me. My government ordered me to go to Wake Island and I was captured. Dad ate 1 cup of rice a day for 4 years. We all suffer.
So many great quotes from this film. One of my favorites: "When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long." "Well I noticed when you get to dislikin' someone, they ain't around long neither.".... Epic.
my favorite quote is towards the end... at the bar...when the guy says "well a man's got to make a living"...and Jose Wales says "dying aint' much of a living"....
Saw this movie in a theater in the summer of '76 when I was 14. Theaters back then weren't multiplexes, they had big screens and made everything seem larger than life and so left lasting impressions. This movie is just great storytelling and stands up to the test of time. "I guess we all died a little in that damn war."
I was a kid during these times and it was a good time. I liked my country much better then. A time that is lost and someday will be forgotten. Breaks my heart.
Amazing to see how Mr Eastwood directed and acted at the same time, such responsibility to get the job done. He had to know everyone elses lines along with is own. Great behind the scenes coverage. Clint Eastwood is a true larger than life movie legend. The early spaghetti westerns are some of my favorites, lots of foreign talent from on screen, directing and music. Truly fantastic trade craft. Current Hollyweirds/China money have destroyed the Hollyweird movie brand.
I think OLJW is Not only A Great Western, it's ICONIC. I lost our DAD in May 19th 2022 this year. But his love of westerns never changed his Love of Life. R.I.P. Josey & My Pa
The behind the scenes footage, particularly Clint directing, in his prime, is priceless. Each moment, each piece of the film puzzle coming together, the peering behind the movie-making magic curtain of a film classic like this that is so iconic, is a historical document of not only the creative process, but one of cinema's greatest revisionist westerns put to celluloid. I can't tell you what a kick it is to see Clint's directing style. I've read about his casual, low key approach for decades in print and imagined it, but now here it is in living color, we can see what that actually looks like in real time at the moment a cinema classic was being birthed. He cracked the code on the directing style that would best suit his needs and I love his no bullsh*t approach to filmmaking. Two takes at the most and moving on. The fact there was a personal change at the highest, most crucial behind the scenes position: the director and the STAR of your movie takes over, seems a fools errand and impossible task, and yet, he made it seem seemless, effortless and what is insanely difficult to pull off look easy. That's a gift. And remember, they were days behind in the production schedule when filming halted to address the monumentious director change and by the end when filming wrapped, they came in 8 days early. That is unheard of in Hollywood which is just par the course for Mr.Eastwood. What a pro.
Josey Wales was horribly, horribly directed. The massacre scene might just be the worst 'action' scene ever directed. It looks exactly like it was cut together from random shots of people firing guns and characters falling down with screams dubbed in. There's no geography. The camera is set low so that the clumsiness and incoherence of it all is less evident. Simply awful.
Clint Eastwood paid attention to director Sergio Leone during the making of the "Man with No Name" trilogy. And, I seem to recall - in a different interview that Clint has credited Leone with providing a guiding example in some of his directing techniques. Likewise, I would guess that some of those that Eastwood has directed, went on to use some of those techniques as well. film making legacy......
Pablo, good comment! Clint Eastwood was certainly doing the lion's share of the acting, the directing, the coaching of the actors, watching the dailies and the planning for the next day of shooting. That is a lot of hats to wear and responsibility to shoulder.
In my estimation “The Outlaw Josey Wales” is BY FAR the best work Clint Eastwood directed or appeared in as an actor. This movie has it all. Josey’s final words with the slow reprise of “Rose of Alabama” as the accompanying score is a moment that is unmatched in American cinema. That’s my view of it.
I don't think that the "powers that be" wants us to see movies like this. It gives people a certain nobility; a path to heroism that does not go along with their plans.
Definitely one of the greatest westerns ever made. I think Chief Dan George was the key to this movie being so great. He was just natural and his comedic timing was spot on…
Not just him, but it's because one neat character, good or bad, is introduced after another as the story moves on. Some of my favorite characters in it are Vernon and McKinney's characters and even the one politician or whatever that says 'go get him'. Meaty, well cast actors.
My favorite movie of all time. Besides being entertaining, it has many examples of morality and the fight between good and evil. "Whenever I like someone they don't live long." "Whenever you don't like someone they don't live long either."
If you ever want to smile...first, watch this movie (if you are one of the twelve people who haven't seen it) and then watch this video. I'd bet a dollar to donuts you are smiling when it ends...great job Mr. Eastwood. Thank you for all the movie moments you have brought to our lives.
Clint Eastwood just has to be one of the most talented actor/director and most understanding script reader there has been this century ! Hope he stays with us for many more years .. let’s face it Clint’s got to make the 100 + 🙏
My favourite Eastwood story; After filming a scene, the Director called 'Cut' and said to him, 'Clint, that was perfect, We'll just do another take.' Clint replied, 'Perfect is as good as I get.' and walked off the set.
