Who played the BARTENDER? - The Scarlet Worm (2011) Discussion

[–] Samoan Bob 13 years ago

I just attended a screening of this at the Telluride Horror Show and I had the same question (and I know I'm not alone since EVERYONE was asking about him). I'd like to see more adventures of 'the disenfranchised bartender' so I hope he gets some kind of gritty spin-off. If the filmmakers are listening: DO IT! THERE'S AN AUDIENCE OUT THERE.

Also, maybe a prequel starring the dude who gets stuffed in a cow.

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[–] znowhite01 12 years ago

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I didn't like this character at all. He was very unsympathetic. He knew those Love cowboys were going to get killed but he didn't do anything to stop it. A true coward.

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[–] Aylmer 12 years ago

I heard there was a scene filmed but possibly cut out in post, in which the bartender reacted with a great deal of unenthusiasm and ran out to warn the doomed Love Cowboys. Unfortunately his pacifist pleas were dismissed as "unmanly" and he was summarily executed out of pity.

Might have been one subplot too many. Also I hear that the fake head used for his execution was a few sizes too small as the actor's was freakishly large.

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[–] Samoan Bob 12 years ago

Oh man, I sure hope that's on the Blu-Ray coming out!

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[–] znowhite01 12 years ago

Not only did this coward get the Love Cowboys killed, if you look closely in the movie, you can see he was ALSO paid off by Kley to kill Print and Lee! A true coward! I'm so glad he was brutally murdered in a lovely Wild Bunch homage.

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[–] Aylmer 12 years ago

I've seen the film a couple of times now and still don't see what you're talking about. When did Kley pay off the BARTENDER?

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[–] znowhite01 12 years ago

SPOILERS

It's not onscreen, but we are led to assume. When Print gets shot in the shoulder and all the gunmen come out of the woodworks, those are all paid assassins hired by Kley! If you look closely, the bartender is one of them (he's the one that kicks his leg when he's shot).

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[–] Aylmer 12 years ago

how do you know there's money involved? Maybe he just had a score to settle?

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[–] znowhite01 12 years ago

Well, he did look pretty miserable cleaning beer mugs at the saloon. Maybe he just agreed to go in on a suicide mission? Dammit. I wish the writer or director would chime in here and settle this. I'm hella curious now.

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[–] Aylmer 12 years ago

Wasn't the bartender like Pat Garret's long lost twin brother? Why doesn't he just try to take out Hank via poison if the two have a score to settle? Or maybe THAT is why the bartender takes up his trade... in order to make Hank a burnt-out alcoholic shell of a man. The BARTENDER must indeed be a true sadist, nursing another man's addiction for years in revenge as a sort of slow plodding murder.

One wonders why he would have suddenly lost his patience and joined in the shootout with Print & Lee? Possibly he was just an innocent bystander or drawn into it like a bunch of passerby townsfolk, not even sure who was shooting at who and why?

I have a feeling that in the old west there were just a lot of gunmen roaming around with a chip on their shoulder itching to get in some sort of gun battle. I think the town in THE SCARLET WORM was just a powder keg which happened to explode once bullets started flying.

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