great movie...anyone else seen it?

Yes, I saw this movie when it came out at the movies years ago. That was the last time I saw it but I still remember what a great movie it was,, a movie with heart. Robertson played it perfect how a man just out or prison and and sorta out of touch how times had changed. He had a dream and went for it. The ending was sad but it was fitting. I wish I had a copy of this movie.

HEY HEY HEY!!! I guess I happened to miss it, but it shows that this has been out on DVD for right at 2 years.

I just ordered it brand new, still-in-the-plastic, on widescreen DVD from Amazon for a total of $7.98 or so.

I can't wait!!!!!!!!

Count me in as a big fan of this one as well. You should also check out "Junior Bonner" (Steve McQueen 1972) and "When the Legends Die." (Richard Widmark & Frederic Forrest 1972).

I saw it for the very first time yesterday. Unfortunately, I caught it 30 minutes in but I took a chance on it because I like old cowboy movies. It was great! It almost seemed like a rodeo documentary about one particular cowboy. Very sad ending though.

My younger sister and I saw it in the downtown theater. We were big fans of Cliff Robertson from early in his career. I recall us going to see "Charly", too.

I hadn't seen it since then and am watching it now. I'm surprised by how little of it I remember because I usually have a great memory for movies, even ones I saw when I was about 4 years old. All I vaguely remembered was it having to do with rodeos. It's on Encore Westerns fittingly enough, meaning it will show up from time to time.




(W)hat are we without our dreams?
Making sure our fantasies
Do not overpower our realities. ~ RC

I really have to take exception. There is zero character development, it plays like a documentary on small town rodeo, there are no fans in the seats at the rodeos, including the National Finals Rodeo, they went way above the legal limit for cliches and the actress who played Big Marge was absolutely the worst actress I have ever seen in a mainstream movie. Basically the story is about a guy who goes to prison for a few years because he gave a "friend" a post dated check for $32.00 and told him not to cash it for a few days and the friend cashed it, which to me does not even sound like a crime, but results in J.W. Coop getting three years plus two more for assaulting a police office and then four or five more for problems in prison and he did the whole ten years (plus two weeks to take part in the prison rodeo.) The rest of the movie consists of him making a slight effort to adapt to society by trying to become a NFR champion and he almost succeeds but even though he is guaranteed runner-up status and even though a doctor has guaranteed he will never ride again if he gets hurt in the event he proceeds to ride the toughest bull in the history of rodeos. There is more but suffice it to say that this is one of the dumbest movies I can ever recall seeing.

It wasn't the best movie I've ever seen ... but, it was far from the worst. Simply a guy just trying to get by after being kinda railroaded. It played, to me, kinda like Mr. Robertson's real life.
This was probably Cristina Ferrare's best work (in movies, I mean).

Without a doubt, one of the greatest films I've ever seen. And definitely, the greatest rodeo film, better than even Junior Bonner and on a par with " When The Legends Die " , another classic movie.