Favorite Western Movies

[Spanky]

Hey Spanky......

I liked the movie called ,  Lonesome Dove.


Great great western .....

Hi Linville,

I agree with you, it's a great mini series, and about any time you give Robert Duvall a leading role, you got a hit, as with the bit later, "Open Range" with Kevin Costner.  All the movies mentioned--excepting the Sharon Stone fantasy, which I also liked, were essential, straight-forward American epics, it's what American film makers do best.  They have always tried to widen the view even as they've learned to develop characters.  Look at the recent "American Hustle".  Extreme characters in wide open spaces, broken down, built back up.  All sweeping looks at the variety of behavior.  Lots of countries have made and will make great movies, but for me the evolution of America's best is the quest to capture the universal stuff, the legend, and bring it home in a character. 

Spanker