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What's your favorite Cowboy movie?
I watched tonight, for probably the 50th time, The Magnificent Seven. As a SASS shooter this outstanding Cowboy movie is one of my all time favorites. For years I wasn't sure what Steve McQueen's charactor said when Chris (Yul Brynner) asked him his name after the funeral carriage ride/shootout. It wasn't until I saw the alias "Make it Vin" that it sunk in.
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Another outstanding movie that was depicted during the cowboy era but did not occur out west is Gettysburg. There's my two bits worth . . .
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Hmmm, I don't recall Laurel & Hardy being in that particular movie. <img src='http://www.goodguysposse.org/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/innocent.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
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Are we allowed to even say "boobs" here? <img src='http://www.goodguysposse.org/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/whistling.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':whistling:' /> <br />
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I thought we had to refer to them as "golden Bozo's or some such. <img src='http://www.goodguysposse.org/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/innocent.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />
The Magnificient Seven is always at the top of my list. I even like the three sequels which proves that I'm a western film fan junkie.<br />
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In fact I agree with each and every one of the films you gunslingers mentioned, and I was particularly pleased to see two Errol Flynn films mentioned. I feel so strongly that Dodge City is an under-appreciated classic that I included about ten pages on that film in my biography of Flynn.<br />
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Years ago I conducted an interview with director Burt Kennedy who directed The War Wagon, Support Your Local Sheriff, etc, and he mentioned that he was working with some people who organize the Golden Boot Awards out Hollywood way and they wanted to compile a list of the 100 greatest westerns of all time but had trouble after about sixty. I remember telling him the problem is that people pay way too much attention to what the critics think instead of what they are feeling in their gut. Yes, McCabe and Mrs. Miller is a good western, but if I was going to sit down to be entertained I'd watch The War Wagon, not McCabe and Mrs Miller. <br />
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You have to enjoy those films for what the are, and that's why Roy Rogers and Gene Aurty have a timeless appeal. <br />
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Also, any such list needs to intentionally limit John Wayne westerns to about ten simply because he was so good for so long that he overwhelms all other contenders. Duke is the number one most influential actor in westerns.<br />
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And here's a tip of the stetson to the late great Audie Murphy!<br />
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Thanks for bringing this topic up. I truly did enjoy your postings. Sweetchaps and I hope to see you all down the trail at Kocheese Canyon. I was out working that Uberti today. Maybe I'll get one clean stage. Happy fourth of July to you all.<br />
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The Shamrock Shootist
Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, The Lone Ranger, The Cisco Kid, even Zorro. Those old TV shows remind me of the good old days. <img src='http://www.goodguysposse.org/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/thumbsup.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':thumbsup:' /> <br />
Remember what was going on the first time your saw some of your favorites? <img src='http://www.goodguysposse.org/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':unsure:' /> <br />
JP