aUTfan
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01/27/09 07:23 PM
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Often in cases where a number one is trying to be established I can't help but make a group of them number one cause there is no way to decide, for instance, greatest NFL running back? How can you label the greatest Jim Brown, Barry Sanders, Emmitt Smith, Gale Sayers, Walter Payton....and on and on. There is no way to do it, you have to make a group number one and so I give you my "group" in no particular order
Tombstone
Unforgiven
Outlaw Josey Wales
The Good the bad the ugly
(practically every Clint Eastwood western)
Just about all of John Wayne's westerns except Rooster Cogburn
and there are more i just can't think of all the names.
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Austintxusa
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01/27/09 08:39 PM
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Lonesome Dove
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Red River
The Wild Bunch
Outlaw Josey Wales
Stagecoach (original)
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Little Big Man
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Fist Full of Dollars
How the West Was Won
Unforgiven
Appaloosa
One-Eyed Jacks
Jeremiah Johnson
High Plains Drifter
Once Upon a Time in the West
Tombstone
The Shootist
Valdez is Coming
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FAST FRED
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01/27/09 08:51 PM
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I'll list some older ones, just because I can.
How about John Ford's "My Darling Clementine" with Henry Fonda playing Wyatt Earp.
It's rarely thought of when this familiar thread is reposted from time to time.
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This one's just as good as any of the more well-known flicks that Ford made with John Wayne.
Victor Mature, wearing a hat that only a huckleberry would put on his head, plays Doc Holliday and Walter Brennan is really good as Papa Clanton.
Another favorite Western of mine, directed by Robert Aldrich, is "Ulzana's Raid" with Burt Lancaster.
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It's a very realistic cavalry flick.
Another really cool film is "Hombre," directed by Martin Ritt, with Paul Newman as "the Good," Richard Boone as "the Bad" and Fredric March as "the Ugly."
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And another good ‘un that's sometimes not thought of, because of its age I suppose, is William Wyler's "The Big Country" with Gregory Peck, Charlton Heston and Burl Ives.
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And there's "Night Passage" with Jimmy Stewart and Audie Murphy, scenically filmed on the Durango/Silverton Railroad in Colorado.
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I suspect that noirish title doesn't help much to get it remembered as an excellent oater.
And "The Tin Star," directed by Anthony Mann, with Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins.
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It certainly foreshadowed recent darker "Horse Operas" we've seen like Eastwood's "Unforgiven" and Costner's "Open Range."
Gig 'em. FAST FRED, '65
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txlc
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01/27/09 08:52 PM
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All the movies above are great choices and I would personally go with the searchers if I had to choose just one. I love angry and vengeful John Wayne. I also will throw into the mix Big Country with Gregory Peck, Liz Taylor, Charlton Heston, Chuck Connors and Burl Ives. If you have never seen this one - rent it. You won't be disappointed.
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FAST FRED
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01/27/09 09:05 PM
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txlc, you'll only be disappointed if you're not fully satisfied with Jean Simmons starring in "The Big Country" rather than Liz Taylor.
Gig 'em. FAST FRED, '65
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71grad
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01/27/09 09:42 PM
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My Darling Clementine and The Big Country finally got mentioned. Two great movies. I am another fan who has to put The Searchers on the list. John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy of Fort Apache, Rio Grande and She wore a Yellow Ribbon.
Others are:
The Long Riders
The original 3:10 to Yuma
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Dutton Peabody's nomination speech for Ransom Stoddard is one of my favorite scenes in any movie.
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BigWill
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01/27/09 10:18 PM
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Big Jake.
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PFD
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01/27/09 11:55 PM
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I'm a little surprised that this thread has made nearly two pages with nary a mention of "The Magnificent Seven."
Yul Brenner is going to tan someone's hide for this.
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83Horn
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01/28/09 03:12 AM
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I want to agree with the OP. OJW is a great, great movie, but in order for it to be tops on my list, you'd have to edit out almost every scene with Sondra Locke, especially after the scene where she and her Grandma have their encounter with the banditos. Still one of my favorite movies of all time.
Chief Dan George: "Good thing you showed up when you did. I might have killed her."
My personal favorite is High Plains Drifter. Quintessential Cint Eastwood western. He's bad to the bone, but in a good sort of way. And, another of his movies that gets overlooked but deserves mention is Joe Kidd. Robert Duvall plays a great bad guy in this one. And just because I can, I'll mention also, Hang 'Em High. Clint's first U.S. western after his Sergio Leone triglogy, featuring Pat Hingle, and Dennis Hopper in a small, throw-away role, and the skipper from Gilligan's Island. Side note, Inger Stevens was hot.
 
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RabidLonghorn
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01/28/09 04:14 AM
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The Searchers
Red River
Jermiah Johnson
The Cowboys
Outlaw Josie Wales
when we beat UT and win the bowl, we are at 6 wins. 6 of 13 == bowl eligible for our recordbooks
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Major Marco
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01/28/09 07:15 AM
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The Searchers. Maybe the best in any category.
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darius
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01/28/09 10:06 AM
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Giant
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TheFied
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01/28/09 10:51 AM
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I saw the Outlaw Josey Wales on HDNET or HDMovies this weekend (dvr'ed it). It was an excellent film. I really liked Unforgiven but haven't seen it in years. Need to put that back on my netflix.
Of the spaghetti westerns, I liked "For a Few Dollars More" more than GB&U.
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CanaTigers
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01/28/09 10:55 AM
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Josey Wales is great but The Searchers is one of the best movies of any genre. I would throw Lonely are the Brave in my favorite list of westerns even though it's not old west.
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formermav43
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01/29/09 12:47 AM
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Its The Searchers.
I've never understood the love some people have for Tombstone. I like it fine, but its just good and not great, IMO. Doesn't really belong with some of the others mentioned here.
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I_Dont_Exist
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01/29/09 07:14 AM
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In reply to:
The Searchers. Maybe the best in any category.
This is exactly how I feel about "The Man Who Shot Libery Valance". This is a tragedy worthy of Shakespeare. When I start discussing the film it's hard for me to stop. From beginning to end it's a masterpiece.
Rather than post something so long only a very few would bother to read in it's entirety I'll offer a link to a description of the elements of what great tragedy should encompass. Just read the first paragraph and think how it relates so very well to Tom's character who sacrificed everything for the woman he loved. Tom may very well be the most noble character in all of literature.
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For those interested in a lengthy but superb analysis on the movie I'll provide this article.
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Edited by I_Dont_Exist (01/29/09 07:39 AM)
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El Torito
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01/29/09 08:36 AM
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"The Good, the Bad and the Ugly."
"You see in this world there's two kinds of people my friend - those with loaded guns, and those who dig. You dig."
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accuratehorn
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01/29/09 09:39 AM
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So many great westerns, after reading this thread, I want to see some of them again.
And I have decided to add "The Man who Shot Liberty Valance" and "The Magnificent Seven" to my list. But I'm still topping it with "Once Upon a Time in the West."
Knowledge is good
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GatorHorn
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01/29/09 09:59 AM
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"Question my fanhood again and it's interweb go time."
Rex Krammer
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Alex_de_Large
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01/29/09 10:14 AM
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Saturday night The Good Bad & Ugly, For a Few Dollars More and Fistfull of Dollars is on channel 254 on Direct TV. I think that is AMC.
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