Tag: Western
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Why Did Working with Stanley Kubrick Traumatize an Actor to the Point of Tears While Working with Clint Eastwood?
Director Stanley Kubrick is known for being a task master on his sets. Many actors have recounted horror stories about the director’s dedication to details and how they had to endure as much as a hundred takes due to Kubrick’s penchant for perfectionism. Scatman Crothers, the actor who played Dick Hallorann in Kubrick’s adaptation of…
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Why Does Carrie Snodgress’ Character Ask Clint Eastwood’s “Stranger” the Age-Old Question, “Who Are You?” in ‘Pale Rider’?
“Who are you? Who are you… really?” A most absurd question to be posing at the archetypal “mysterious stranger” of the “Western,” who rides in from infinity and would eventually ride off into infinity; the question becomes even more pointless, if this stranger has the grizzled face and the towering figure of Clint Eastwood. Clint…
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What Sets ‘Joe Kidd’ Apart as a Lean and Gritty Western Movie in Clint Eastwood’s Filmography?
Elmore Leonard , the revered American novelist and short story writer, is today known more for his crime fiction and suspense thrillers laced with dollops of humor and great dialogue. A lot of them – like Get Shorty and Out of Sight – has been adapted into very popular movies. But he started out as…
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Is ‘High Plains Drifter’ a Western Classic with Clint Eastwood’s Spooky Twist on the ‘Man with No Name’?
High Plains Drifter (1973) is the first Western that Clint Eastwood directed. It’s a little different from the rest of the westerns he made, as an actor or as a director, as it plays out more as a supernatural thriller. “That isn’t what the West was all about. That isn’t the American people who settled…
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Surprising Revelation: Kevin Costner’s Unexpected Take on Western Films and Clint Eastwood’s Parallel Path
Taking a look at the rear-view mirror in the journey of Hollywood, everyone remembers the good old days when Western films dominated not just the US, but the entire world. And leading that charge was the legendary Clint Eastwood, along with stars like Kevin Costner following close behind. To this day, the effect of those…
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Iconic Western Cinema Comes to Life: Secure Your Clint Eastwood ‘Unforgiven’ Figure
Sideshow has officially unveiled its next 1/6 scale figure in their Clint Eastwood Legacy Collection, with a brand new Unforgiven figure. The new figure features Eastwood as William Munny in the 1992 film, complete with the iconic scowl that Eastwood dons in the film. The figure comes wearing a tailored fabric costume, complete with his…
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From 175 to 100: Discover John Wayne’s Most Beloved Films That Stood the Test of Time
Before he was one of Hollywood’s most bankable and iconic Western movie stars, actor John Wayne was an Iowa-born USC lineman named Marion Morrison. Morrison lost his football scholarship due to a shoulder injury from a bodysurfing accident and landed a job in 1927 as a prop guy on the Fox Studios lot. That gig…
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Beyond the Silver Screen: 43 Years Later, John Wayne’s Legacy Still Shines Bright
43 years after his death, John Wayne is still among America’s most popular and revered movie stars. Today, we’re talking about his life, roles and legacy. Wayne’s first leading role, at age 23, was in Raoul Walsh’s film, “The Big Trail.” The picture bombed at the box office and took nearly 10 years before Wayne…
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Spike Lee Deliberates on John Wayne’s Take on ‘Perverted’ Films—An Intriguing Conversation
When we look back at the history of Hollywood icons, there are some that simply do not stand the test of time. The icon of western cinema, John Wayne, is one such individual, having made some of the greatest movies of the 20th century, such as The Searchers, True Grit and The Man Who Shot…
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The Jaw-Dropping Incident That Director John Ford Kept Under Wraps in THE SEARCHERS
John Wayne and John Ford collaborated on some of the Hollywood Golden Age’s best-loved Westerns from She Wore a Yellow Ribbon to The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. Perhaps their most famous was 1956’s The Searchers, which is on BBC Two this afternoon. The film saw Duke play a Civil War veteran spending years searching…