Actually Navy revolvers were .36 caliber. Smaller than Army revolvers at .45 caliber. Big Iron usually refers to either the earlier Walker or Dragoon colts. Both were heavier "saddle" guns.
I grew up in Arizona where Marty was from. I worked in country radio for years. I knew Marty's twin sister Mamie and his son Ronnie Robbins. I met Marty once when he opened for a Merle Haggard concert in 1980 in Phoenix. Marty was a great ballad writer and had one of the best voices of any music genre. Gunfighter Ballads and Trail songs was one of the first concept albums ever from 1960.
jimwest6571. When I was a kid about 65 years ago, boarding with my aunt, she was always playing Marty Robbins gunfighter ballads, and Frankie lane. I've got a USB stick in my car and it's nearly always on. Love the old songs. Can't stand this Rap crap.
He was faster, but he didn’t seem to hit his mark. You can be the fastest draw, but if you don’t have the accuracy, a miss will cost you. If you have the accuracy, but not the speed, it won’t matter if you can shoot the guy between the eyes, he’s already ripped a bullet through you. Before you know it, you’re in the dirt. Unless you’re quick *and* sharp as a deadeye.
@@stinkinhippy1724 Horses are very intimate type animals. They love closeness. They don't like surprises. They kinda shy. lol. When you touch a horse your hand merges with their body. For an instant you are one. It's communication for the horse person. For the horse as well. And of course, less likely to get kicked. I grew up with horses in NH around the middle of the last century. I live in AZ now. I'd love to be in that new movie. LOL
@@stinkinhippy1724 Yes, you don't want to surprise a horse as they kick if they are startled. So you must always be real careful the horse understands it's you moving behind it and not something dangerous. Also, IF the horse still kicks you you are better off the closer to it you are as the hoof has less distance to gain speed before hitting you and also it's more likely to hit for example your legs than your head or torso which means you'll have broken bones but you'll probably survive. Horses are incredibly strong (and not too smart, they react on instinct before they think), they can easily kill a human by accident if their defensive instincts are triggered. I have seen a horse casually snap a one inch wide thick leather rein the other end of which was fixed to the bit in his mouth with a slight movement of his head when he accidentally stepped on the other end.
*History of the Big Iron* --- The "Big Iron" that inspired this song was originally built by Andy Anderson (a Hollywood gun-maker and fast-draw holster-maker favored by Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood) in his Gunfighter Shop, using parts from several models. The gun was constructed with a Great Western frame and a 12" barrel made from an 1892 Winchester center-fire .44 rifle/carbine barrel. Since Anderson was 6'4" with large hands, he favored Colt 1860 Army grips and so fixed a grip frame from an 1860 Army pistol and added a Great Western cylinder chambered for .44 Magnum loads. Marty Robbins was in the shop on the day the finished gun was sold. The purchaser, also a very large man, impressed Marty by the speed of his fast draw. One week later, Anderson received in the mail a recording of "Big Iron," which Marty had written immediately after seeing the gun demonstrated. The song "Big Iron" was first released to the public on the _Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs_ album in September 1959, then as a single in February 1960. Today, the gun which so inspired Robbins resides in a private collection (see Wikipedia sv Big Iron, see also The Fast Draw Resource Center, and cf Shooting Chef, Waxahachie TX).
@@raulcarmello1163 "Big Iron" is the name of Marty Robbins's song, not the name of an actual movie. Of all the old West movies, my own favorite is the 2010 version of _Monte Walsh,_ starring Tom Selleck, Isabella Rossellini, and Keith Carradine. Of course, being an old-line Texas cattle rancher, I also favor the 1960 version of _The Alamo,_ starring John Wayne et al.
@@ChollaRanch Cool, I'm a city guy , we watch porn instead, my own favorites are the 1973 The Devil in Miss Jones and 1972 Deep Throat. I'm kidding, maybe not. Have a nice day.
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day. Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say. No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip. Because the stranger there among them, had a Big Iron on his hip.
