Terrific action flick about a 700-mile endurance horse race with disparate characters as competitors. The characters are wonderfully drawn, though tending toward types (Gene Hackman, the good-guy animal lover; Candice Bergman, the bad girl turned good; Ben Johnson, the tough old coot; etc.; think STAGECOACH). They compete against each other, but at the same time grow to respect each other; they are all honorable and winners. Hackman is especially good as the good Samaritan in the lead. Best of all about the movie might be the photography, which is stunningly beautiful, though the slow-motion camera work (a fad of the times that thankfully has disappeared) is overdone. Worth a watch.
Hearts in the Right Place. Corny?.....So What?
I want to see the knowhow of Hackman, the street smarts of Coburn and the earthy, toughness of Johnson.
Want to see heros and nobility. Especially want to see Hackman giving his frothing horse water, instead of first riding over the finish line. I don't care about the corn. Made me feel good.
A lost jewel film!
When we make the account of celebrate Westerns, usually we use to forget this film. There is to my mind one powerful reason: this picture was not released in the right time. There were so many factors in that ages that simply ignored traditional works , because Hollywood searched fresh airs. The names of Independent and talented filmmakers such Scorsese,Pakula Coppola, Kubrick, Casavettes turned the attention of the audience to them, leaving behind a group of directors who had not perceived the time of the great changes in the Cinema.
But the virtues of this film overcame all these obstacles to become in a cult film.
Before The Wild Bunch, there was The Professionals, Richard Brooks's marvelous ode to friendship, loyalty, and disillusionment. It may not have the stylistic bravado or fatalistic doom of the legendary Sam Peckinpah film, but Brooks's storytelling is simple and steady and just as insightful. The difference is Brooks is a lot more optimistic. Lee Marvin and Burt Lancaster are buddies who have drifted into oblivion after fighting together in the Mexican Revolution. Marvin, the principled loyalist and munitions expert, lost his wife and his heart. Lancaster, the dynamite expert and unprincipled adventurer, keeps losing his pants. They team up with wrangler Robert Ryan and archer Woody Strode to rescue the beguiling Claudia Cardinale, who has been kidnapped by their old... More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Burt Lancaster - Lee Marvin - Robert Ryan Director(s): Richard Brooks DVD Release Date: Released the 05 April 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Tom Selleck shows a harder side of his persona as a disillusioned Confederate who returns home in the waning days of the Civil War in this adaptation of the Elmore Leonard novel. His wife, Suzy Amis, isn't ready to forgive him for leaving his family behind for the "adventure" of war, and his children hardly remember him. Haunted by his actions in the war and caught in a power struggle in the Arizona territory, Selleck's soul-scarred survivor makes a last stand to protect the only thing left that matters to him--his homestead and his family. The film has its share of gunfights, showdowns, conspiracies, and Civil War rivalries, and even a runaway stagecoach, but its power lies in the somber exploration of how misunderstandings and conflicts tear at a marriage during such a volatile time,... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Dick Lowry DVD Release Date: Released the 17 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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I love Sam Elliott, especially as a cowboy and this has always been a favorite of mine. I was just waiting for it to come out on DVD to replace my VHS version. My heros have always been cowboys. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Reynaldo Villalobos DVD Release Date: Released the 17 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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My only question about this movie is: What in the world was the reasoning behind the casting of Angie Dickinson? Her appearance is not just extraneous, as was mentioned in a previous review, it was totally unecessary! The only reason had to be because she needed a job. Otherwise, this is a very good movie. Charles Bronson plays his usual strong character, which I always enjoy and Lee Marvin plays Millen with determination & humor. Glad to see it on DVD. More Info about this DVD Director(s): Peter R. Hunt DVD Release Date: Released the 25 January 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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"Warlock" is a great classic western with an amazing cast. I am sad to see Dolores Michaels not get billing on the DVD, as she did on the original moive posters. While she retired early from acting, she not only was beautiful, but a very solid actress. More Info about this DVD Actor(s): Richard Widmark - Henry Fonda Director(s): Edward Dmytryk DVD Release Date: Released the 24 May 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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