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He couldn't have asked for a better final picture- I love the precredits sequence and the way they utilized scenes from early Wayne films to show the character as a young man. Fine film.
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Yes, an excellent film with good Elmer Bernstein score. I was particularly happy to see The Duke teaming up with director, Don Siegel, two old favourites and great film makers.
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An excellent 'western' and a perfect final 'curtain' for Wayne. The thrust of the film is akin to that of a storm on the horizon that gets closer and closer until the ultimate thunderclap!
Great cast!!
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I love it, too, and I'm actually not a big John Wayne fan. But this one really stood out for me on all levels. I especially dig that poster!
I was 5 when it came out. Does anyone remember how it was received at the time? I don't remember this film getting much praise until it resurfaced on DVD a few years ago and people revisited it.
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I love it, too, and I'm actually not a big John Wayne fan. But this one really stood out for me on all levels. I especially dig that poster!
I was 5 when it came out. Does anyone remember how it was received at the time? I don't remember this film getting much praise until it resurfaced on DVD a few years ago and people revisited it.
Like all Wayne pictures, it did well. I saw it theatrically summer of '76.
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FYI, it's playing right now on Turner Classic Movies.
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The Shootist has one of my all-time favorite lines:
"Speed isn't the most important thing, or even accuracy. Its being willing. Y'see I found out a long time ago that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye, or draw a breath before they shoot. I won't."
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You and us as another admiring version of The Fantastic Four, Paul!
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Neo, neo, neo.
That's not a picture of Don Siegel you've got there, my friend, it's Sam Peckinpah.
Siegel and Wayne wanted to work with each other for awhile...Wayne was initially offered "Dirty Harry," and passed on it, a move he came to regret (and tried to make up for with "McQ" and "Brannigan"). The two were quite a pair. Siegel was a flaming liberal (and wore a peace medallion around his neck to needle Wayne), who'd needle right back. But they had enormous respect and affection for each other and Siegel took care of Wayne, who was quite sick for much of the filming, to make sure he was at ease. At the time, Siegel's mother was in the hospital, and Wayne sent her flowers every day, once with a card saying "You have a wonderful son."
They did have a disagreement how to shoot the ending--something about the mirror and Books' being shot in the back...can't recall the details.
The film did adequately, but it was not "successful." I remember having to go see it at a drive-in in Seattle, because it didn't open in any regular theaters.
Still, it was the one to go "out" on. And Wayne's performance, though he was quite weak during the filming, is very strong...and very moving. It's great that all those actors came out to be a part of it, too, especially Bacall.
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Jim, Meester Wilson, Jim, , mi amigo, sometimes it's right good for someone to point out one's anti-perfectionist tendencies! Yer quite right (and it's since been amended); that'll teach us to continue to reward those munchkins who do our research with hazlenut bubblegum!).
And we doth recall you're quite right it was indeed the ending that brooked - Booked? - Wayne and Siegel's minor/major disagreement.
Actually, your bringing up The Duke's chronic weakness during filming only makes his final cinematic curtain all the more admirable - to say nothing of courageous.
As a major minority of three, we can easily disregard his societal views and still emerge with respect for the man (which still doesn't diminish the icon; actually, only enhances it) ...
[ Oh, and DO drop by for more frequent visits, why don'tcha? You've been missed!  ]
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This movie has unexpectedly become one I think about a lot. I liked it the first time I saw it, but the damned thing won't let me alone. I'll have to watch it again this weekend. It's definitely a late-night movie--I bet one reason it didn't do so well on release was because, despite Elmer's jaunty score, no one was fooled, it is a movie about death. It's about meeting it with dignity, but it's about death and dying. That doesn't make for fun for most folks.
It's definitely my favorite Siegel film, and along with RIO BRAVO, RED RIVER, EL DORADO and THE SEARCHERS, my favorite Wayne.
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Coinidentally, I got this for 1 Euro today with the local newspaper, along with WILD ROVERS. Not a huge Western fan, but I do remember liking THE SHOOTIST when I saw it on the telly years ago.
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