My Favorite Westerns

Category: Eli Wallach

  • The Magnificent Seven … Behind the Scenes …1960

    The Magnificent Seven theme / Elmer Bernstein / 1960

    Kurosawa Akira | Biography & Films | Britannica

    Akira Kurosawa / Japanese Filmmaker

    John Sturges
    The Music (Bernstein) … the Star Power … the Director (Sturges)
    Everything!     Off the charts.

    Don’t know how many times I’ve watched this.

  • Eli Wallach revisited …

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    Eli Wallach

    Eli Herschel Wallach (December 7, 1915 – June 24, 2014)

    “I never dreamed I would do Westerns.”
    ~ Eli Wallach

    In his acting career Wallach appeared in approximately 90 films and 85 Television shows.

    Incredibly, though Eli Wallach appeared in only 6 Westerns, at least 3 are considered Classics: John Ford’s How the West was Won  (1962), The Magnificent Seven  (1960) and The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly  (1966) .
    Not bad shootin’ … for a badguy.

    “My first Western was called The Magnificent Seven.”
    ~ Eli Wallach

    Eli Wallach Western Filmography

    The Magnificent Seven (1960)
    How the West Was Won (1962)
    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
    Mackenna’s Gold (1969)
    Long Live Your Death (1971)
    Shoot First… Ask Questions Later (1975)

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    “As an actor I’ve played more bandits, thieves, killers, warlords, molesters, and Mafiosi than you could shake a stick at.”
    ~ Eli Wallach

    Below is my favorite Wallach scene from the The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

    I heard Wallach say that Director Sergio Leone basically gave him free rein to improvise that scene any way he wanted.
    Nicely done.

    “I always end up being the evil one, and I wouldn’t hurt a fly.”
    ~ Eli Wallach

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