list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Outlaw Josey Wales on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Outlaw_Josey_Wales/25841/default.aspx Title: The Outlaw Josey Wales
Year: 1976
Director: Clint Eastwood
Plot: Clint Eastwood's fifth film as a director and eighth Western as a star (ninth if you count Paint Your Wagon), The Outlaw Josey Wales chronicles the hero's violent journey westward after the Civil War. With fresh memoris of his family's slaughter by Red Leg soldier Terrill (Bill McKinney), Confederate Josey Wales (Eastwood) refuses to join his captain Fletcher (John Vernon) and the rest of his comrades in surrender to a U.S. Army regiment. Deemed a dangerous outlaw after a bloody one-man battle with that regiment, Josey is pursued by U.S. cavalry soldiers led by the unwilling Fletcher and the murderous Terrill, as well as by bounty hunters who eventually learn how coolly lethal Wales can be. Despite his desire to remain a lone fugitive, Josey soon has a crew of travelling companions that includes Cherokee Lone Watie (Chief Dan George) and the pretty Laura Lee (Sondra Locke) and her vigorous Grandma Sarah (Paula Trueman), settlers on their way to a ranch near ghost town Santa Rio. The few Santa Rio residents welcome the group, but their peace and Josey's burgeoning romance with Laura Lee are soon interrupted by Terrill's arrival. A skillfully violent man of few, well-chosen words, Josey Wales resembles Eastwood's previous Western heroes in Sergio Leone's trilogy, A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966). However, the emphasis on friends and family served notice that, in the words of one critic, "the Man With No Name doesn't live here anymore." Indeed, Josey Wales would be Eastwood's last western before 1985's Pale Rider. Although it did not garner similar critical praise when it was released, Eastwood considers The Outlaw Josey Wales to be the equal of the Oscar-winning Unforgiven (1992). ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide
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]]>Tue, 12 May 2009 04:00:21 GMTThe Outlaw Josey Wales1976Clint Eastwood<a href="/players/P____88601/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Clint Eastwood</a>'s fifth film as a director and eighth Western as a star (ninth if you count <a href=/films/25977/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Paint Your Wagon</a>), The Outlaw Josey Wales chronicles the hero's violent journey westward after the Civil War. With fresh memoris of his family's slaughter by Red Leg soldier Terrill (<a href="/players/P____47755/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Bill McKinney</a>), Confederate Josey Wales (Eastwood) refuses to join his captain Fletcher (<a href="/players/P____73373/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Vernon</a>) and the rest of his comrades in surrender to a U.S. Army regiment. Deemed a dangerous outlaw after a bloody one-man battle with that regiment, Josey is pursued by U.S. cavalry soldiers led by the unwilling Fletcher and the murderous Terrill, as well as by bounty hunters who eventually learn how coolly lethal Wales can be. Despite his desire to remain a lone fugitive, Josey soon has a crew of travelling companions that includes Cherokee Lone Watie (<a href="/players/P___207556/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Chief Dan George</a>) and the pretty Laura Lee (<a href="/players/P___100009/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sondra Locke</a>) and her vigorous Grandma Sarah (<a href="/players/P____71916/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Paula Trueman</a>), settlers on their way to a ranch near ghost town Santa Rio. The few Santa Rio residents welcome the group, but their peace and Josey's burgeoning romance with Laura Lee are soon interrupted by Terrill's arrival. A skillfully violent man of few, well-chosen words, Josey Wales resembles Eastwood's previous Western heroes in <a href="/players/P____99378/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Sergio Leone</a>'s trilogy, <a href=/films/11801/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>A Fistful of Dollars</a> (1964), <a href=/films/12167/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>For a Few Dollars More</a> (1965), and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966). However, the emphasis on friends and family served notice that, in the words of one critic, "the Man With No Name doesn't live here anymore." Indeed, <I>Josey Wales</I> would be Eastwood's last western before 1985's <a href=/films/25998/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Pale Rider</a>. Although it did not garner similar critical praise when it was released, Eastwood considers The Outlaw Josey Wales to be the equal of the Oscar-winning <a href=/films/36502/default.aspx style='text-decoration:underline'>Unforgiven</a> (1992). ~ Lucia Bozzola, All Movie Guide4Slightly Tagged (1-5)1523http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t77633l1tcn.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Outlaw_Josey_Wales/25841/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_5_movies_directed_by_an_actor_or_actress/190/26350/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 3/18/2008 12:22:20 PM
Body: I'm having some difficulty actually deciding if some people qualify or not.Certainly Orson Welles, if he was not already often in contention for the greatest director of all time would have been well known as one of the greatest actors.Roman Polanski is surely more well known as a director, but has done just as much acting, and was an actor before being a director. The same with Vittorio De Sica.Many comedians are just as recognizable as actors, writers, and directors. Often doing all roles in the same film. Think of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Or Jaques Tati. Today think of Mel Brooks, Harold Ramis, Christopher Guest. Terry Jones??Also many kung fu stars. Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow, Sammo Hung.And what about classical actors where, acting is clearly where they are most recognized, but they are also renown in directing of theatre and film. A production directed by Lawrence Olivier or Kenneth Branagh is surely not an anomaly.I'm actually most interested in a poll about director who have stints in acting like John Huston or Werner Herzog.Nonetheless, I'll try to make a top five.1. Buffalo '66 - Vincent Gallo2. Quiz Show - Robert Redford3. The Apostle - Robert Duvall4. The Outlaw Josey Wales - Clint Eastwood5. Garden State - Zach BraffI'm not normally a huge fan of most of Eastwood's directing efforts either, but I do find Josey Wales to stand out from what I've seen.