I love how at the end, despite all of the danger he has faced and overcome, he is defeated by an old lady's look of warning ... he swallows the chaw spit. Take it from one who knows, that in itself is an heroic act. You really, really, _REALLY_ don't want to swallow chaw spit.
Thank you Mr. Clint Eastwood. In my humble opinion, you have made some of the best films that Hollywood has ever had in its entire dark history. Fare thee well.
One of my absolute favorite movies of all time. Filled with some of the greatest quotes of all time. We used to sit around the campfire and quote this movie over and over again. Great Job!!
The only better quote movie is tombstone. But the speech about the iron must come from men is so damn powerful in its delivery....." the iron must come from men." Every viewing i get goosebumps.
Listening to John Vernon speak glowingly about Clint's direction style really shows the respect and camaraderie that is exchanged by these true professionals. They support, encourage and respect each other; it's not a competition or a pissing contest. These guys surely are a different breed and the way they live and work shows their real humanity.
Greatest western ever. One of the best movies ever made. There just aren’t any bad things about this movie. The characters are classic, the actors were perfect, the story is excellent. The style, the score, everything gels and works. So many classic lines delivered perfectly. This is one of those rare movies that if you are changing channels and its on...you are done for the night. Stops you every time. Thank you Clint for making such a great movie, casting such great natural actors and bring to life a rugged time in this country’s history. Love the Native Americans and their realness. Finally, thanks for going with your gut and not following other studios who said the western was dead. Far from it. It is still alive and well today!!
so much was so good and so right,,some majors flaws though..like sharp shooting with a gattling gun,,hitting soldiers but not horses.... Too many very dark, as in lighting, scenes,, but all in all great fun. Open Range , much better.
@@DenkyManner, I would suggest that slavery didn't have anything to do with Wales. It's not like these men were fighting for the confederacy when their families were murdered. Poor farmers didn't own slaves...
@@DenkyManner and it didn't address a woman's right to control her body...and it didn't show respect to men who want to be women or women who want to be men or teaching 6 yr olds about gender or changing gender...or men wanting to use women's bathrooms....or...or...or a lot of other social justice! You have totally changed my mind on this movie....lol
Any western with Clint Eastwood is classic. My all time favorite cowboy on silver screen. His later westerns felt real, gritty, raw. They portrayed the hardships and brutality of the old west. Whether the land, elements, other individuals or situations, Eastwoods westerns presented an outlook of reality.
Well Done Mr Clint Eastwood.....I was only 15 but Dad loved westerns.... He went to see Magnificent 7. 36 times in a row. My son loved ya spitting on the dawg & had to watch it several times in cackles . Thankyou & all the crew must of been a great event in the making. Love JBXX
Josey Wales never wanted to go to war but war came to him and started something it couldn't finish . This movie has so much depth and emotion it draws you into the scenes, it's not only an epic western and action film but also a drama and comedy. Just like Odysseus and Achilles names remembered for thousands of years maybe one day in the distant future a father will tell his son the story of the outlaw Josey Wales.
Clint no one has even come close to doing it like you. A great talent who knows life so well. I knew back in the Rawhide days that you were destined for greatness and you exceeded my vision.
There are many songs you can hear over and over and never get tired of them but not as many movies ....Like Casablanca, Trains Planes and Automobiles and Josie they are like sacred rituals once a year to reconnect with that something...can be different for everybody...that triggers in you what might be never spoken of but speaks to you....Thanks Clint.😎
This many years later, me and my friends are still throwing lines from the movie at each other. Always a good measure of how good a movie is, at least most of the time. :-)
Mr Eastwood was my childhood movie hero and he's still my hero and the only actor I would really like to meet and thank for all the entertaining he's provided throughout my life, I hope he lives to be at least 200 and keeps making and starring in movies.
Clint Eastwood.. a true classic man. Many always think of him as an actor, not a behind the screens man But he was so talented there as well. Worked so well, taught many.
Forrest Carter visited me at my home in Dallas several times back in 1979 after this film was so magnificently made. Many have criticized him for things, but I found him to be a humble man who was trying to change his earlier reputation. He was so masterful in writing and I think one of the best in America. He drew a crowd no matter where we went. At the time, I knew very little about him, but he became a friend. He said Clint was the best moviemaker this country ever produced. He loved the film and so do I.
A college student when this movie was released, I saw it in a theater, and was so impressed that I returned the next night to watch it again. It remains my favorite Eastwood film , and one of my favorite films ever.
One of my favorite westerns and today I see the total resemblance of Clint's son in his movies of today's times. Clint broke Hollywood so many times making HIS stories and I have loved him forever even as his health is in jeopardy today he will live on in history as one of the GOODGUYS.