I'm 70 now & I grew up watching the old B&W westerns. I also love listening to the songs & instrumentals of westerns. Marty sang some of my favorites, BIG IRON being my favorite. It would've been great if they played that song at the end, otherwise good short movie.
So many memories here. As a high school aged teenager driving friends up to the Alberta Rockies for a day of skiing in my Dad's car (a '72 Buick land yacht) . Only had two 8-track tapes: One we wouldn't listen to and the other was Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads. We all learned every word of every song. Big Iron was one of the faves since it was the lead-off song on the first side of the album and 8-track. I think El Paso and Utah Carol were the other two amongst the top three with us.
I think big iron is the only song that I know that actually has a fanbase. A fanbase that loves this song so much that people turned it’s to memes cosplay recreate the song with film it’s been animated multiple times it’s been referenced in many different forms. And finally it’s was made into a film Marty the creator of the song would have no idea how popular it would be. This was a nice short humble film made with a lot of love thanks for this.
Thank you! We have a great team. I believe the film's composer, Kennoniah Dean, will be posting the soundtrack in the next week or so. We'll follow up!
I have been a Marty Robbins fan for to many years to count and Big Iron was one of my favorites of oh so many of his. Outstand production, thank you for sharing.
This was amazing! Always been a fan of Westerns and this song, I was blown away by this! The nice touch of the kid being Marty witnessing this to inspire the song…just brilliant!
Texas Red (Eric Riggs), reminds me of one of my favorite character actors of the 50s and 60s. That being Jan Merlin. Very well done and acted short film. I enjoyed it very much.
This was excellent! One issue, in the story, "Texas Reds had not cleared leather," in the movie he did. Most excellent add that Marty was the boy, just excellence.
I was waiting for the showdown. Other than it, I liked the short. But, I was definitely disappointed. Having Robbins being the teenager was a very nice touch.
From an analytical point of view I think the ranger only won because he called Red by his real name which shook him. Unlike with his other shootings we see Red hesitate and his hand shaking, while danger remains cool and collected. Nice touch
Couple of things. For those who asked, there is an annimated version of BIG IRON, the annimated version is also synced to the record. There is also an AI version for EL PASO tied into the record. There is another song by Marty Robbins about a lawman and an outlaw who are brothers. The song starts "A tall handsome stranger rode into town, boots were all dusty, coat open wide, six ways of dyin' hung low on his side"
thats "Tall Handsome Stranger", the song ends : "He stood there a moment and looked all around Slowly and lifeless, he fell to the ground The stranger's my brother, born an outlaw He must have forgotten I taught him to draw The whole town was waitin' and I was alone The blood that I spilled was just like my own When she hears this story, how mother will cry Brother 'gainst brother and one had to die"
The ranger here seemed more like the real deal than the song. In the song he is called a "handsome stranger". Excellent video, of a classic western song.
personally i think it would have been better when Texas Red asked who are you that he just answered with "I'm lucky number thirteen", but it is still great as is
This was great. I'd have preferred if the final duel had been like the song, "Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore the bullet fairly ripped, and the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip." Otherwise this was fantastic.
I wasn't sure what I was expecting but I definitely didn't think it'd be THIS GOOD. Perfect Bite Size Spaghetti Western. Thank you guys for bringing the song to the silver screen!
The swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today. We could have 2 or 3 seasons of 1/2 hour westerns based solely on marty robbins songs. And an El Paso movie trilogy.
Nice! "Write about that.. the death of Texas Red" Nice reinvention of the Hollywood gunfight tropes! This genre will truly live on forever. A nice little piece of retro filmmaking!
Marty, in universe, probably wrote the line "had not cleared leather" when he made the song even though Texas Red did cleared it. He was so enraptured at the Arizona Ranger's awesomeness that he couldn't help himself to make him more awesome by putting that line in. Sometimes even the greatest stories has a lie thrown in there to make it better
I also like to see it as a final "screw you" to Texas Red, the outlaw who's been terrorizing their town for over a year. Marty made sure he's remembered as someone who never stood a chance against the handsome ranger with the Big Iron on his hip.
