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Westerns

JesusFan

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The American culture that embraced "Westerns" has aged pretty much out of existence.

I used to watch western's on TV in 1950, with John Wayne, James Steward, Hop-a-long Cassidy, and of course the Lone Ranger.

But the idea of people with their word as their bond is no longer. The non-stop disinformation that floods the media today means the people are willing to elect and re-elect known for false statements people. For example, many if not all the Democrats. The border is secure ring a bell?

Recently I watched one of my favorites, Saddle Tramp with Joel McCrea. Another is Tumbleweed with Audie Murphy. Of course the two best are "The Searchers" with John Wayne, and "Shane" with Alan Ladd.
Searchers very influential movie as Lucas, Spielberg, Lean, etc all looked at that and used it in their movies
 

Aaron

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I cannot think of any Western on Network TV
Should they come back?
How about reviving an old western?
They should, but life on the frontier was none too accommodating to Feminism.

The Progressives would howl.
 

Van

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My favorite John Wayne Westerns:
1) Searchers (* Oscar level performance)
2) Stagecoach
3) Hondo
4) Rio Bravo
5) Red River
6) True Grit (* Oscar Level Performance)
7) John Wayne and the Cowboys
8) The Angel and the Badman
9) Big Jake
10) The Shootist (* Oscar Level Performance)
 

JesusFan

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This thread gave me a craving to start watching westerns. Been watching the old poverty row John Wayne movies all weekend.
Interesting to me that Clint Eastwood kept asking John Wayne to star with him in a western, but Wayne kept telling him no, due to eastwood being very amoral type of antihero like in high plains drifter and man with no name, while Wayne though should be real black and white differences between hero and villain
 

JesusFan

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Oh yes, good actor. He also came back for one of the movies in the 90’s.
Think was Steve Forrest of Swat tv show, as both of his characters were very few that could outdraw marshall Matt Dillion , and think first movie was Mannion when he got out of jail and went gunning for Matt Dillion
 
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