First time I've seen this making of Josey Wales... Incredible! Fell in love with it all over again! One of the greatest westerns ever! Saw it when I was a kid and watched it a few times since! Enjoy it like the first time every time! GodSpeed Clint! So nice to see you in your own laid back way!
The absolute best western ever made.... From a true icon of acting, film making , and story telling .I must've seen it 30 times and there will be a 31st I'm sure...thanx Clint
Chief Dan George, the Indian girl & Ten Bears were remarkable. Clint & the young man gutshot singing the Rose of Alabama were unforgettable - "I ain't your Pa," classic line. The salesman plying his trade with a gob of spit on his jacket and the toll operator singing to the North & south while the old lady smoking on the porch added to the realism. Granny, with her cockyness looking for her son in the bar with her grandaughter & a cast of bar characters who joined the Mr. Wilson family. The redlegs got their just rewards as fellow southerner put to rest all notions of Josey on this side of the border. Great film, never tire of seeing it.
My favorite movie of all time , I am 64. This movie is historical story telling. Mr Eastwood's master piece. His craftsmanship is at his Zenith in this film.
The Outlaw Josey Wales was the first Clint Eastwood western that I ever saw in the theater as an 8 year old. It is still my favorite Clint Eastwood western. With apologies to The Good The Bad and The Ugly. And High Plains Drifter.
Saw it when it came out. 40 years later still one of my favorite movies ever. Unforgiven is fabulous, too. Clint has gotten better and better with each movie
Pale Rider deserves a place besides Josey Wales and Unforgiven as a top western. The archetypal jungian hero in the Far West. I know, the film faced both the pros and cons of being a remake of sorts of the outstanding, classical Shane. Passed the test with flying colors. The hurdle was very high.
What’s the best western ever? Who’s to say.. So many greats. Searchers, Liberty Vance, even Unforgiven. For my money, Josey Wales outshines them all. Always a pleasure to watch!
My oldest brother took me and my brother to see this at the drive in. Double feature The Outlaw Jose Wales and Paint the Town Red. He popped filled a large paper grocer sack with popcorn and we set off. I was 9 years old and my brother 11. 😂 I think my oldest brother was 24 and may have been babysitting while our parents were out of town. Guys night out! ‘I be lookin’ for a man named Jose Wales.’ Dyin ain’t much of a livin boy.’ Great movies both!
Biggest iconic movie star Legend,he has had such a longevity,last man still standing in Hollywood of his era,never be another Clint Eastwood, like the saying never be another Elvis.
One of the best of the many best Clint Eastwood Westerns. None of them ever grow old. It's hard to pick a favorite but Jose is in the top 2. Got to love the good bad and ugly. And a fist full of dollars and, and, and etc
I had the pleasure of speaking with Fargo Graham on numerous occasions here in Willcox, Arizona about this movie and many others. Fargo was the "animal handler" for many movies during this time frame. He recalled meeting Mr. Eastwood and drinking whiskey. A departed generation and we are less for it.
I love ❤️ all Clint Eastwood shows!I have been fan of his since his Rawhide shows long time ago when I was a kid! The rawhide theme song I always think is the best western theme song! Outlaw Josey Wales is another great movie of his! 👏💯❤️
In 2021 this film is still one of my top 5 of all time films, now having seen the magic behind the scenes it will remain there. Sad though that many actors are no longer with us but they are remembered on film for posterity.
I've learned , over the years...to FORCE myself to FOCUS on OTHER parts of the movie , instead of the usual focal points and what they most likely intended everybody to focus on. There is SO MUCH MORE actually going on than people ever realize. Ya GOTTA watch a movie like this multiple times to get it's full effect.
@@dennisyoung7363 SMH...LOL...And he could have spelled his name , Josie....Crazy thought , but still funny ; even as much as I love and respect this movie as my favorite of all time.
Has anyone else realized after all these years, what his spitting on the dog meant? He confirms it in this documentary. People always remember those scenes. It symbolizes a man who has lost so much, and the dog is man's best friend. Symbolizing attachment, and his refusal of the loss that comes with it. Absolutely incredible how Eastwood hid this meaning in this film with those few scenes. Everyone remembers it. Complete subtle genius.
I picked up the book Gone to Texas in my school library in about 1975. I loved it! Then suddenly a year or two later I saw the advertisement on tv for the outlaw Josey Wales and was stunned to see it was now a movie starring no less than Clint Eastwood, I told all my friends that this was the book that I had told them about! None of them believed me so I told them the story and after they saw the movie I showed them how I had mastered the “Kentucky Roll” that Josey had done in the movie. I have a lot of great memories surrounding that movie.