Deleted Scenes
What scenes from this movie hit the cutting floor, and are they now available on the DVD.
shareI saw this movie when it came out in the theater. The one particular scene that was never shown on tv or dvd (yet that I know of) is when they came upon the wagon with the "madam" after the initial meeting with the two "cowboys" there is a scene where all the boys have visited the girls and they show the different reactions of the boys as they leave the wagon. It was a hilarious scene but I guess it was too controversial and was cut from the movie later. There was another part of the movie which was never added for the theatrical release. At one point the cattle drive was stopped when hundreds of indians (I forget what tribe)came upon the drovers and to save their lives Will Anderson ordered a part of the herd be given to the starving indians. I know about this because there was a big article about this which showed stills from these scenes in Life or Look magazine before the movie was released. It sure would be grand if they released a dvd with all these scenes intact!
shareI'm surprised John Wayne would allow them to delete that indian scene...
shareThe Cowboys takes place in the summer of 1877. The Indians, who's paths the herd crosses, are Nez Perce under the command of Chief Joseph during thier legendary flight from the U.S. Cavelry. The actor who portayed Joseph was Frank De Kova, better known as the Chief of the Hakowies from "F Troop". Unfortunatly, the sequence was cut from the film.
I have always thought that Wayne's performance in this film matched, and in some ways exceded his performance in "True Grit" I always felt he should have been nominated for an Oscar(Back when an Academy Award ment something. Now, like the Pulitzer and the Nobel prize, it is meaningless) When ever I have a John Wayne retrospective, I always play "The Cowboys" last. I feel it is a better ending to Wayne's career and the Character he played than "The Shootist"
Nightlinger's eulogy for Wil Anderson sums up the many roles that Wayne played. And more important, the myth of Wayne's persona mixed with the myth and reality of the American frontiersman. The final shot of the film craning up from the lone tombstone, left in the wilderness, and the Cowboys riding off to the horizon and the future puts a very fine period on the filmed stories that John Wayne presented to the American people.
"The prairie was like a mother to Mister Anderson. She cared for him while he lived......and she nurses him...while he sleeps."
Nah, Mopar, well said.
I may be the world's biggest pessimist but, probably not...
Great analysis.
shareI remember seeing that scene when I saw the movie, ON TV, probably was cut later for more commercials.
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