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The Ending

posted 15 years ago by finlay6
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This film was shown at least twice on the Fox Movie Channel in August. I want to buy it on DVD. I loved it.

I could be missing something, (highly possible), but the end of the film showed each of the 3 Bad Men apparently being shot and killed in the big gunfight. Then the film shows Dan and Lee with (assumedly) their baby, talking about telling the baby in due time about the "best 3 Bad Men ever to name a baby." Then there is a scene which apparently shows the 3 outlaws riding off into the sunset.

Did I miss something?

[–] shaggy61 14 years ago

The baby was named after the three outlaws: "Stanley Mike Allen," or something like that, with the nickname "Bull." The outlaws riding into the sunset was their spirits riding to heaven, in a typical corny old-movie ending.
Still a great film. I like the way it already subverted film stereotypes by having the the bad guy wear a white hat and the good guys wearing black.

[–] lubin-freddy 13 years ago

I don't think the ending was all that corny, considering how Fordian it can be seen, as a lament for the old west, and the freedom it represented. I'd compare the ending, thematically, not artistically, with those of Stagecoach and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

You know you should surrender
But you can't let it go...

[–] OpryGhost 13 years ago

For years I barely remembered a very old film where some old rannys were trying to hold off a bunch o' jaspers so someone could escape. Thought it may have been silent, but had no clue to the title.
The other day I found The WESTERNS OF JOHN FORD in a used bookstore. There in the small chapter about the *very few silents available, was a review of this. Can't wait 'til AMAZON sends me this dvd. Thank Ford (and Clint, etc.) fer Westerns!

p.s. Time to saddle up, pilgrims!

[–] lubin-freddy 13 years ago

Let me know what you think after seeing it.

When your eyes are blind with tears
But your heart can see
Another life, another galaxy

[–] OpryGhost 13 years ago

Liked this, hey it's John Ford vistas... The "Bull" hombre sorta made me think of a prototype of the later John Wayne, after the Ford era.
Anyone here have an idee of how many silent Westerns still exist? I believe something like only 30% of *all silents are still around.

[–] lubin-freddy 13 years ago

Maybe you already know this site, but in any case, it's great for finding out that information, even if it's not organized by genre, but by basic A-Z. Each page has information pertaining to the existence, or lack of existence, of the film in question.

http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/indexes/index.html

Glad you liked the film.

When your eyes are blind with tears
But your heart can see
Another life, another galaxy

[–] OpryGhost 13 years ago

Many good thanks for the link, good sir. Seems less than twenty percent of silents are still around. :-( I'd like to see RED RAIDERS with the young Ken Maynard, and at least one Buck; Colonel Tim, and Hoot silent...

They had *Faces then!