I listened to Marty Robbins with my dad as a kid, and I still do now, he would have loved this. Thank you for bringing one of my favourite songs to life. I'd love to see you do the same to El Paso.
I have two words for you. Brilliantly. Executed. Loved the bits about making Marty Robbins a witness to the duel and the Ranger being a victim of Texas Red. Absolute icing.
I usually don't like Westerns at all, but I absolutely loved this one. It actually left me wanting to see more, to watch a two-hour film about how Red became an outlaw in the first place and how the ranger eventually found him, but the fact that it's short and to the point while leaving room for questions is extremely fitting: This is probably how the townspeople would have felt when a stranger swept in, shot the local outlaw, and took his leave without saying too much to anyone. And I love the little twist that Marty Robbins is a child inspired to write a song about what he saw. The ranger has no idea that this young boy is going to make sure his victory over Red is remembered for all time, and I think the real Marty Robbins would definitely have enjoyed seeing the video. It makes me want to watch other short films based on his songs where he's a little boy watching the action unfold, writing about it in his journal to turn it into a song someday. I can almost see that being a full movie: Marty (the character in this video) has a brother named Joe ("Little Joe the Wrangler"), but despite the fact that he admires heroes, when Marty gets to be a grown man, he turns outlaw (thinking along the lines of "El Paso" and "San Angelo") and is eventually caught and sentenced to hang (something along the lines of "They're Hanging Me Tonight" and "Cottonwood Tree"), but is granted pardon before his execution and becomes a good person, but he sings about the heroes he once met (like in "Big Iron") and how being an outlaw got him in a lot of trouble. He becomes an old man in the 20th Century, but he still sings about his life in the Old West and how he almost didn't survive this long. Don't come asking me how you'd manage to combine the plots of so many different songs. Feel free to think up your own creative liberties here. Sorry for such a long comment. I just can't get over how good this video is. No wonder it won an award. I hope it won a few dozen of them at the very least!
Thank you so much for making this, but you made me cry as well AAAGH!! --- My dad's 83 and has been getting agent orange cancers cut out, but he's ok at the moment. Big Marty Robbins fan he is. He's been a working muso most of his life too. He will be seeing this film 😁
I really like the homage to Ennio Morricone in the music, and the homage to "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly" in the showdown. The character "Marty" was a fine touch too.
Just wanted to say. Whoever directed this film did amazing! Brought a song I’ve listened to for years to life! Probs to you and your great direction! Great film!
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"Ohh, he might have went on living, but he made one fatal slip when he tried to match the ranger with the big iron on his hip."
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"BIG IRON on his hiiiipppp"
@@Heisenvader1 Big Iron, Big Iron, When he tried to match the ranger with the Big Iron on his hip, Big iron on his hip.
I love the subtle reference of Marty Robbins looking like Marty McFly
Excellent dude but one critique: Texas Red had not cleared leather ‘fore a bullet fairly ripped
Stories get exaggerated for greater effect. Perhaps the Marty character takes some artistic liberties.
@@jasonscraper4238thank you! I love that you thought to mention this
This definitely does NOT do the song justice. It's like watching children try to imitate Clint Eastwood.
@@donbailey8760 the song is an exciting rendition. This is a boring, poorly directed snoozefest.
Sorry, you're wrong
@@Kyle_Riel Can you make a better version?
Love how they’re using Colt Navy revolvers, literal Big Irons
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Actually Navy revolvers were .36 caliber. Smaller than Army revolvers at .45 caliber. Big Iron usually refers to either the earlier Walker or Dragoon colts. Both were heavier "saddle" guns.
@@cmdrgunslinger5955 ah interesting
The colt navy isnt really big caliber and size wise, the colt walker and dragoon are some real behemoths
Looks like the ranger was using an 1860 Colt Army .45 and Red an 1851 Colt Navy in .36 caliber. Ranger did have a big iron...
Most "award winning" videos I see are a waste of time. Well done.
Thank you!!
The fact that the Ranger uses a cavalry twist draw.
