Tag: American Western
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Astonishing Accuracy: How 1948 John Wayne Western Gets Survival Right
A 1948 John Wayne Western directed by John Ford gets one desert survival trick right, much to the excitement of survival expert Les Stroud. In a recent video for Insider, Stroud watched one desert survival scene from the John Wayne Western, 3 Godfathers, and rated it for realism. Watch the portion of the video below:…
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What does Kevin Costner’s perspective reveal about the significance of ‘Open Range’ in his journey as a Western actor?
He broke out in the baseball movies, but if there’s anything Kevin Costner is best known for these days, it’s the American Western. The 68-year-old actor, who scored one of his first major roles in the all-star 1985 Western Silverado, has had two major hits in the genre in recent years, first co-starring in the…