Who is calling PREA-CHER!!?
In the night.
Eerie....
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It's Marshal Stockburn.
shareStockburn? Why would he be calling that? At that point in the movie he didn't realize who the Preacher was. He figured the Preacher was just some sort of two-bit trouble-maker, just like all the other bad guys. Why would he go to the trouble of calling out like that? I mean, right...?
shareMaybe the voice shouting "Preacher!!!!!" was the symbol of the Preacher's tragic past,a past that haunts him even after many years...But if that so,why Sarah heard too the creepy voice??
shareUm, according to the subtitles, it's the Marshall. He's been hired by Coy LaHood and he's got his man in his sights.
shareIt is definitely Stockburn.
What is not clear is whether Stockburn knows, or more accurately to what extent he is suspicious, that the Preacher is someone from his past that he thought was dead. That look back in LaHood's office when LaHood said the Preacher seemed to know Stockburn raised the thought, as recognition and concern passed over his face, that the Preacher might be that person. But he dismisses it by saying that person is dead.
Another point is that the voice itself sounds like Stockburn's.
Stockburn? Why would he be calling that? At that point in the movie he didn't realize who the Preacher was. He figured the Preacher was just some sort of two-bit trouble-maker, just like all the other bad guys. Why would he go to the trouble of calling out like that? I mean, right...?Agreed.
The film seems to suggest some sort of supernatural being, with the eery tone of the voice and the way the camera pans the landscape.
Of course, the Preacher has turned in his collar for his guns and he's about to engage in a questionably moral act - it could be viewed as almost a warning of sorts. However, the Preacher shurugging it off as a "voice from the past" is somewhat disconcerting.
I'm still not sure what to make of it. share
I just finished reading the book "Pale Rider" by Alan Dean Foster. The book is not an original work, as it was merely written about the movie after it was produced, so it does not break a whole lot of new ground or offer all the insights that you would like to have. Regarding the scene when someone is yelling "Preacher" down through the canyon----I would have to merely say that it is likely something of the supernatural that is calling out to the Preacher. The Preacher is likely an avenging angel of death of some sort, who is not a mortal man. I think the writers of the film wanted his true identity and the calling of his name to be a sort of an open-ended thing that kept the viewer guessing.
I'll admit that when I first saw the film, I honestly thought that it may have been Stockburn's voice as well. Perhaps it even was. Has anyone ever given thought to the notion that Stockburn himself may have been the antithesis of the Preacher? He may have been a malevonent (sp) spirit as well who did evil. Mere speculation on that, and not even sure I buy it myself, but it's obviously a film that let's your imagination wonder.
I'm gonna downplay the supernatural element a bit here with my theory on this. Stockburn is paid lots of money by people because he's good at what he does. I think he was yelling like that in an attempt to scare and demoralize the preacher. I mean, he did manage to put a hell of a scare in the other miners by dispatching poor old Spider the way he did, so I would imagine the calling out over the mountains was his attempt at trying to make old Clint nervous.
shareIts really hard to tell and very open ended.
In Lahood's office Stockburn said the man I am thinking of is dead. The Preacher also mentions that its an old score that needed to be settled. And at the end Stockburn doesn't really look to surprised that the Preacher is there with him. Perhaps they are both dead already?
Or it could just be that they are all regular people and we are all retarded for thinking this movie is about ghosts.
It was Hull. He thought the Preacher had left so he went to town to scream out his name in hopes he would come back (unbeknowingst to him Preach was already back at the cabin boning his fiance).
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It was Hull. He thought the Preacher had left so he went to town to scream out his name in hopes he would come back (unbeknowingst to him Preach was already back at the cabin boning his fiance).
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I always assumed it was stockburn, but im happy to go with this one^^^ as it adds to the whole disposition of preacher!!
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interesting. it seems like it's based on a book.
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by Stud-Boy Β» Sun Dec 2 2007 05:14:58
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Post Edited: Sun Dec 2 2007 05:57:51
Stockburn? Why would he be calling that? At that point in the movie he didn't realize who the Preacher was. He figured the Preacher was just some sort of two-bit trouble-maker, just like all the other bad guys. Why would he go to the trouble of calling out like that? I mean, right...?
Because he was calling him out for a fight. The preacher was the one Stockburn and his boys shot up. share