Yes, Once Upon a Time in the West finally released in the full length
directors cut. Only time Henry Fonda played a (really) bad guy.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Wayman" <hiwayman@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 3:14 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: [OT] NOW: Westerns......
> The first two minutes, with the smoke billowing from the steam locomotive
> as it winds its way up a river gorge, is worth the price of the DVD --
> except there isn't one, damn it! Considering all the sorry, worthless
> crap that's been burned to DVD, it's a crime that this hasn't made it yet.
> We've got a VHS copy, fortunately, since it's one of my wife's favorites.
> Fantastic photography. And ya gotta love the story of an old stagecoach
> holdup man just released from prison after many years seeing his first
> motion picture, The Great Train Robbery, and getting new ideas.
>
> Some of my favorites not yet mentioned:
>
> Once Upon a Time in the West
> True Grit
> The Outlaw Josey Wales
>
> Walt
>
> --
> "Anything more than 500 yards from
> the car just isn't photogenic." --
> Edward Weston
>
> -------------- Original message ----------------------
> From: NSURIT@xxxxxxx
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 5/29/2005 10:40:42 AM Central Standard Time,
>> watershed@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>>
>> My neighbor directed a lot of westerns and popular TV series during the
>> heyday. You should see some of the photos he has.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Mike, Aren't you from Canada or there abouts? One of my all time
>> favorites,
>> which any good Zuikohead should enjoy and perhaps identify with, was
>> "The
>> Grey Fox" with Richard Farnsworth. This movie which won major awards in
>> Canada
>> (and probably else where) was about a stage coach robber who had been
>> incarcerated long enough that stage coaches were no longer in use when
>> he was
>> released. The technology had passed him by . . .
>>
>> It is beautifully filmed and a wonderful true story. It is worth an
>> evening
>> in front of the TV if you can find it a your local video store. I think
>> I'll need to check it out again. Great stuff! Bill Barber
>>
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