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My favorite Western

posted 14 years ago by dee1-794-59750
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I love this movie - just watched this again after several years. I grew up in Colorado and Wyoming in the 1950s, and the movie was genuine - cowboys spoke and acted just like that. Cowboy work, chasing stray cattle and riding behind a herd, is just like that, hard work and dangerous. The romance between Frank and Ella is just delicious - understated and gentle, yet intense and with a touch of humor - lovely! James Caan and Jane Fonda each brought such authenticity to those roles and both looked great on a horse :-) The soundtrack seems a bit distracting now but not bad. It's just a wonderful movie.

[–] TaxPayer99 13 years ago

If you liked this movie then checkout Oklahoma Crude the stroylines are a similar. Soundtrack was distracting and derivative!

[–] i_dont_even_try 13 years ago

Hugely underrated. One of my favorite westerns as well.

Who am I kiddin' who am I foolin' when they be like "What's up Fatlip?" and I say "Coolin'."

[–] MuleDeer 13 years ago

Agree this is a terrific Western, albeit a bit 'modern', with a couple of great Western veterans -- Robards and Jim Davis -- providing formidable, menacing bad guys..