Best of the mountain man movies true west magazine. The original trailer in high definition of man of the west directed by anthony mann and starring gary cooper, julie london, lee j. Here are a couple of examples where a woman is forced to strip at gunpoint in a film. Ponch as robert wilke rest of cast listed alphabetically.
Station west is a 1948 blackandwhite film directed by sidney lanfield and based on a western novel by luke short. Burl ives plays a small role and sings the following songs on the soundtrack. Harold hechts the way west is a handsomely photographed account of a picaresque journey along the oregon trail, but somehow i dont think it was supposed to be. The pinnacle in the brilliant career of director anthony mann, man of the. How the west was won synopsis three generations of a family go west through a buffalo stampede, the civil war and a train robbery. In this western, link jones travels to fort worth to hire a new schoolteacher there. Hes link jones, a reformed outlaw in west texas in 1874 on his way to fort worth to hire a schoolmarm for the new school in his town. Robin wood noted that man of the west, manns triumph, his unqualified masterpiece and the capstone to his cycle of westerns, is manns lear, with its sense of emotional whirlwind, and an older order crumbling. Man of the west 1958 111 gary coopers classic western film.
How the west was won garnered three oscars, for screenplay, film editing, and sound production. But the greatest of all, man of the west, made in 1958, starred gary cooper. A reformed outlaw is left abandoned in a remote area after he intervenes in a train robbery, where he unexpectedly runs into his old gang. If i were to tell you that into the west was about two boys and their magical white horse, you would of course think it was a childrens film. Tj casey hails from the great state of montana as montanas singing cowboy.
Fraser heston voted 1972s jeremiah johnson the best mountain man movie. A reformed outlaw becomes stranded after an aborted train robbery with two other passengers and is forced to rejoin his old outlaw band. Man of the west 1958 original trailer hd 1080p youtube. Search the worlds information, including webpages, images, videos and more. Man of the west is an unsettling film to me now and when i saw it as a youngster in 1958. Google has many special features to help you find exactly what youre looking for. The kl studio classics bluray of man of the west is an attractive encoding that is very possibly from the same hd master as the older mgm home video dvd from 2008. Spencer tracy narrates the film, which cost an estimated 15 million. Exoutlaw link jones gary cooper is aboard a train when it is robbed by bandits. October 4, 2016 by toby madman entertainment out of australia has announced a terrific dvd set of seven audie murphy pictures that cover his time at universal, from his first film for the studio, the kid from texas 1950, to the last, gunpoint 1966. Im happy to give this movie 5 stars because, at least for me, it achieves all i ask for in a film. The film begins as seemingly naive link gary cooper leaves his family to take a train to fort worth. Casey is a singersongwriter, storyteller, composer, clinician, humorist, entertainer and educator.
Starring barry sullivan as pat garrett and clu gulager as billy the kid. Cinematographer captures red rock canyon at its best, and julie londons. Man of the west butch cassidy gunpoint scenes on vimeo. The film was not a boxoffice success but came to be recognized as manns last great western. To hear all of tjs music on his youtube videos go to his youtube channel at. On the rails, he crosses paths with sam beasley, a grifter who plans to rob jones blind. Man of the west is een amerikaanse western uit 1958 onder regie van anthony mann. Gary cooper was always watchable in a western, but he seems too old for the role hes playing in this one. Man of the west is a 1958 american western film starring gary cooper and directed by anthony mann, produced by walter mirisch and distributed by united artists. He was link jones, a reformed gunfighter who is forced to betray his newfound pacifism by annihilating one by one the. Man of the west, dvd, subtitled, westerns, 738329141929. Publicity stills of gary cooper and julie london from man of the west. The movie is set in a world a little too gritty for innocent animal tales. It originally aired on pbs in eight episodes, with one airing everyday from sunday, september 15th to sunday, september 22nd, 1996.
But it is more than that, although children will enjoy it. Man of the west is a 1958 western film about a reformed outlaw who becomes a hostage after an aborted train robbery with two other passengers and is forced to rejoin his old outlaw band directed by anthony mann. Two soldiers have been robbed and murdered while guarding a shipment of gold. Sally field makes her film debut in this sumptuous epic tale of the brave men and women who left the comfort of the east for the promise of free land in the untamed west. A telling sign of this film s greatness lies in its still debated status.
The picture was one of the last oldfashioned epic films made by metrogoldwynmayer to enjoy great success. Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. The highly fictionalized series provides a more humane image of the kid than has history itself. A catandmouse thriller starring tommy lee jones, javier bardem, and josh brolin, it follows a texas welder and vietnam war veteran in the desert landscape of 1980 west texas. Man of the west original trailer turner classic movies. Man of the west 1958 111 gary coopers classic western film 1080p hd. The screenplay, written by reginald rose, is based on the 1955 novel the border jumpers, by will c. Technically, man of the west has transferred well to dvd with excellent colour saturation, sharpness and surprisingly a good soundtrack, although it is 2track mono.
Manns casting of cooper is nothing less than inspired brilliance, although it probably cost the film box office revenue. How the west was won 1962 john ford, henry hathaway. Man of the west original theatrical trailer masters. The film costars julie london, jack lord, arthur oconnell and lee j. Three legendary directors henry hathaway, john ford, and george marshall combine their skills to tell the story of three families and their travels from the erie canal to california between 1839 and 1889. A stranger in town, the suns shining warm, and a man cant grow old. Also on the train is saloon singer billie ellis julie london, who is compelled by con man sam beasley arthur oconnell to cheat link out of his money. I did a quick and dirty upload from final cut, and an hour and a half of black man of the west butch cassidy gunpoint scenes on vimeo.
How the west was won is a 1962 american metrocolor epicwestern film. No country for old men is a 2007 american neowestern crime thriller film written and directed by joel and ethan coen, based on cormac mccarthys 2005 novel of the same name. The added sharpness helps a great deal, and the betterdefined colors bring out more subtle hues in the desert backgrounds. It concerns two young gypsy boys growing up in the highrise slums of dublin, with their father, who loves them but.
However, it is his nearly forgotten and last true western, man of the west 1958 starring gary cooper that is his most strikingly modern. When he tries to intervene, hes knocked out and left in the middle of nowhere with saloon singer billie julie. Rent man of the west 1958 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Cobb, henry fonda, carolyn jones, karl malden, gregory peck, george peppard, robert preston, debbie reynolds, james stewart, eli wallach, john. Man of the west was coopers penultimate western and arguably his greatest performance, to which he brought a characteristic blend of decency, resolution and selfdoubt. The west is a documentary by filmmaker ken burns and stephen ives on the history of the american west.
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