Whats your favourate Western movie and why?

Question

It can be a cowboy film from any decade

Answer 1

"The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"--Sergio Leone based much of what he knew of the American frontier off of Mark Twain's stories. Odd then that it took an Italian director to capture the American mythology so well. The cinematography is absolutely gorgeous. The final 3-man gunfight takes place in an arena in the middle of a cemetery and is the best gunfight on screen. Finally, a single name: Eastwood.

Answer 2

Any of the Spaghetti Westerns by Sergio Leone. Mostly because he had composer, Ennio Morricone. Ennio truly understood music and cinema. But, usually, Sergio had Clint Eastwood cast as the lead, lone cowboy. Clint was such a great cowboy. My two favorites are Once Upon A Time In The West and The Good, The Bad and the Ugly.

Answer 3

Hildago,
This was based on a true story and I loved the fact that a american mustang paint beat all of those rich folks arabians in a endurace race.
And in the end when he let hildago lose to run with the herd almost brought a tear to my eye.
Modern day western would have to be 8 seconds.

Answer 4

Actually its a japanese film: The Seven Samurai, directed by Akira Kurosawa. Later, a western was made inspired in this movie: The magnificent seven.

Answer 5

Either "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" or "Once Upon A Time In The West". Epic stuff, cool heroes, blistering soundtracks

Answer 6

Rio Bravo is possibly the best western ever made
Howard Hawks initially wanted to reunite John Wayne and Montgomery Clift who had worked so well together in Red River in his second film with Wayne. Clift however was at the beginning of the slide that would ultimately destroy him in seven years and said no. It was then that Dean Martin was cast as John Wayne's alcoholic deputy.

By the way if Clift had done the part it would have reunited him with Walter Brennan also who is playing a very similar part to the one he did in Red River in relation to Wayne.

In the wordless beginning of Rio Bravo, Wayne while going into the town saloon to fetch Dino, witnesses a cold blooded killing perpetrated by Claude Akins. Akins is the no good brother of rich rancher John Russell who keeps trying to spring Akins from Wayne's jail. He also brings in some hired guns who bottle the town up.

Both Howard Hawks and John Wayne absolutely hated High Noon and made Rio Bravo as their answer to it. This sheriff doesn't go around begging for help from the townspeople he's sworn to protect. He's supposed to be good enough to handle the job himself with some help from only a few good men.

Dean Martin said that the Rio Bravo role for him was one of the most difficult. At that time he was playing a drunk on stage and was not yet into the substance abuse problems that beset him later on. But turns in a stellar performance.

This film marked the farewell feature film performance of Ward Bond who took some time from his Wagon Train TV series to play the small role of a Wayne friend who offers to help and gets killed for his trouble. Fitting it should be in the starring film of his best friend John Wayne.

The only bad note in Rio Bravo is that of Ricky Nelson who is too much the nice kid to suggest being a young gun. But Rio Bravo marked the first of many films Wayne used a current teenage idol to insure box office. Later on Frankie Avalon, Fabian, Bobby Vinton all the way down to Ron Howard in The Shootist brought a younger audience in for the Duke.

When you hear Dean singing My Rifle, Pony, and Me in the jailhouse, you might recognise the same melody from Red River as Settle Down.

Rio Bravo is a leisurely paced western, probably one of the slowest John Wayne ever did. But Howard Hawks created some characters and a story that hold the interest through out.

Answer 7

"High Noon" starring Gary Cooper and Grace Kelly is one of the best western films ever.It is essentially a tale of a town Marshal who is retiring but must face a gang of 4 outlaws by himself when the "good" people of his town refuse to back him up. Even his deputy refuses to help. Filmed and released in 1952, it is the best western I've ever seen.

Answer 8

I absolutely love tombstone.... I think the actors did a wonderful job especially Val Kilmer playing Doc. I also really really enjoyed Deadwood which is over now. It was really good. It's weird. I must have been born back then but reincarnated or something cause I am fastinated by that era.

Answer 9

That's hard. I really liked Pale Rider, The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing and Open Range.

Answer 10

Pale Rider was great, it does have one of my favorite scenes to where the girl who later falls in love with Clint Eastwood is reading Revelations and reads the part "and he be astride a pale white horse. His name is Death and Hell follows with him" I know I might've butchered it, but it was chilling as Eastwood rode past the screan

However my favorite Western would have to be Tombstone...I can't get enough of Wyatt Earp, and Doc Holliday. If you haven't seen Tombstone or Wyatt Earp rush out now...I gaurantee you even if you haven't seen a western before you will like them after.