Favourite Western Film

[accountantpete]

The Singer Not The Song is worthy of a mention - Dirk Bogarde in tight leather trousers and cool shades!.

 

[j66]

They Call Me Trinity / Trinity Is Still My Name - these films had me rolling about laughing as a kid, and from what I remember the music was pretty good too...

 

[marinyork]

Open Range
The Grand Silence
Sabata
Death Rides a Horse
South of Heaven - West of Hell


Anything with Lee Van Cleef

Actually saw Open Range about 5 years ago, just didn't get it.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The films (three IIRC) with this cool dude in are pretty good ...

Lucky Luke

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Actually saw Open Range about 5 years ago, just didn't get it.

Brilliant film - classic western style. Very slow build up to the big shoot out at the end - great stuff. Good casting too, Robert Duvall is superb as always, Kev's good too - one of his best performances, up there with Waterworld.

 

[Over The Hill]

HIGH NOON

Fantastic film. Shot in real time as the whole scene unfolds in the build up to the arrival of the the Miller Gang on the noon train. Probably 30 years ahead of its time or at least up there with Hitchcock classics.

It has Grace Kelly in it too!
I was brought up on Clint Eastwood westerns and did not like this as it was rather old fashioned (from 1952) but then saw it again years later and was knocked out by it.

Sound track is great

View: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKLvKZ6nIiA&feature=related

(apart from rhyming prison with his 'n')

 

[Stephenite]

They Call Me Trinity / Trinity Is Still My Name - these films had me rolling about laughing as a kid, and from what I remember the music was pretty good too...

+1

But i'd have thought Brokeback Mountain would be more to your taste

 

[Moodyman]

The Good the Bad and the Ugly,
Pale Rider,
& The Magnificent 7

 

[slowmotion]

The Long Riders......a fantastic film about the James Gang. Seek it out.

 

[j66]

+1

But i'd have thought Brokeback Mountain would be more to your taste

Why is that then?

 

[Dayvo]

All of the films mentioned above are very good indeed, however my favourite western series EVER was Alias Smith and Jones! Unbeatable, IMO.

 

[Apeman]

Any Western is a good Western especially in black and white. Stagecoach started me off and all the old actors starred in lots of brilliant cowboy movies like Robert Ryan,Dan Durea,Joel McCrea Randolf Scott-----God I could go on and on and.....

 

[Ste T.]

Shaaaane......Bye Shaaane !

 

[Stephenite]

Why is that then?

Sorry j66. You were a random target. Just wanted to get in a quip about Brokeback Mountain.

 

[Stephenite]

Regarding series. I used to love watching Bonanza of a sunday morning.