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August 7th, 2014: Johnny Guitar (1954)

Aug7 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Camp, Drama, Melodrama, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged "the railroad is coming", attempted lynching, bank, bank robbers, bank robbery, bar, bartender, Cult Film, double cross, Ernest Borgnine, gunfighter, guns, Joan Crawford, John Carradine, lynching, Mercedes McCambridge, mob, National Film Registry, Nicholas Ray, Paul Fix, Peggy Lee, railroad, Republic Pictures, Royal Dano, saloon, Sheb Wooley, stagecoach, Sterling Hayden, Ward Bond

February 20, 2014: McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)

Feb20 by Max Roland Ekstrom

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2 Comments Posted in Action, Addicition, Based on a Book, Drama, Movie of the Day, Revisionist Western, Uncategorized, Western Tagged addiction, alcoholic, Best Actress Nominee, corporations, Leonard Cohen, MASH, mining, mumblecore, prostitution, revisionism, revisionist, Robert Altman, Warren Beatty, women's lib

May 31st: The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)

May31 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, Revisionist Western, Road Trip, The Original, Western Tagged "they killed his family", American Indian, attempted rape, Best Original Score Nominee, Bill McKinney, bounty hunters, California, Chief Dan George, Civil War, Civil War Veterans, Clint Eastwood, Comancheros, Confederate War Veteran, double cross, Doug McGrath, farmers, ferry, gatling gun, Geraldine Keams, Guerrillas, John Russell, John Vernon, Joyce Jameson, Kansas, Len Lessar, massacre, Matt Clark, Philip Kaufman, revenge, Richard Farnsworth, Royal Dano, Sam Bottoms, Sheb Wooley, Sondra Locke, The Malpaso Company, trading post, trappers, Warner Brothers, Will Sampson, Woodrow Pafrey

March 9th, 2013: The Professionals (1966)

Mar9 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Adventure, Based on a Book, Movie of the Day, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged banditos, bandits, Best Adapted Screenplay Nominee, Best Cinematography Nominee, Best Director Nominee, Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Columbia Pictures, Conrad L. Hall, double cross, explosives, Hispanic-face, hostage, Jack Palance, kidnapping, Lee Marvin, Maurice Jarre, mercenary, Mexico, Pancho Villa, Ralph Bellamy, ransom, Robert Ryan, Texas, trackers, train, veteran, Woody Strode

Django Unchained

Jan9 by Professor Mortis

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3 Comments Posted in Buddy Flick, Comedy, Event Film, Full Reviews, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revenge, Reviews, Revisionist Western, Satire, Slapstick, Spaghetti Western, Spoof, Western Tagged Bob Weinstein, Bruce Dern, Christoph Waltz, Columbia, Columbia Pictures, Dennis Christopher, Don Johnson, Don Stroud, Franco Nero, Harvey Weinstein, James Remar, Jamie Foxx, Johnny Cash, Jonah Hill, Kerry Washington, Leonardo DiCaprio, M.C. Gainey, Michael Parks, Quentin Tarantino, Reginald Hudlin, Russ Tamblyn, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Savini, Tom Wopat, Walton Goggins, Weinstein Company, Zoe Bell

November 24th, 2012: High Noon (1952)

Nov24 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Magazine Article, Black and White, Drama, Independent, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged alcoholic, before they were famous, Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly, Harry Morgan, Jack Elam, Katy Jurado, Lee Van Cleef, Lloyd Bridges, Lon Chaney Jr., Quaker, Stanley Kramer, Thomas Mitchell, U.S. Marshall, United Artists

September 17th, 2012: Appaloosa (2008)

Sep17 by Professor Mortis

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Leave a comment Posted in Adaptation, Based on a Book, Buddy Flick, Movie of the Day, Period Film, Revisionist Western, Western Tagged Ed Harris, Jeremy Irons, Lance Henriksen, New Line Cinema, ranch, Renée Zellweger, sheriff, Viggo Mortensen

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