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Hadn't noticed till you said
I grew up in Arizona where Marty was from. I worked in country radio for years. I knew Marty's twin sister Mamie and his son Ronnie Robbins. I met Marty once when he opened for a Merle Haggard concert in 1980 in Phoenix. Marty was a great ballad writer and had one of the best voices of any music genre. Gunfighter Ballads and Trail songs was one of the first concept albums ever from 1960.
Johnny Cash also had one of the first concept albums that same year 1960. Ride This Train.
jimwest6571.
When I was a kid about 65 years ago, boarding with my aunt, she was always playing Marty Robbins gunfighter ballads, and Frankie lane. I've got a USB stick in my car and it's nearly always on. Love the old songs. Can't stand this Rap crap.
This Texas Red was faster than the one in the ballad. Still, this was great. I love the young Marty idea.
Thank you! That Marty touch was our brilliant writer, Ben Matthews handiwork
Me too. I've often thought how you could weave a bunch of Marty Robbins' songs into a Western movie.
He was faster, but he didn’t seem to hit his mark. You can be the fastest draw, but if you don’t have the accuracy, a miss will cost you. If you have the accuracy, but not the speed, it won’t matter if you can shoot the guy between the eyes, he’s already ripped a bullet through you. Before you know it, you’re in the dirt. Unless you’re quick *and* sharp as a deadeye.
I liked that the Ranger put a hand on his horse as he went around behind. Exactly right.
Letting the horse know he was walking behind it.
I've never been around horses so forgive my ignorance but is this so you don't spook the horse and get kicked?
@@stinkinhippy1724 Horses are very intimate type animals. They love closeness. They don't like surprises. They kinda shy. lol. When you touch a horse your hand merges with their body. For an instant you are one. It's communication for the horse person. For the horse as well. And of course, less likely to get kicked. I grew up with horses in NH around the middle of the last century. I live in AZ now. I'd love to be in that new movie. LOL
@@stinkinhippy1724 Yes, you don't want to surprise a horse as they kick if they are startled. So you must always be real careful the horse understands it's you moving behind it and not something dangerous. Also, IF the horse still kicks you you are better off the closer to it you are as the hoof has less distance to gain speed before hitting you and also it's more likely to hit for example your legs than your head or torso which means you'll have broken bones but you'll probably survive. Horses are incredibly strong (and not too smart, they react on instinct before they think), they can easily kill a human by accident if their defensive instincts are triggered. I have seen a horse casually snap a one inch wide thick leather rein the other end of which was fixed to the bit in his mouth with a slight movement of his head when he accidentally stepped on the other end.
Saw that too.. nice touch. Accurate.
western duels, they never grow old.
Nope. They're just becoming rarer, sadly.
Neither did the losers!
The outlaw lost, eventually. Not that I mind.
Ni they don't grow old but they become very camp.
*History of the Big Iron* --- The "Big Iron" that inspired this song was originally built by Andy Anderson (a Hollywood gun-maker and fast-draw holster-maker favored by Steve McQueen and Clint Eastwood) in his Gunfighter Shop, using parts from several models. The gun was constructed with a Great Western frame and a 12" barrel made from an 1892 Winchester center-fire .44 rifle/carbine barrel. Since Anderson was 6'4" with large hands, he favored Colt 1860 Army grips and so fixed a grip frame from an 1860 Army pistol and added a Great Western cylinder chambered for .44 Magnum loads.
Marty Robbins was in the shop on the day the finished gun was sold. The purchaser, also a very large man, impressed Marty by the speed of his fast draw. One week later, Anderson received in the mail a recording of "Big Iron," which Marty had written immediately after seeing the gun demonstrated.
The song "Big Iron" was first released to the public on the _Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs_ album in September 1959, then as a single in February 1960. Today, the gun which so inspired Robbins resides in a private collection (see Wikipedia sv Big Iron, see also The Fast Draw Resource Center, and cf Shooting Chef, Waxahachie TX).
Thank you for explanation. Because without the final twist, it's like a trailer for any western
Thanks for the info, although I'm a western movies fan I had never heard of "Big Iron" .
