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TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« on: January 30, 2012, 12:48:23 am »



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2PXlUjWz5M



I'm your huckleberry Tombstone scene

One of the good ones in the Western genre!  Of this generation anyway.
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Re: TOMBSTONE
« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2012, 02:05:19 am »
There's an excellent Science fiction author out there by the name of John Ringo...pick up "Live Free or Die" and "Citadel".....


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Re: TOMBSTONE
« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2012, 03:20:50 am »
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Re: TOMBSTONE
« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2012, 04:48:54 am »
Without clicking, I recognize Jack Palance's character Jack Wilson from the movie Shane. 

Purely coincidence I watched Shane last night.  The film is brilliant in every respect.  Won Best Picture 1953, and with cause.  A masterpiece of the art.  Visually stunning. 

You know you're watching something special right from the opening sequence.  Location shots were filmed in Jackson Hole with the Grand Tetons looming in the background. 

The lyric quality to the dialogue gave the film a poetic nature.  The use of visual foreshadowing and symbolism is unparalleled in any western I've ever seen. 

Casting Alan Ladd was a stroke of genius in my opinion.  His understated performance made him loom as large as the Tetons and created an imposing figure in the film.

Do I love the film Shane?  You bet.

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Re: TOMBSTONE
« Reply #4 on: January 31, 2012, 04:13:20 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTJQYGkf-cc

Here's another one of my all time favorites....right up there with Shane!

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Re: TOMBSTONE
« Reply #5 on: January 31, 2012, 12:53:26 pm »

open range scene

Nobody could have played the scenes better than Robert Duvall {Boss Spearman} and Kevin Costner (Charley Waite).

...and Annette Bening. (Sue Barlow)

One of my favorites of all time.  Thanks for posting. 

Interesting tidbit... the heavyset cafe keeper in the grey vest is Herb Kohler, general principle of Kohler Company in Kohler, Wisconsin.  He became friends of Kevin Costner while vacationing in South Dakota during the filming of Dances with Wolves
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« Reply #6 on: January 31, 2012, 08:13:30 pm »

Winchester '73 Official Trailer #1 - James Stewart Movie (1950) HD

This is another one that was recently making the rounds on Encor Western cable.

Very good way to spend Sunday morning....in bed watching Westerns.  LOL!
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #7 on: January 31, 2012, 08:33:14 pm »

Shane (1953)

And as AC has already said....here's the Godfather of all Westerns.
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #8 on: January 31, 2012, 08:42:27 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyuwBW9lNa8

Once Upon a Time in the West, opening scene

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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #9 on: January 31, 2012, 08:44:46 pm »
I hope this applies to this thread...but my fav western has to be The Searchers....





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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #10 on: January 31, 2012, 08:59:35 pm »
I hope this applies to this thread...but my fav western has to be The Searchers....




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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #11 on: January 31, 2012, 09:07:40 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii_7QnXPQxA

The trailer of this Classic!

...although I loved Audie Murphy, Joel McCrea in leading roles too.
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #12 on: January 31, 2012, 09:14:00 pm »
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #13 on: January 31, 2012, 09:16:08 pm »

For A Few Dollars More (Theme by Ennio Morricone)

I use Clint Eastwood as a barometer of just how old I'm getting.

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« Reply #14 on: January 31, 2012, 09:19:01 pm »
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« Reply #15 on: January 31, 2012, 09:22:28 pm »
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #16 on: January 31, 2012, 09:29:40 pm »
Yeah.....there are some terrific Western movies.

It was a special time,  when the American Spirit was necessary to survive and prosper.
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« Reply #17 on: January 31, 2012, 09:32:20 pm »
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #18 on: January 31, 2012, 09:42:20 pm »

Frenchie

Shelley Winters was sooooo hot back then.  She wore the Western corset gowns better than anyone!  (Not that I pay any special attention to that, LOL!)
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #23 on: January 31, 2012, 10:02:36 pm »
Which one did you like better, Lando?

One of the things that has always bugged me about these gunfight scenes is that Hollywood loses all sense of reality when it comes to how many bullets a SIX-SHOTTER can fire.

Open range was notorious for that.  In one scene, Costner had as many as a extra-large 9mm clip.

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