]]>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 16:22:20 GMTRisseladaTop 53/18/2008 12:22:20 PMI&#39;m having some difficulty actually deciding if some people qualify or not.Certainly Orson Welles, if he was not already often in contention for the greatest director of all time would have been well known as one of the greatest actors.Roman Polanski is surely more well known as a director, but has done just as much acting, and was an actor before being a director. The same with Vittorio De Sica.Many comedians are just as recognizable as actors, writers, and directors. Often doing all roles in the same film. Think of Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton. Or Jaques Tati. Today think of Mel Brooks, Harold Ramis, Christopher Guest. Terry Jones??Also many kung fu stars. Jackie Chan, Stephen Chow, Sammo Hung.And what about classical actors where, acting is clearly where they are most recognized, but they are also renown in directing of theatre and film. A production directed by Lawrence Olivier or Kenneth Branagh is surely not an anomaly.I&#39;m actually most interested in a poll about director who have stints in acting like John Huston or Werner Herzog.Nonetheless, I&#39;ll try to make a top five.1. Buffalo &#39;66 - Vincent Gallo2. Quiz Show - Robert Redford3. The Apostle - Robert Duvall4. The Outlaw Josey Wales - Clint Eastwood5. Garden State - Zach BraffI&#39;m not normally a huge fan of most of Eastwood&#39;s directing efforts either, but I do find Josey Wales to stand out from what I&#39;ve seen. http://www.spout.com/groups/Top_5/Re_Top_Westerns/190/3816/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
Post To: Top 5
Post Date: 11/27/2006 5:50:14 PM
Body: Well, I just watched The Proposition with SkyPilot last night when I was in GR. Afterwards he decided that he actually would have put Dead Man ahead of it. It was enjoyable, but I'd hardly say among a top 5 list, unless you haven't seen many westerns. I actually haven't seen too many myself, but like noir I usually like most of them, so I'm not sure why not. Ok, if I had to make a strict top 5 list it would probably be nearly all Leone films, so I'm going to group them together as number 1 with my favorite, which is The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, For A Few Dollars More, A Fistful of Dollars. (I have yet to see A Fistful of Dynamite) 2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It's been a while since I've seen this, but I've had that poster of the final frame of the movie since college. That image will always be one of the most iconic images in film to me. 3. Ravenous. IMDB lists this as a western, but also as horror, comedy, and thriller. It's as much as one as it is any other. I love it for that. And I LOVE the music, which Damon Albarn from Blur and Gorillaz had a hand in. 4. Dead Man. Also unusual. Definitely a western, but a Jim Jarmusch western. Also an unusual score. 5. The Outlaw Josey Wales. Picking a number 5 was tough, although not because I was weighing Josey Wales with Unforgiven. I'm not a big fan of that movie. Here's a couple more I've seen that I'd like to mention. A few John Wayne flicks I've seen. Stage Coach, Rio Bravo, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. High Noon. A statement being made in the era of McCarthyism. Shown as if it were being played out in real time. Lloyd Bridges is great. Also Lee Van Cleef's first film appearance. Ride With the Devil. Less often explored aspects of the Civil War done very well by Ang Lee. And honestly, Back to the Future Part III. It's a wild ride, and has some references to Leone's man with no name trilogy.
]]>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 22:50:14 GMTRisseladaTop 511/27/2006 5:50:14 PMWell, I just watched The Proposition with SkyPilot last night when I was in GR. Afterwards he decided that he actually would have put Dead Man ahead of it. It was enjoyable, but I'd hardly say among a top 5 list, unless you haven't seen many westerns. I actually haven't seen too many myself, but like noir I usually like most of them, so I'm not sure why not. Ok, if I had to make a strict top 5 list it would probably be nearly all Leone films, so I'm going to group them together as number 1 with my favorite, which is The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. 1. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Once Upon a Time in the West, For A Few Dollars More, A Fistful of Dollars. (I have yet to see A Fistful of Dynamite) 2. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. It's been a while since I've seen this, but I've had that poster of the final frame of the movie since college. That image will always be one of the most iconic images in film to me. 3. Ravenous. IMDB lists this as a western, but also as horror, comedy, and thriller. It's as much as one as it is any other. I love it for that. And I LOVE the music, which Damon Albarn from Blur and Gorillaz had a hand in. 4. Dead Man. Also unusual. Definitely a western, but a Jim Jarmusch western. Also an unusual score. 5. The Outlaw Josey Wales. Picking a number 5 was tough, although not because I was weighing Josey Wales with Unforgiven. I'm not a big fan of that movie. Here's a couple more I've seen that I'd like to mention. A few John Wayne flicks I've seen. Stage Coach, Rio Bravo, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. High Noon. A statement being made in the era of McCarthyism. Shown as if it were being played out in real time. Lloyd Bridges is great. Also Lee Van Cleef's first film appearance. Ride With the Devil. Less often explored aspects of the Civil War done very well by Ang Lee. And honestly, Back to the Future Part III. It's a wild ride, and has some references to Leone's man with no name trilogy. http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/family/MemberTagFilms.aspxfamily
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