@@raulcarmello1163 "Big Iron" is the name of Marty Robbins's song, not the name of an actual movie. Of all the old West movies, my own favorite is the 2010 version of _Monte Walsh,_ starring Tom Selleck, Isabella Rossellini, and Keith Carradine. Of course, being an old-line Texas cattle rancher, I also favor the 1960 version of _The Alamo,_ starring John Wayne et al.
@@ChollaRanch Cool, I'm a city guy , we watch porn instead, my own favorites are the 1973 The Devil in Miss Jones and 1972 Deep Throat. I'm kidding, maybe not. Have a nice day.
Strange fact: Jerry Lewis is known to be 2nd and Sammy Davis Jr. 1st as the fasted gun slingers in Hollywood.
To the town of Agua Fria rode a stranger one fine day. Hardly spoke to folks around him, didn't have too much to say. No one dared to ask his business, no one dared to make a slip. Because the stranger there among them, had a Big Iron on his hip.
Love it!!! 😂
Love the way Marty Robbins told the story with his songs.
*Hardly spoke to folks around him
big iron on his hiiiiiiiiiiipppppppppppp
Had a big orange on his lip 💋
Rode that dead man all the way back to AZ without even tying him down to the saddle. The thing legends are made of.
😂😂 that's great
Well he probably fell off 15 - 20 times before he became stiff enough to keep that boomerang shape.
As a kid Marty came into my dads music store. Northeast Texas. We were ivited to watch him race at Tyler speedway .
Watching this, thinking of my grandfather and it’s getting dusty in the room all of a sudden. I miss you Papa. ❤
Wholesome thing to read. Thank you. ❤️
Same here
I'm 70 now & I grew up watching the old B&W westerns. I also love listening to the songs & instrumentals of westerns. Marty sang some of my favorites, BIG IRON being my favorite. It would've been great if they played that song at the end, otherwise good short movie.
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I was raised listening to Marty too.
I love this, but "Laredo" is my favorite Marty Robbins song.
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Marty robbins, greatest poet that ever lived. Still listen to his music. Good short film.
Thank you! We're really proud of it.
So many memories here. As a high school aged teenager driving friends up to the Alberta Rockies for a day of skiing in my Dad's car (a '72 Buick land yacht) . Only had two 8-track tapes: One we wouldn't listen to and the other was Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads. We all learned every word of every song. Big Iron was one of the faves since it was the lead-off song on the first side of the album and 8-track. I think El Paso and Utah Carol were the other two amongst the top three with us.
Love seeing comments like this! Thank you for sharing.
I think big iron is the only song that I know that actually has a fanbase. A fanbase that loves this song so much that people turned it’s to memes cosplay recreate the song with film it’s been animated multiple times it’s been referenced in many different forms. And finally it’s was made into a film Marty the creator of the song would have no idea how popular it would be. This was a nice short humble film made with a lot of love thanks for this.
Thank you!! We were listening to the album on set and love Marty Robbins' music. It is truly incredible how long of a life Big Iron has had.
"Oh he might have kept on living, but he made on fatal slip,"
The only other song I know that has it's own fanbase is "Dawson's Christian"
People love a song about justice being served, and Marty sure had the nicest voice to sing it with.
“Never gonna give you up”
The young guy who tells the ranger who Red is, was great.
I agree! Alex Matthews is great in this.
@@arikhess8320 and very nice cinematography too.
@@richardadesmondThank you! Caleb Stevens, our director of photography, and I worked really hard in production to try to find that western feel
Thank you to everyone involved with the making of this film. The filming of it was one of the most surreal experiences in my lifetime thus far.
I would love to see it made into a full-length feature film! This is amazing, Arik!
Love it, especially the soundtrack! ❤️
Where can I get the ending song.
Thank you! We have a great team.
I believe the film's composer, Kennoniah Dean, will be posting the soundtrack in the next week or so. We'll follow up!
@@arikhess8320 Okay. Thank you.
I have been a Marty Robbins fan for to many years to count and Big Iron was one of my favorites of oh so many of his. Outstand production, thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much!
