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Title: The Shootist
Post by: oneway on July 04, 2010, 11:14:35 PM
The 'Shootist' is running on AMC in the loop this weekend..

The Duke, Becall and Young Mr.Howard...

A durable chronicle of changing times and character...

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Salute to the Duke...happy 4th Mr. Wayne

Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: AWwrgwy on July 04, 2010, 11:20:17 PM
The 'Shootist' is running on AMC in the loop this weekend..

The Duke, Becall and Young Mr.Howard...

A durable chronicle of changing times and character...

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Salute to the Duke...happy 4th Mr. Wayne



I was looking for John Wayne movies on youtube today.  Particularly this and True Grit.  I had a Jphn Wayne craving.  No luck.

 :salute


wrongway
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: oneway on July 04, 2010, 11:22:56 PM
True Grit will be watched a 100 years from now..

Another durable and timeless classic...
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: oneway on July 04, 2010, 11:31:59 PM
In my humble opinion, both of Waynes most powerful performances are True Grit and The Shootist...

With Hepburn in the Rooster Cogburn, and Becall in the Shootist...he really hit his stride...

His best work was with powerful and veteran supporting actresses...as he grew older...

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d0/RoosterCogburnwayne%2775.jpg/200px-RoosterCogburnwayne%2775.jpg)

Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: SIK1 on July 04, 2010, 11:39:24 PM
The Shootist, is my all time favorite JW movie. with True Grit, The Cowboys, and Big Jake following very closely behind.
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: oneway on July 04, 2010, 11:49:42 PM
The Shootist, is my all time favorite JW movie. with True Grit, The Cowboys, and Big Jake following very closely behind.

What a classic scene in Shootist when Books is in the Barber shop and the undertaker comes in and expresses regret at first for Books impending demise...while simultaneously applying good old fashioned turn of the century capitalism in an attempt to be the final guardian of Books' remains...and even more delicious is when Books calls him on it and shoves it back in his face...

Books: "I admire a man with get up and go"

Undertaker: "The early bird gets the worm"

...

After Books stuffs it in his face for anticipating the windfall the undertaker will make on Books' notoriety...he squeezes the undertaker for 50 bucks...and charges him for the privilege of burying him..

Meanwhile Books has no problem conceding the barber the locks of hair on the floor...

Classic Wayne

 :rofl
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: 68ZooM on July 05, 2010, 10:56:07 AM
The Shootist, is my all time favorite JW movie. with True Grit, The Cowboys, and Big Jake following very closely behind.
i watched all of those on AMC this weekend
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: Maverick on July 05, 2010, 12:01:37 PM
McClintock is my favorite Wayne film. Great comedy especially in the mud slide fight.
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: Kev367th on July 05, 2010, 12:37:02 PM
One of his best films, more ironic in that when he made it he knew he was dieing.

One of a few movies he 'died' in - I'll kick it off:

1) The Shootist
2) The Cowboys
3) The Sands of Iwo Jima

At least another 3 or so out there......
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: DREDIOCK on July 05, 2010, 02:11:29 PM
The Shootist, is my all time favorite JW movie. with True Grit, The Cowboys, and Big Jake following very closely behind.

Great moment from "The Cowboys"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rBBS_tC4eRE

Great moments in speech therapy

Gotta admit I've used similar hard tactics for getting my own kids to do something I knew they are able to but they did not believe they could.
It works
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: -tronski- on July 06, 2010, 02:36:30 AM
The Searchers
True Grit
The High and the Mighty
El Dorado

 Tronsky
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: hlbly on July 06, 2010, 07:25:31 AM
Tall in the saddle !
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: AKH on July 06, 2010, 02:42:00 PM
I watched it again a month or two back. It's a excellent film, and would be his best performance if it wasn't for... 'The Green Berets'   :D
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: rpm on July 06, 2010, 02:48:42 PM
Top 5 John Wayne films:

They Were Expendable
True Grit
The Searchers
Fort Apache
In Harm's Way
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: Skuzzy on July 06, 2010, 02:58:28 PM
Any movie he did with Maureen O'Hara.
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: uptown on July 06, 2010, 05:51:48 PM
The Quiet Man and Shepherd of the Hills.  :aok
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: saggs on July 06, 2010, 06:04:18 PM
The Shootist is also one of my favorites.  Along with Big Jake, Cowboys, True Grit and many others.

Help me out though.  I was trying to remember the name of the movie where John Wayne plays an oil rig firefighter, the character's was named Red Adair I think, but the name of the movie is not coming to me.   :headscratch:
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: oneway on July 06, 2010, 06:31:14 PM
The Shootist is also one of my favorites.  Along with Big Jake, Cowboys, True Grit and many others.

Help me out though.  I was trying to remember the name of the movie where John Wayne plays an oil rig firefighter, the character's was named Red Adair I think, but the name of the movie is not coming to me.   :headscratch:

Hellfighters
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: Shuffler on July 06, 2010, 10:04:00 PM
Any movie he did with Maureen O'Hara.

Yup!!


I have his whole movie collection.

Hellfighters filmed a lot of scenes at Baytown Texas. Red Adair is still a big name in these parts.
Title: Re: The Shootist
Post by: ozrocker on July 07, 2010, 05:34:37 AM
Always loved "The Horse soldiers". All of his War films are classics. Of course he always had John Ford, One of the best Directors that ever lived.

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