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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #125 on: January 03, 2015, 02:11:05 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJP3_NmXa4M

One of my favorite role models growing up as a young man.   It's fun to see clips with other famous actors/actresses that appeared on Cheyenne.

Dennis Hopper....
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #126 on: January 18, 2015, 01:24:38 am »

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

The Last Stand at Saber River - Trailer.

Another Tom Selleck classic.
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #127 on: January 24, 2015, 09:44:12 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYzWNjtPfq8

The Virginian 2000  Nathan Barr

Bill Pullman, Diane Lane (((sigh))) 

The closing music is beautiful.   
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #128 on: January 25, 2015, 08:14:42 pm »
http://www.locatetv.com/listings/encore-westerns

The above link is the Encore-Westerns schedule.

Today, they're featuring the Black-Fox triolgy , starring Christopher Reeve, Rauol Trujillo, Tony Todd.

When the world is insane and burning, and nobody in charge seems to give a shit.....there's NOTHING like a Western to get your mind right.

N.O.T.H.I.N.G!!
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #129 on: February 21, 2015, 05:59:23 pm »
Snowing like a crazy Banshee out there this Saturday morning and afternoon.

What could be better than laying in bed drinking great coffee....and watching SILVERADO?    :laugh:

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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #130 on: February 22, 2015, 03:49:28 pm »
Lando...I think you still follow this thread.  We had a great evening or three back when this thread was going.

Just wanted to tell you that I am totally wrong about Silverado.   It's been bugging me for days, because I still recall how, IMO, Silverado was too slapstick and not a serious Western in a Clint Eastwood, spaghetti Western-sense.

Perhaps, it was the time back in 1985 that they thought in order to appeal to the younger audience, they'd inject some Romancing the Stone fight sequences. 

I still wonder if Silverado was first written as a serious movie and maybe Kevin Cline....he of A Fish Called Wanda, was the one who couldn't contain himself.

.....knocking out a horse with a punch to the jaw had soured my POV on the film.

Anyway, I was wrong.   I've watched it twice over the weekend.  LOL.   On in the background...snowed in.  No football or baseball on TV. 
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #131 on: February 22, 2015, 04:12:28 pm »
DCP... I just love that movie. I am certain when the Kasdans wrote it, they had a checklist. Wagon train? Check. Stampede? Check. Saloons? Check. Awesome shooting?  Check. Evil land/cattle baron? Check. Corrupt law/sheriff?  Check. Hideouts?  Hero?  Scenery? Jail break? Friendship?  Yep, all of them.

It is not a deeply meaningful movie, but I love it. For me, it is quintessential entertainment.
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #132 on: February 22, 2015, 04:15:42 pm »
The Kasdans offered Kevin Costner the role in that movie since Kostner's part in The Big Chill was left on the edit room floor (he played the dead friend).
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #133 on: February 22, 2015, 04:17:23 pm »
BTW... This is a great thread.
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #134 on: February 22, 2015, 04:45:55 pm »
Quote from: Lando Lincoln on February 22, 2015, 04:17:23 pm
BTW... This is a great thread.

Thanks, buddy!

I have been DVRing the 1950's Alan Ladd and Randolph Scott Westerns, that I know I must have seen when I was a young boy of 8-9. 

Wish the younger generation could appreciate the moral messages and strong plot lines, sans explicit nudity or copulation.  Women were respected and protected.

But alas, they probably appear and have as much interest as you and I would have in silent films.  It's a shame.
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #135 on: February 22, 2015, 04:59:17 pm »
Taken together as a whole, that genre of films celebrated the triumph of the American spirit.
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #136 on: February 22, 2015, 05:02:58 pm »
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #137 on: March 09, 2015, 01:22:19 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NhX7g-nO_U

James Caan, John Wayne in El Dorado
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #138 on: March 12, 2015, 09:14:04 pm »

Watching GUNSMOKE reruns....and just noticed that Doc Adams was actually a pretty sh*tty doctor.

Man or woman....they all die.  Nobody ever heals except Matt..



hmmmmmm.........
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #139 on: March 22, 2015, 10:55:46 pm »
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #140 on: April 12, 2015, 12:03:40 pm »
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #141 on: April 12, 2015, 12:11:25 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h87YgCPVXwk

The Descent.....

A terrific movie for a lazy Sunday morning.....
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #142 on: December 18, 2015, 12:18:42 am »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsXx0lov8qo

Lonesome Dove Bar Scene.....
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #143 on: December 19, 2015, 01:18:51 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwDmV1KWrKQ

"This ain't Dodge City....and you're not Bill Hickok"
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #144 on: January 13, 2016, 11:22:37 pm »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYzWNjtPfq8

Beautiful violin and cello.  Soundtrack to The Virginian (2000)   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0164962/
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #145 on: April 29, 2016, 12:21:44 am »

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

A bump on a classic scene! 
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #146 on: April 29, 2016, 12:25:01 am »
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« Reply #147 on: April 29, 2016, 12:28:43 am »
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #148 on: April 29, 2016, 12:59:52 am »
Quote from: DCPatriot on March 12, 2015, 09:14:04 pm
Watching GUNSMOKE reruns....and just noticed that Doc Adams was actually a pretty sh*tty doctor.

Man or woman....they all die.  Nobody ever heals except Matt..



hmmmmmm.........

The radio Doc was better that the TV one. In one episode, Doc got shot and he directed Matt to get the bullet out of him.
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Re: TOMBSTONE - and the Western Genre
« Reply #149 on: April 29, 2016, 01:38:33 am »
Quote from: don-o on April 29, 2016, 12:59:52 am
The radio Doc was better that the TV one. In one episode, Doc got shot and he directed Matt to get the bullet out of him.

LOL! 

I thought I saw that on the TV version too.  Maybe not.

How long was it on the radio?
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