One of the greatest cowboy songs ever conceived 😅this song is an
Institution 😢😊
Definitely!
This was amazing! Always been a fan of Westerns and this song, I was blown away by this! The nice touch of the kid being Marty witnessing this to inspire the song…just brilliant!
Yes, it was perfect that he was in there
Thank you! Ben Matthews was the brilliant writer responsible for the script
Texas Red (Eric Riggs), reminds me of one of my favorite character actors of the 50s and 60s. That being Jan Merlin. Very well done and acted short film. I enjoyed it very much.
This was excellent! One issue, in the story, "Texas Reds had not cleared leather," in the movie he did. Most excellent add that Marty was the boy, just excellence.
Thank you! Alex really brought everything to this role and made it his own.
I was waiting for the showdown. Other than it, I liked the short. But, I was definitely disappointed. Having Robbins being the teenager was a very nice touch.
From an analytical point of view I think the ranger only won because he called Red by his real name which shook him. Unlike with his other shootings we see Red hesitate and his hand shaking, while danger remains cool and collected. Nice touch
Winning doesn't have any rules. He who fights fair is a loser. Survival is all that matters.
Couple of things. For those who asked, there is an annimated version of BIG IRON, the annimated version is also synced to the record. There is also an AI version for EL PASO tied into the record. There is another song by Marty Robbins about a lawman and an outlaw who are brothers. The song starts "A tall handsome stranger rode into town, boots were all dusty, coat open wide, six ways of dyin' hung low on his side"
thats "Tall Handsome Stranger", the song ends :
"He stood there a moment and looked all around
Slowly and lifeless, he fell to the ground
The stranger's my brother, born an outlaw
He must have forgotten I taught him to draw
The whole town was waitin' and I was alone
The blood that I spilled was just like my own
When she hears this story, how mother will cry
Brother 'gainst brother and one had to die"
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The ranger here seemed more like the real deal than the song. In the song he is called a "handsome stranger". Excellent video, of a classic western song.
Best Western I've seen
I confess I had to stop the video for a moment so I could stop laughing when I heard Gabby Johnson announcing the pending arrival of the new sheriff.
personally i think it would have been better when Texas Red asked who are you that he just answered with "I'm lucky number thirteen", but it is still great as is
I’m guessing the kid was Marty Robbins’ grandfather? A lot of his songs are directly based on the stories his grandfather told him as a kid.
Outstanding! More, More!
This was great. I'd have preferred if the final duel had been like the song, "Texas Red had not cleared leather 'fore the bullet fairly ripped, and the ranger's aim was deadly with the big iron on his hip."
Otherwise this was fantastic.
I grew up listening to Marty Robbins music. Big Iron is instantly familiar to me. Still love his music. Classic.
Absolutely!
Having a young Marty the aspiring writer as a character was an excellent touch.
What an 'Epic' music and the climax. Wow.
Thank you! The film wouldn't be the same without the score from Kennoniah. It really brought the western to life!
@@arikhess8320 I agree. Music is the soul of a Movie.
Am I the only one what hears Marty in a western movie and think Back to the Future III?
The music is amazing. Texas Red, you'll get 'em next time!!
Everyone did a good job but that kid has something special
All right guys. Lot's more good country songs to do this with. We'll be looking for the next one.
Would love to continue this!!! Thank you!
@arikhess8320
Thanks
@@arikhess8320 In the next film I'm the old guy with the long hair and beard playing the Indian flute. I"ll come prepared. LOL
The influence of Sergio Leone can never be underrated in the small westerns produced since the 1960's spaghetti western era. Good film.
I wasn't sure what I was expecting but I definitely didn't think it'd be THIS GOOD. Perfect Bite Size Spaghetti Western. Thank you guys for bringing the song to the silver screen!
Thank you so much!!!
Wonderful homage to Marty Robbins and his ballad "Big Iron". Well done!
Thank you so much!!
Wow. The acting, the cinematography, everything about this is perfection!
Thank you!! We were blessed with a lot of great and passionate personnel
I first heard this song in the Fallout: New Vegas video game, and this is awesome. A perfect story.
