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Posted on 4/11/25 at 9:55 am to JackDempsey
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In late April the 4k discs of Josey Wales, Pale Rider and Dirty Harry arrive.
I hope they put in the effort for a good remastering, The Searchers is phenomenal.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 9:59 am to Ace Midnight
Eastwood appeared in only 15 Western films.
He was uncredited in small role in Star in the Dust (Charles Haas directed John Agar, Mamie Van Doren and Richard Boone as the main roles)
He was support in the Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing, Barry Nelson comedy, The First Traveling Saleslady, directed by Arthur Lubin
He was chief support to Scott Brady and Margia Dean in the Jodie Copelan-directed Ambush at Cimarron Pass.
Then he was lead in the Man With No Name (Sergio Leone) trilogy (Fist Full of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Then Hang 'Em High (directed by Ted Post) and Paint Your Wagon (dir. Joshua Logan) to finish out the 1960s.
Then Two Mules for Sister Sara (with Shirley MacLaine) and The Beguiled (both directed by Don Siegel), Joe Kidd (John Sturges) and High Plains Drifter (when he started directing his own Westerns and has done so since) prior to Josey Wales.
Since Josey Wales, he starred in/directed Pale Rider and Unforgiven.
In the grand scheme of things, Josey Wales might be the greatest Western of all times (with all due respect to The Searchers).
Josey Wales is also the source for the "Clint Eastwood" rule of director's guild. (No member of the guild may be fired and replaced by a producer or member of the cast, already assigned to the film.)
He was uncredited in small role in Star in the Dust (Charles Haas directed John Agar, Mamie Van Doren and Richard Boone as the main roles)
He was support in the Ginger Rogers, Carol Channing, Barry Nelson comedy, The First Traveling Saleslady, directed by Arthur Lubin
He was chief support to Scott Brady and Margia Dean in the Jodie Copelan-directed Ambush at Cimarron Pass.
Then he was lead in the Man With No Name (Sergio Leone) trilogy (Fist Full of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Then Hang 'Em High (directed by Ted Post) and Paint Your Wagon (dir. Joshua Logan) to finish out the 1960s.
Then Two Mules for Sister Sara (with Shirley MacLaine) and The Beguiled (both directed by Don Siegel), Joe Kidd (John Sturges) and High Plains Drifter (when he started directing his own Westerns and has done so since) prior to Josey Wales.
Since Josey Wales, he starred in/directed Pale Rider and Unforgiven.
In the grand scheme of things, Josey Wales might be the greatest Western of all times (with all due respect to The Searchers).
Josey Wales is also the source for the "Clint Eastwood" rule of director's guild. (No member of the guild may be fired and replaced by a producer or member of the cast, already assigned to the film.)
This post was edited on 4/11/25 at 11:46 am
Posted on 4/11/25 at 10:33 am to Dawgirl
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But Outlaw is a masterpiece.
absolutely.
Not sure if you saw the recent western "Old Henry", but I enjoyed the hell out of it. It aint in the class of Outlaw, but it was damn good IMO.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 10:46 am to St Augustine
Hang Em High, For a Few Dollars More
Posted on 4/11/25 at 10:46 am to Dawgirl
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Best western he made.
quote:It's epic in every sense of the word.
GBU
Josey Wales is way more quotable, though.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 10:55 am to Sport Wood
quote:One of the most succinct phrases of all time.
"dying aint much of a living"
Posted on 4/11/25 at 12:27 pm to lsusa
quote:Well, Unforgiven is the anti Outlaw Josey Wales movie so almost impossible for it to be better.
The Outlaw Josey Wales is a better movie than Unforgiven.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 1:38 pm to rebelrouser
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Assuming my personal favorite Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is not a western (it is not technically but takes place in MT and WY and involves robbing a bank) i would go The Good the Bad and the Ugly, High Plains Drifter...then it gets murky...i could go Fistful of Dollars, Outlaw Josie Wales, or Unforgiven. Pale Rider and For a Few Dollars More in the next tier.
We have similar tastes. Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is my favorite too with High Plains Drifter in the Top 3. Unforgiven would probably round it out, although all of his westerns are memorable. Gran Torino is another favorite.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 1:41 pm to Sport Wood
My favorite line in the move
Posted on 4/11/25 at 2:01 pm to Dawgirl
Outlaw Josey Wales is the best western of all time
Posted on 4/11/25 at 2:14 pm to Dawgirl
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But Outlaw is a masterpiece
Not as polished as Unforgiven but my favorite Clint Western.
It's funny if you Google "best directed Clint Eastwood films" Unforgiven and Josey Wales come out #1 and #2 respectively on Ranker.
IMO Letters from Iwo Jima is his best directing (movie feels claustrophobic and unique to his catalogue) but I've seen it about 10 less times than Josey Wales....in fact, it gets less old than Unforgiven....there's always something that feels new again in Wales.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 5:21 pm to Dawgirl
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Best movie Clint made next to Unforgiven?
There is iron in your words of movie reviews.
I was working on a consulting team with 3 ladies during the Olympics where the little gymnast competed with a jacked up knee and won gold. Outlaw Josey Wales was on another channel and I watched it instead. The next morning, we were driving to the client and the 3 women couldn’t stop talking about the brave gymnast. They asked what I thought and I told them I didn’t know the Olympics were on and I watched Outlaw instead. The car was blissfully silent for a good 15 seconds before the yammering started up again.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 5:39 pm to BobABooey
Endeavor to persevere.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 5:51 pm to OldHickory
Lone Watie: Guess we ain't going to see that little Navajo girl again.
Josey Wales: Nah, I guess not. I kinda liked her. But then, it's always like that.
Lone Watie: Like what?
Josey Wales: Whenever I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.
Lone Watie: I notice when you get to DISlikin' someone, they ain't around for long neither.
Jamie: I wish we had time to bury them fellas.
Josey Wales: To hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.
Lone Watie: I didn't surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender. They have him pulling a wagon up in Kansas, I bet.
Josey Wales: Nah, I guess not. I kinda liked her. But then, it's always like that.
Lone Watie: Like what?
Josey Wales: Whenever I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long.
Lone Watie: I notice when you get to DISlikin' someone, they ain't around for long neither.
Jamie: I wish we had time to bury them fellas.
Josey Wales: To hell with them fellas. Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms.
Lone Watie: I didn't surrender, but they took my horse and made him surrender. They have him pulling a wagon up in Kansas, I bet.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 5:52 pm to Dawgirl
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Best western he made.
Nah, I love it but the third act suffers from Sandra Locke and her ability to not be a good actress.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 6:50 pm to Dawgirl
Best Clint movie and my favorite Western of all time.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 9:44 pm to Crow Pie
"dying ain't much of a living"…”boy”
The “boy” is essential.
The “boy” is essential.
Posted on 4/11/25 at 10:52 pm to Philzilla
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Nah, I love it but the third act suffers from Sandra Locke and her ability to not be a good actress.
It's not just Locke. The story kind of goes off track.
Love the first 2/3 of the movie while finding the end portion tedious.
Posted on 4/12/25 at 12:40 am to Dawgirl
One of my favorite movies. This scene is one of my favorites. It’s not one of the very quotable scenes, but it’s just damn good.
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