Josey Wales' Odyssey, from a man out for revenge to an outlaw on the run to a leader of a group, makes for one of the best Westerns ever. Clint Eastwood gave a great performance and one of his finest directorial efforts as well. One of my favorite films.
Loved all the cold heart one liners and those fact Clint used a lot of the same players in a lot of his films. Clint rode Norton’s & triumphs a proper mans rebel.
I just watched this movie last week. It's been years since I last watched it. It's still a great western and one of Eastwood's best. There isn't a weak character in it. It's wonderful, deep and redeeming story. They'll be watching this movie for the next 100 years.
I'm practically watching now😃. Sadly, I'm currently watching the death of the Kid played by the late great Sam Bottoms. I believe this is his first big role in movies. He was also great in Apocalypse Now.
Ultra, ultra classic. Possibly the best Eastwood movie ever, with the possibly exception of Coogan's Bluf, Dirty Harry, Pale Rider, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven, Play Misty for Me, Million Dollar Baby, The Mule, etc etc etc etc. That's the problem with Clint's movies - they're all so good. How on earth does one determine the best one?
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56 and grew up watching Clint Eastwood westerns with my older brothers. This is one of my favourites along with "High Plains Drifter" but the Dollar trilogy beats them all in my humble opinion. The final duel scene with the music in "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" is about the coolest thing put to film.
Most of this western? is great. Probably the best US western movie Eastwood ever made. The Leone westerns are fine too. Lots of good bit players in this flick. The OLd lady in the cabin is a hoot. Across the wide Missouri! Right up there with the SEarchers,Shane, as one of the greatest western films.
Of course it could be made today, we literally got Django unchained several years ago oh wait you lot got offended when we killed white slave owners but you’ll cheer for confederate trash all right.
And that is the moment I first fell in love with American Civil War- and frontier era history (it's happened at least 4-5 times in my life). Watching that river crossing scene in a Canadian theatre just a bit after my 14th birthday. The story, characters, locations, sets, costumes, props, acting and dialogue were so authentic-sounding to my young ears, and Bruce Surtees' gorgeous desaturated cinematography so earthy and real, that I felt I was there -- almost exactly a hundred years earlier, crossing the Missouri River into Indian Territory.
The two goons @5:27 are carrying 1873 Model Trapdoor Springfield rifles. I recognize them because I have one of my own. These ones fired a .45-70-405 cartridge, meaning .45 caliber firing 70 grains of powder and using a 405 grain projectile. Pretty powerful round. Expensive, too. Custer and his men carried the carbine version at the Little Bighorn. Up until after Little Bighorn, a common problem was the weapon jamming because the cartridge was made of copper and not brass. The copper, upon firing, would greatly expand and get stuck in the breech.
Nice! I owned a carbine for a time. As you mentioned, the model the 7th Cav carried. My aunt tried to mess me over when distributing my deceased Grampa's estate. She thought the carbine was worthless as it was old, beat up and filthy. As luck would have it, the serial number was very desirable. Very. I sold it to a collector and bought a car with the proceeds. LOL
One of my favorite Westerns, while I admit that parts are awkward and corny, typical of filmmaking at the time. Chief Dan George gave a most delightful and memorable performance. It's quite a saga.
Abe was played by Len Lesser who went on to play Uncle Leo on Seinfeld. After all these years I just figured that out. Unbelievable. I've seen this clip dozens of times. Why did I make the connection tonight. WoW! " The mind is a terrible thing"
@@danda219 oh yeah!! I went out and looked at his filmography. Holy Moses!! He's been a ton of stuff that I saw but didn't notice him. That's why this was such an epiphany because I've seen that clip of Josey Wells a hundred times.... SUDDENLY I recognize the voice. Unbelievable!.
William O'Connell just passed on (aged 94!) in January. You also saw him as the Orion, Thelev, in the Star Trek episode, "Journey to Babel", in which Billy Curtis (Mordecai from HPD) also appeared.
William O Connell, who played Sim the political flip-flopping boat captain in the first scene, also played the scared barber in High Plains Drifter, as Clint shot 3 goons in his barbershop. and "Abe" (len Lesser) was Sgt Bellamy in Kelly's Heroes. Clint mostly has the same close-knit group of friends in his movies.
This film is one of a kind, although it's a western/civil war story and, as such, one among many. But there is no other film like it. As great and as popular as it's always been, it is still a terribly underappreciated film. Great casting, minimalist acting (for the most part; the scene we just watched was wonderfully over-acted by the two bounty hunters: exactly as needed), and Eastwood's direction allowed the entire production to be gritty as hell, with John Vernon (Fletcher) and Paula Trueman (Grandma) among the standouts. Chief Dan George got a late start in acting, with his greatest role as "Grandfather/Old Lodge Skins" in Little Big Man; here, he's as lovable and authentic as always.
The scene just before this when he spits his tobacco on the travelling salesman and asks him how his tonic is on stains, is a great scene too. So many memorable scenes and lines in this film. The dry humour throughout it it is brilliant. Still my favourite Eastwood movie to date.
The locations and cinematography made this one of the better eastwood films. I guarantee the Coen brothers have studied this. The casting of Bill McKinney and John Vernon was perfect.
The longer I think about this movie, the better I think it is. It's got the real feeling of the grim backwoods of those days. I grew up outside Memphis hearing stories about my great-grandfather "Windy" Smith and how he survived the war as a cavalry trooper with Forrest, and the hungry years afterwards.
I seen this movie on the Big Screen when I was a young boy . Three of my friends would go to the town theater for 75cents . My town was736 population on city limit sign . Loved. Clint Eastwood movies . Wonderful memories .
Probably my favorite Clint Eastwood western. The writers also did their homework on the brutal Missouri-Kansas border guerilla fighting during the Civil War. And Clint's sharpshooter rifle was period correct with its long telescopic sights.
God I love this film. A lot of people saying best western ever but I can’t split my favourite westerns. 1. Outlaw Josey Wales 2. Shane 3. The Searchers 4. True Grit 5. Pale Rider 6. They call me Trinity What have I missed?