Thank you! Such a great song
I like the reference to Marty Robins writing a song
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Oh So Great! I love that song and so glad I stumbled onto this video. Thank You!
Thank you!
Awesome music!
The swiftness of the ranger is still talked about today. We could have 2 or 3 seasons of 1/2 hour westerns based solely on marty robbins songs. And an El Paso movie trilogy.
That would be incredible
Nice! "Write about that.. the death of Texas Red" Nice reinvention of the Hollywood gunfight tropes! This genre will truly live on forever. A nice little piece of retro filmmaking!
I love how they incorporated the line, "for an Arizona ranger wouldn't be too long in town"
The details... Hollywood holster, snaps on shirt...😮😂
Production, location and acting were terrific. Awesome job making “Big Iron”
Thank you! We shot Big Iron on a ghost town by Manor, TX. Great place.
Big Iron being one of my forever favorite songs,, you really brought the story to life. Will be looking for your name.
Thank you! ! Our cast/crew that created this cross pollinated quite a bit so there will definitely be more to come.
I've listened to "Big Iron" numerous times. This effort did it justice.
i absolutely love this
This is how you turn a song into a short movie, keeps up with the lyrics while building on its words, great job
Probably the best thing to come out this year! Awesome!!
Thank you!! ✊🏻
One of the best songs of all time. Marty Robbins was a great story teller
Absolutely!
You can tell the Actor who played the Ranger does combat irl. The ears don't lie.
Absolutely. Dead giveaway 💯
Ooh, The Ranger made twist draw, having his Army Colt grip forwards.
Marty, in universe, probably wrote the line "had not cleared leather" when he made the song even though Texas Red did cleared it. He was so enraptured at the Arizona Ranger's awesomeness that he couldn't help himself to make him more awesome by putting that line in. Sometimes even the greatest stories has a lie thrown in there to make it better
Love this! 🤔👏🏻
A, Really? How enlightening. Writers take liberties huh? Just like Politicians I guess
The song came out long before this, excellent, movie
@@anthonyjulianelle6695 Yes, we know.
I also like to see it as a final "screw you" to Texas Red, the outlaw who's been terrorizing their town for over a year. Marty made sure he's remembered as someone who never stood a chance against the handsome ranger with the Big Iron on his hip.
Wow! Very very nicely done!
I listened to Marty Robbins with my dad as a kid, and I still do now, he would have loved this.
Thank you for bringing one of my favourite songs to life.
I'd love to see you do the same to El Paso.
El Paso would be great! That whole album is such great storytelling
Indeed; to bring a young Monty into this production was wonderful... brought even more ownership to the famed singer.
Wow! I really like the song, and this film was a great adaptation!
Thank you so much!
I have two words for you. Brilliantly. Executed. Loved the bits about making Marty Robbins a witness to the duel and the Ranger being a victim of Texas Red. Absolute icing.
Thank you!!!
Marty was present for something historic. Wiki said he there was there when 'the gun' was on display? And it lead to this song?
WOW ..!! stunning..Awesome..And the song running through my head all the way through..
Great song!!
The lighting, camera angles and framing are excellent, in fact the cinematography of Caleb Stevens and editing of Aaron Bandy are sublime.
I'd love to see a whole series about the Ranger
That would be such a blast to make. I think it actually could work in a feature or limited series.
Oh lord no! Can you imagine how badly Hollywood would screw it up???
@@dougearnest7590 Fallout turned out greater than expected, so there might still be hope yet.
I usually don't like Westerns at all, but I absolutely loved this one. It actually left me wanting to see more, to watch a two-hour film about how Red became an outlaw in the first place and how the ranger eventually found him, but the fact that it's short and to the point while leaving room for questions is extremely fitting: This is probably how the townspeople would have felt when a stranger swept in, shot the local outlaw, and took his leave without saying too much to anyone. And I love the little twist that Marty Robbins is a child inspired to write a song about what he saw. The ranger has no idea that this young boy is going to make sure his victory over Red is remembered for all time, and I think the real Marty Robbins would definitely have enjoyed seeing the video. It makes me want to watch other short films based on his songs where he's a little boy watching the action unfold, writing about it in his journal to turn it into a song someday.
