BS: Your favourite western film

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: open mike
Date: 09 May 10 - 01:26 PM

The U.S.Post Office has issued a commemorative stamp of singing cowboys of the silver screen....it came out last month (April 2010) and there are still stamps available....you might ask your local P.O. or delivery person or you can get them online for a $1 charge. See:
http://www.usps.com/communications/newsroom/2009/pr09_118.htm#cowboys

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: GUEST,Doc John
Date: 09 May 10 - 01:24 PM

Unforgiven
Once Upon A Time In The West
High Noon
The Good, The Bad & the Ugly
Lonesome Dove
The Great Silence
The best portral of Doc Holliday imho is by Dennis Quaid in 'Wyat Earp'
Is there such a thing as an 'Eastern'? Then it must be The Proposition

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: Rapparee
Date: 09 May 10 - 01:20 PM

Cat Ballou (for Lee Marvin's acting)
McClintock
All of John Wayne's "Rooster Cogburn" flicks
I understand "The Shootist" is excellent.

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: mousethief
Date: 09 May 10 - 01:16 PM

Serenity. Or does that count? :-)

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: greg stephens
Date: 09 May 10 - 12:55 PM

The Magnificent Seven has stood the test of time pretty well. Also Stagecoach.

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 May 10 - 11:50 AM

Oh yeah! I'd forgotten about that one.

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: Tug the Cox
Date: 09 May 10 - 11:47 AM

Still love it when the Magnificent Seven occasionally looms into view. Butch cassidy and the Sundance kid was prety good as well.

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: Beer
Date: 09 May 10 - 11:16 AM

Cat Ballou (sp.)
Beer (adrien)

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: Little Hawk
Date: 09 May 10 - 10:56 AM

It's hard to pick an absolute favorite, but if I did....

"The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly" would be the one.

Some others that I'd rate very high:

Hang 'Em High
Red River
The Big Country
The Magnificent Seven
Son of the Morning Star (was a 2 part TV movie)
For a Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
Unforgiven
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
Dances With Wolves (Slightly different category? But I love it.)
Geronimo
The Alamo (the recent one)
Lonesome Dove

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: GUEST,number 6
Date: 09 May 10 - 10:54 AM

the Searchers.

biLL

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: Ed T
Date: 09 May 10 - 10:53 AM

Oops, wrong link meant The Mercenary - (1968) by Sergio Corbucci, not the Mercernaries...which was also a good movie.

Also, the Good the Bad and the Ugly and Once Upon a Time in the West

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: Midchuck
Date: 09 May 10 - 10:45 AM

The Outlaw Josey Wales

As to second place, I'd go with Kendall's suggestions - a tossup.

Also agree with Sugarfoot Jack, 'tho I think they kind of ran out of ideas in the third season.

Peter

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: Stu
Date: 09 May 10 - 10:35 AM

I know it's not a film, but Deadwood was brilliant.

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: GUEST, hi lo
Date: 09 May 10 - 10:08 AM

once Upon A Time In The West

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: bankley
Date: 09 May 10 - 09:37 AM

'Unforgiven'
'Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid'
'The Last Rites of Ransom Pride' a new one

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: Ed T
Date: 09 May 10 - 09:32 AM

One Eyed Jacks
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055257/

The Mercenary
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062863/

Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050468/

Subject: RE: BS: Your favourite western film
From: kendall
Date: 09 May 10 - 09:21 AM

A tossup between High Noon and Lonesome Dove.

Subject: BS: Your favourite western film
From: alanabit
Date: 09 May 10 - 09:04 AM

I have just been listening to Seamus Kennedy's "Sidekicks and Sagebrush" and I particularly like "Big Iron", which is an account of a classic western gunfight. From the recent "Saturday Morning Matinee" thread (among others) I know that I am not the only fan of westerns here. What is your favourite western - and why?