The Cowboys (1972)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Mark Rydell

Escritores:

William Dale Jennings (novel)
Irving Ravetch (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

13 enero 1972 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Del Oeste

Frase comercial:

All they wanted was their chance to be men...and he gave it to them.

Plot:

When his cattle drivers abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a...

Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Rancher | Hangover | Gold Rush | Rustling

Premios:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

John Wayne's good...Roscoe Lee Browne is better!

Reparto

John Wayne	...	Wil Andersen
Roscoe Lee Browne	...	Jebediah Nightlinger
Bruce Dern	...	Long Hair
Colleen Dewhurst	...	Kate
Alfred Barker Jr.	...	Fats - Cowboy
Nicolas Beauvy	...	Dan - Cowboy
Steve Benedict	...	Steve - Cowboy
Robert Carradine	...	Slim Honeycutt - Cowboy
Norman Howell	...	Weedy - Cowboy (as Norman Howell Jr.)
Stephen R. Hudis	...	Charlie Schwartz - Cowboy (as Stephen Hudis)
Sean Kelly	...	Stuttering Bob - Cowboy
A Martinez	...	Cimarron - Cowboy
Clay O'Brien	...	Hardy Fimps - Cowboy
Sam O'Brien	...	Jimmy Phillips - Cowboy
Mike Pyeatt	...	Homer Weems - Cowboy

También conocida como:

John Wayne y los cowboys (Spain) [es]

Duración:

131 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints)

Clasificación:

Iceland:12 | Australia:M | Canada:PG (video rating) | West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:12 (video re-rating) (2005) (uncut) | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | UK:PG (video rating) (1987) (cut) | USA:GP (original rating) | USA:PG

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bonanza Creek Ranch - 15 Bonanza Creek Lane, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

Compañía:

Sanford Productions (III)

Trivialidades:

John Wayne actually pleaded with the director Mark Rydell to allow him to play Wil Anderson.

Errores:

Errores que Revelan: When Mr. Anderson is tying up Crazy Alice for the cowboys to ride, the horse changes from a dark-maned horse to one with a lighter brown mane.

Citas:

Wil Andersen: Big mouth don't make a big man.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Road Movie (1974)

John Wayne's good...Roscoe Lee Browne is better!

This movie, for all that it's a fairly straight forward, shoot-em-up western, has some unique points that make it extremely artful. The boys were well-cast (though A. Martinez seemed to struggle in a role that was not fully developed), and those difficult psychological moments which were so important to the book translated to the screen without too much trouble. As is always the case, the book is able to take more time to expand upon the characters more thoroughly; if the movie left you a bit dry, visit the library to find the rest of the story!

The reasons I watch this show repeatedly are two of my favorite fellows: Roscoe Lee Browne and John Williams. Roscoe Lee Browne is able to sell lines that simply wouldn't work coming from somebody else (his dialogue with Coleen Dewhurst is priceless), and he is the unique feature that makes this film work. He graciously shares the screen with his co-actors as necessary, but he easily walks off with the movie nonetheless. John Williams' fantastic score could stand alone; though it is occasionally a little too cheery for the moment (after all, this is a pretty gruesome film, if you really think about it), it covers all the bases of the movie. Youthful innocence, becoming men, sorrow, success -- it's all right there in the score. Don't expect Star Wars music; frequently understated, the music carries a supporting role. As both John Williams and Roscoe Lee Browne displayed here, it is often the supporting actors that make the show a success!