Well, my movie marathon has slowed down a bit due to visitors and recent travel, but last night on Western Channel I did see THE SONS OF KATIE ELDERS (1965)starring John Wayne, Dean Martin, George Kennedy, and Dennis Hopper. The film was slow and not my type of action or characters and the four sons of Katie Elders weren't very convincing as brothers. The story was ok and the film had its moments, but there isn't much more to this film for me.
My "to view" list below is based on available rentals to view in the future:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
McCabe and Mrs Miller
Andrei Rublyov (1969)
Navajo Joe (Western)
Little Big Man (Western)
Cable Hogue (Western)
Mountain Men (Western)
Purgatory (Western)
Yojimbo (Kurasawa)
Kugemesha (Kurasawa)
Vamp (Grace Jones)
Birth of a Nation (Film History)
John Wayne Films
Puppet Master III & IV
Jason Goes to Hell
Phantasm III (and maybe part II, kinda forgot how that goes)
Lepracaun II & III
Searching For These:
A Bullitt for the General
The Great Silence
Companeros
Keoma
Fist Full of Lead (a.k.a. Get your Coffins Ready, Sartana is Coming)
Texas, Adios
El Topo
The Holy Mountain
The Man in the White Suit
On The Beach (Flix showed it recently, but I missed it)
Four of the Apocalypes
Upcoming Releases:
28 Days Later
Gangs of New York
Pirates of the Carribean
About Shmidt
McCabe & Mrs. Miller is an interesting character study, but you will probably find it very slow-moving. It is a Robert Altman film, so, if you don't like his style, you might want to avoid this movie.
I can see Dean Martin & George Kennedy doing a movie together. Heck, I could see GK doing a moive with any one of the others. My brain's having a hard time getting around the other tree working together. They're just so very different people.
Scott wrote:
> Well, my movie marathon has slowed down a bit due to visitors
> and recent travel, but last night on Western Channel I did see
> THE SONS OF KATIE ELDERS (1965)starring John Wayne, Dean
> Martin, George Kennedy, and Dennis Hopper. The film was slow
> and not my type of action or characters and the four sons of
> Katie Elders weren't very convincing as brothers. The story was
> ok and the film had its moments, but there isn't much more to
> this film for me.
Burgomaster I'll be seeing McCabe & Mrs. Miller sometime this summer the film sounds interesting. I used the wrong term when I said "slow". I can get into a slow movie, but I could get into this film. Katie Elders was more interesting that the four sons in this movie and you don't even get to see her which made the beginning interesting. I'm glad I seen it though. Thanks.
Westerns you gotta see:
My Name is Nobody (My name is Trinity link) Terrance Hill / Henry Fonda
May Name is Trinity Terrance Hill
Trinity is Still my Name Terrance Hill
Boot Hill (another Trinity link) Terrance Hill
El Dorado (set of 3 movies sharing 1.5 plots) John Wayne
Rio Bravo (set of 3 movies sharing 1.5 plots) John Wayne
Rio Lobo (set of 3 movies sharing 1.5 plots) John Wayne
Man with no Name Trilogy Clint Eastwood
The Undefeated John Wayne / Rock Hudson
Rooster Cogburn / True Grit John Wayne
High Noon Gary Cooper?
The Cheyanne Social Club Jimmey Stewart / Henry Fonda
Where should I stop? Any of our BMovie folks should like the Itatilan Westerns, Clint & Terrance Hill. All westerns for that matter have low budgets & high suspension of disbelief . . . those qualities we hold so dear in b films!
Rob
Don't forget SHANE, one of the all-time classic westerns.
Another western, which has a great first 20 minutes, but then becomes pretty ordinary after that, is WINCHESTER '73. It's worth seeing just for the beginning and the fact that James Stewart is in it.
A good early Peckinpah western is RIDE THE HIGH COUNTRY. Another decent one is MAJOR DUNDEE. Both were made before Peckinpah developed his reputation for violence.
ON THE BEACH is one of my favorite end-of-the-world movies. I like it because of its realism. There are no asteroids or explosions or earthquakes. Just impending doom and slow death by radiation for everyone. (A cheerful thought).
BIRTH OF A NATION. Saw it in school. Everyone should see it at least once.
I also highly recommend:
* M
* THE WAGES OF FEAR
* THE BICYCLE THIEF
* DIABOLIQUE (the original)
* STREAMERS (if you like Robert Altman)
* NASHVILLE (if you like Robert Altman)
* COME BACK TO THE FIVE AND DIME, JIMMY DEAN, JIMMY DEAN (if you like Robert Altman)
* SPIRITS OF THE DEAD (the third story only - it's about a guy who keeps seeing a scary little blonde girl with a red ball)
* WAIT UNTIL DARK
Oh yes, MY NAME IS NOBODY is one of my top 10 films of all time. No kidding. I hear they have distributed a DVD in England of MY NAME IS NOBODY. Growing up I must have watched this one 6 times. They don't show it anymore. I downloaded the music from Kazaa. That is the best I can do at this time. Unless I purchase in online.
I actually have RIO BRAVO, LITTLE BIG MAN, and ABOUT SHMIDT sitting next to the TV as we speak. Half way through LITTLE BIG MAN starring Dustin Hoffman.
Loved the other TRINITY films also, but I haven't seen BOOT HILL yet.
Recently I purchased the whole Eastwood/Leone DVD trilogy for under $30 a couple months ago at Walmart.
ELDORADO was one that I also enjoyed. Thanks for the imput.
Trying to catch THE UNDEFEATED all the way through on the Western Channel. Seen parts of it. TRUE GRIT is a good one.
As soon as I can I'll be catching ROOSTER COGBURN and RIO LOBO.
Loved SHANE. Especially now that I have found out that the gunslinger is Jack Palance. Would like to see it again.
DIABOLIQUE is also on my list. It's available for rental locally.