My Favorite Westerns

Tag: Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid

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  1. Marilyn Armstrong Avatar
    Marilyn Armstrong

    He looks like one of his characters 🙂

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    1. jcalberta Avatar
      jcalberta

      He actually made a cameo in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid. Quite a character. Drunk quite a bit (they say) and hard to get along with. But a great Director.

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  2. cindybruchman Avatar
    cindybruchman

    Don’t know this Badass, as Westerns are my weakness as a movie buff. Watched ‘Hang ‘m High’ with Clint yesterday. Saw Mr. Dern with his horse teeth and dishonest eyes. I liked it.

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    1. jcalberta Avatar
      jcalberta

      Though Sam Pekinpah didn’t just make Westerns, he made 2 Western Classics – both of them controversial: ‘The Wild Bunch’ – due it’s graphic slow motion blood-shed – which went a long way toward earning him the nickname “Bloody Sam – and the almost equally controversial – for different reasons – Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid – due to his prolonged infighting with the producers (MGM) – who finally took his film footage and edited it (as many as six different editors they say) in order to produce a commercial movie. He abandoned and disclaimed this official (original) 1973 version – which was not well received (by critics anyway). Eventually some of Pekinpah’s comrades re-edited the movie (1988) in an attempt to re-create what they felt Pekinpah intended = Version 2. Peckinpah had already passed on though. This version was well received and critically acclaimed. Finally a third version – with improved image quality – but incredibly the author cut some scenes!! – generated more controversy.

      Pekinpah’s support cast in Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid is a stunning Who’s Who of Western film – including Chill Wills, Katy Jurado, Jack Elam, Slim Pickens, Barry Sullivan, Dub Taylor, R.G. Armstrong, Elisha Cook, Jr. and Paul Fix. Jason Robards, Richard Jaeckel, Charles Martin Smith, Harry Dean Stanton, Matt Clark, L.Q. Jones, Emilio Fernández, Aurora Clavel, Luke Askew, Jack Dodson, Richard Bright and John Beck. For this reason alone the film is an important Western.

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      1. jcalberta Avatar
        jcalberta

        Bob Dylan and Rita Coolidge also appeared in the movie. Dylan did the Soundtrack for the movie with includes the great “Knocking on Heaven’s Door”.

      2. cindybruchman Avatar
        cindybruchman

        Far be it from me to tell you what to do, but honestly, you should make posts about this information. Few people know what you do, so share 😉

      3. cindybruchman Avatar
        cindybruchman

        Awesome information, by the way. Cheers!

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