I can almost see that being a full movie: Marty (the character in this video) has a brother named Joe ("Little Joe the Wrangler"), but despite the fact that he admires heroes, when Marty gets to be a grown man, he turns outlaw (thinking along the lines of "El Paso" and "San Angelo") and is eventually caught and sentenced to hang (something along the lines of "They're Hanging Me Tonight" and "Cottonwood Tree"), but is granted pardon before his execution and becomes a good person, but he sings about the heroes he once met (like in "Big Iron") and how being an outlaw got him in a lot of trouble. He becomes an old man in the 20th Century, but he still sings about his life in the Old West and how he almost didn't survive this long. Don't come asking me how you'd manage to combine the plots of so many different songs. Feel free to think up your own creative liberties here.
Sorry for such a long comment. I just can't get over how good this video is. No wonder it won an award. I hope it won a few dozen of them at the very least!
Looks like Austin is gunnin' to be tops in film as well as music! ;)
Thank you so much for making this, but you made me cry as well AAAGH!! --- My dad's 83 and has been getting agent orange cancers cut out, but he's ok at the moment. Big Marty Robbins fan he is. He's been a working muso most of his life too. He will be seeing this film 😁
I'm sorry to hear that! I hope he likes it and gets well. ❤
Tell your Dad, a brother has him in his prayers........first time I heard this song was in 1968, on the other side of The World!
Magnificent!
Awesome!
Stupendous!
👍👍👍
Okay, I liked it. Classic Western vibes. And you named the boy after Marty Robbins himself. All around, good job.
Thank you!
Such a fantastic western!! 👏🏻🎉🐎🤠
And a fantastic group ✊🏻
Daaamn THAT WAS GREAT!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH for making this ❤❤❤❤
Thank you!! A bunch of great people put a lot of love into this project
GREAT short film
I would pay for the soundtrack to this. The orchestral work is awesome.
You can find a link to the whole soundtrack I'm the videos description above! Kennoniah does incredible work!
Forever will this be the visualization of the big iron song in my mind.
A great story to one of the best songs of all time!
Thank you everyone involved in making this, you are all big irons!
😂 thank you!
Grew up listening to Marty Robbins. Good memories 👍
The intro was seriously giving me "The game was rigged from the start" vibes
Loved it all of it. Molte Grazie
Hoping for decades someone would make a movie out of this. Thanks. 😊
Absolutely!!! ✊🏻
Excellent! The trumpet work and accompaniment was superb.
Thank you! Our composer, Kennoniah Dean Bellile, actually released the soundtrack, and we have some behind the scenes interviews about it as well.
big iron was my grandads favourite song I’ve listened to it over and over again and I picture this it’s amazing
Wow. That's a pretty big compliment. Thank you!!
I kinda love seeing cap and ball revolvers and in film, I feel like they never get enough attention.
Patrolling the Mojave always makes you wish for a nuclear winter
There are indeed a lot of Badass Images in this film. Great work!
✊🏻✊🏻
Fantastic story of what could have possibly happened as many songs no doubt are.
Thanks you!! I appreciate it.
I really like the homage to Ennio Morricone in the music, and the homage to "The Good, the Bad & the Ugly" in the showdown. The character "Marty" was a fine touch too.
Just wanted to say. Whoever directed this film did amazing! Brought a song I’ve listened to for years to life! Probs to you and your great direction! Great film!
Brother. 😂✊🏻
Very good job. One of my favorite singers and my favorite song from him.
Thank you! We all really love Marty's music. ❤️
Wow! To think it has less than 50K, hope this blows up even more
Thanks!!! ✊🏻
Cool film! Very well done! Bravo.
Loved this song since I was a kid back in the 70s. Aqua Frea translates to Cold Water in case anyone was wondering.
"Agua Fria".
Really well done. And the ending score was beautiful.
Thank you! Kennoniah Dean Belille was our composer