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one of the best movie posters i've seen



i like this movie okay; i like more the premise and setup rather than how the movie was actually executed

i kinda think of this movie as the sort of younger half-brother of the film hombre, because it was also written by elmore leonard. hombre will rock your world, though. valdez is more like a tv movie and has some boring stretches that coulda been cut (and that awful 60's TV music. uggh. the movie sounds like an episode of big valley) clearly they cut corners on the production just to get it into the can for the studio. also, i wish they hadda cast real mexicans instead of lancaster and crew in brown face. (i borrow that from rob rodriguez, but he's right, so...)


i just gotta say, i wonder what this one woulda been like had sergio leone got hol of it.

but again, the setup and premise rock. i like revenge themes, especially when there is a RELUCTANT HERO who is pushed into action by bad guys.

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You mentioned the movie poster, in your header, but never mentioned it, in your post. Tell us about it.

I doubt this would've been made, if not for The Burt.

I truly loved 'Hombre', too--with Jewish/Irish Newman in the lead, as a half-breed Native American/White man.

Carpe Noctem!

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i don't remember what i was thinking when i said that. i'm sure i meant the sunset backlit one. i don't recall now why i said that, but it's just very dramatic, mysterious due to the unidentifiable silhouette, lots of contrast (again the silhouette) and lastly, it reminds me of the covers jim bama used to do for westerns in the 1960s

the poster induces intrigue, makes ya curious, wanna know more.


:)

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I believe the entire TV-commercial campaign, portions of which were used in the trailer, was shot especially
for advertising the movie. None of these images are in the picture. The backlit low-angel shots of Valdez, his
weapons, and the narration, may have been the campaign concept and scripting of Don La Fontaine, who appears
to have done the voice-over. United Artist wanted extra punch and there was nothing as visually powerful or unique
to be found in the film's footage. I think this was the first time a graphics-oriented presentation actually replace all
of the movie's footage for the creation of TV spots. They sold a concept more than the film.

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