Get Three Coffins Ready -- The Western Thread

[Drasko]

The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970), a Sam Peckinpah film, starring Jason Robards and Stella Stevens. Was this the first Western with extensive nudity? It had framing bath scenes: she washes him at the beginning of the film; he washes her at the end.

Sarge

The Ballad of Cable Hogue, nice! I love the song from it - Butterfly Mornings:

http://www.youtube.com/v/1cQJxQ_wXj0

or maybe even finer, dreamy cover by Hope Sandoval

http://www.youtube.com/v/tfnNqQF2H9M

Few westerns which I find worth seeing and which haven't been mentioned here yet would be Ride the High Country, The Gunfighter with Gregory Peck and all five Anthony Mann / James Stewart collaborations, The Naked Spur being probably my favorite of that bunch.

Philo, can't see the picture in your post. When you mention Ray and color I'd presume Johnny Guitar?

[Sergeant Rock]

The Ballad of Cable Hogue, nice! I love the song from it - Butterfly Mornings:

Ah, great scene. Thanks for that    I'll have to send a fan letter to Emmylou Harris, asking her to cover the song. She'd do it proud (but I like Sandoval's performance too...quite haunting, and the arrangement reminds me of Emmylou).

Sarge

[drogulus]

     My favorite Western is Ride the High Country, though The Ballad of Cable Hogue is near the top of my list.

     http://www.youtube.com/v/K0oq7SubkLQ&feature=related

     

     It's a very good film which I'd like to see again.

[Sergeant Rock]

...though The Ballad of Cable Hogue is near the top of my list.

Cool 

[eyeresist]

I have an interest in this, as the director is an Australian whose first film was the highly praised Chopper. I think this film would have done much better if only the title hadn't been so long!

[Grazioso]

I have an interest in this, as the director is an Australian whose first film was the highly praised Chopper. I think this film would have done much better if only the title hadn't been so long!

Rather a gamble to give away a central plot point in the title, too

     My favorite Western is Ride the High Country, though The Ballad of Cable Hogue is near the top of my list.

I loved Ride the High Country. Nice to see McCrae and Scott together for a last hurrah, both fine actors who appeared in a many a Western during their careers.

Few westerns which I find worth seeing and which haven't been mentioned here yet would be Ride the High Country, The Gunfighter with Gregory Peck and all five Anthony Mann / James Stewart collaborations, The Naked Spur being probably my favorite of that bunch.

I believe at least Winchester '73 got a nod. These films may not have the same cachet or fame as the Ford/Wayne films, but they should definitely be checked out by any serious fan. And of course, they illustrate one of the key rules of movie-watching: if Jimmy Stewart is in the film, watch it 

[snyprrr]

Phil Hardy The Encyclopedia of Westerns anyone?

No?

[Bogey]

Watched this very interesting film:

Broke my top 5 in an earlier post of one that I can watch over and over for different reasons.

Now listening to some music from the title of this thread:



I have this on vinyl.  The cd is crazy money, but the music is a must. 

[eyeresist]

I think I will have to investigate the Jimmy Stewart films. Hmm, was Mann a better director than Ford?

[Bogey]

I think I will have to investigate the Jimmy Stewart films. Hmm, was Mann a better director than Ford?

Always had a fondness for Destry Rides Again.  Now playing:

[Drasko]

Yeah, it's Johnny Guitar.

I love it. Scorcese appraisal is spot on.

If you like Johhny Guitar you might give a shot to Samuel Fuller's Forty Guns.

http://www.youtube.com/v/oXAemTSuT4Q

[Grazioso]

I love it. Scorcese appraisal is spot on.

If you like Johhny Guitar you might give a shot to Samuel Fuller's Forty Guns.

http://www.youtube.com/v/oXAemTSuT4Q

Adds to watch list... Sounds like a doozy of a film. Barbara Stanwyck in the Old West, dealing double entrendes 

[Grazioso]

New Western series Hell on Wheels coming soon on AMC

http://www.amctv.com/shows/hell-on-wheels/about

[snyprrr]

Phil Hardy The Encyclopedia of Westerns anyone?

I picked this up, recommend to everyone. Really?, no one has this? It's grrr-eat!!

btw- Barquero (1970): Lee van Cleef is der dichter!!

[DavidW]

I'm reading Comanche Moon now.  The final novel in the Lonesome Dove series.  It matches the dark tone of Lonesome Dove and Streets of Laredo but has the humor and adventure of Dead Man's Walk.  It is a nice mix.  And this is a great series.

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[Sergeant Rock]

Jerry Goldsmith: The Ballad of Cable Hogue soundtrack suite (Spoiler alert: if you haven't seen the film, the video will give away the end)

http://www.youtube.com/v/bsOeVe7pWp8


Sarge

[Brian]

So GSMoeller, what's the movie you were talking about with the now-deleted images and videos? I'm assuming either Good, Bad, Ugly or Once Upon a Time...

[snyprrr]

Near Dark

badass vampire cowboys nicluding the cast from 'Alien'

[TheGSMoeller]

So GSMoeller, what's the movie you were talking about with the now-deleted images and videos? I'm assuming either Good, Bad, Ugly or Once Upon a Time...

It must have been Once Upon a Time in the West.

[Gurn Blanston]

There was an old John Wayne film where he played a sheriff (of course) and he came to a bar where he was outmanned. He distracted one of the bad guys by asking him "Say, didn't I know you in Nacogdoches?", the guy looks down, puzzled, and Wayne KO's him.

Does anyone remember what movie this was? I even did a search on IMDB and pretty much everywhere else and can't find it. If you know, share it here, please.