People always rave about "Unforgiven" as Clint's best western. Don't get me wrong because it is a fine movie.....but I always have enjoyed "The Outlaw Josey Wales" so much more.
John Fuentes Unforgiven‘s a great Western swan song for Eastwood because it was his last one and he went out on a high note with that movie. However The Outlaw Josey Wales was made while he was still young and in his prime. It depends on how you look at where he was at during those two movies.
John F: I agree with you. I have never been a huge fan of Unforgiven. But that is my problem. I understand and recognize that tons of other people have raved about it. And frankly .... wait. I will make a separate comment about MY favorite Clint western ...
As a Cub Scout in the late 60s I was absolutely blown away to meet the legendary Chief Dan George at a Scout Jamboree near Dallas. We were completely hypnotized by his stories. One of the kindest wisest humans I've ever met. He could paint pictures in your mind. It changed my life. What an honor.
You Lucky lucky Man .. i feel he touched you from another world you never knew .. How Beautiful is that !!! I hope & wish your life is full & well ?? My sister says to me'' if I aint Native in this life, You might be in the next........... Does the Great Spirit work like that ?? Any how Josey was the best in the West'' & I know he won't like it because No one in the world is the BEST. Let's not blow ourselves UP OK .
Ah, we now live in a world without great story tellers. I really agree with you, Bryan. What's funny is when I read your comment, my first thought was how cool it would be to sit with you and hear the story of meeting Dan George. Good story tellers are passed from father or mother to child. I promise you, Dan George had a great grandfather who told beautiful stories of brave warriors and the sweet young wičhíŋčala who awaited their return.
As a new EMT I used to transport a native woman 125 miles three times a week to dialysis treatments. Very nice lady. She kind of adopted me into her family and home. She told me stories about notable mountain views and streams that had importance to her tribe. I'll never forget her. I loved those stories, and to this day they are important to me too.
Josie: "Whenever I get to liking someone they ain't around long." Chief: "I noticed when you get to disliking someone they ain't around for long neither."
Indeed. Yet I was born in '75 and had never heard of it until college and most of my friends hadn't either. The first time I saw it I couldn't believe it wasn't more popular. There's so many great lines it's hard to pick a favorite.
The scene with Josey and Ten Bears is the most powerful scene in any movie I've ever watched. The straight forward talk, honesty and respect between these two men is memorable and deeply moving. I always thought that if people would live by the words and the code they displayed, war and conflict would cease to exist.
I too was moved by this riviting scene. I was hoping to see it again, but I guess I will just have to watch this movie again, but that's ok. Like two other movies, Stagecoach (John Wayne) and The Treasure of Sierra Madre, I never get tired of watching them.
@@marksisto900 "Dyin ain`t hard for men like us, It`s livin thats hard" I aint promisin you nuthin, and you don`t have to promise me. I am just sayin that men can live together without butcherin each other"
Agreed. The whole cast was great, but Will Sampson as Ten Bears was on another level. You literally don't know if everyone's going to make peace, start killing each other, or what. The tension is palpable, even after Ten Bears says "It shall be life."
John B Truly a great line. For me what made it so great was that the character never surrendered his self respect or his dignity. And that line brought to mind something my Japenese step mother told me. She and her family were in prison camps during WWII. The conscious mindset she had then and through her life was, "I shall not be defeated". Pretty powerful considering her family was not happy with her not marrying a Japenese man and she endured a lot of issues, from many directions, being in a mixed marriage. Never the victim and she love her Lakers. Sorry folks for getting slightly off topic.
vinyltapelover My dad was civilian POW in Japanese POW slave labor camps in Shanghai and Osaka. He was a wise man. He said the Japanese soldiers did what their government ordered them to do. Just like me. My government ordered me to go to Wake Island and I was captured. Dad ate 1 cup of rice a day for 4 years. We all suffer.
….that’s awesome to hear I’m 54 and although I never got the chance to go to the movies to see this masterpiece my pops had it on VHS in the 80’s and it was our Thanksgiving Day movie together for years. Best movie ever. John Vernon (Fletcher) is also an incredible actor.
Greatest western ever. One of the best movies ever made. There just aren’t any bad things about this movie. The characters are classic, the actors were perfect, the story is excellent. The style, the score, everything gels and works. So many classic lines delivered perfectly. This is one of those rare movies that if you are changing channels and its on...you are done for the night. Stops you every time. Thank you Clint for making such a great movie, casting such great natural actors and bring to life a rugged time in this country’s history. Love the Native Americans and their realness. Finally, thanks for going with your gut and not following other studios who said the western was dead. Far from it. It is still alive and well today!!
so much was so good and so right,,some majors flaws though..like sharp shooting with a gattling gun,,hitting soldiers but not horses.... Too many very dark, as in lighting, scenes,, but all in all great fun. Open Range , much better.
@@DenkyManner, I would suggest that slavery didn't have anything to do with Wales. It's not like these men were fighting for the confederacy when their families were murdered. Poor farmers didn't own slaves...
@@DenkyManner and it didn't address a woman's right to control her body...and it didn't show respect to men who want to be women or women who want to be men or teaching 6 yr olds about gender or changing gender...or men wanting to use women's bathrooms....or...or...or a lot of other social justice! You have totally changed my mind on this movie....lol
My father was a man who never liked going to the movies, but for some reason he decided that he, myself, and my two brothers were going to see this movie together. My sister and mom were not invited. I didn't want to go because I thought the movie was going to be lame, but my father gave me no choice, so we all went together. Needless to say, I fell in love with the movie as did my brothers. My father passed away many years ago, but my brothers and I still quote this movie to each other all the time, and remember my father and the bonding we had that day. One of my most enduring and endearing memories of my youth.
My dad and I used to quote this movie back and forth. His favorite line was " Thats a nice horse ya got there mister, ya wanna sell it? When he got sick we watched this movie together the day before he passed.
Josie Wales confronting and communicating with Ten Bears is the single best scene in any movie ever made, in my opinion. It is sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues.
Rodger P politicians never change no matter what party they belong to they're pathological liars who snow the public at every turn and for some stupid reason we actually half believe their bullshit! The only difference in a democrat and a Republican is the lie they tell you! One will take your money and tell you he's doing you a favor, the other just takes your money! Which label you put on them usually goes by personal preference but the truth is that they are two heads of the same damned coin! End of sermon! Lol
@Bobby Hood You're wrong - They're not two heads of the same coin, they're two heads of the same snake. They're two heads of the same rat. They're two ends of the same turd. There we go, THAT'S the correct metaphor.
Samson and Eastwood were both at the top of their games. And, we can't forget that Eastwood was directing WHILE acting. He even admitted that sometimes he had to take a few steps back and get perspective on what he was doing.
So many great quotes from this film. One of my favorites: "When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long." "Well I noticed when you get to dislikin' someone, they ain't around long neither.".... Epic.
my favorite quote is towards the end... at the bar...when the guy says "well a man's got to make a living"...and Jose Wales says "dying aint' much of a living"....
One of my all time favorite lines was " You a bounty hunter" "Man's got to do something for a living" "Dyin ain't much of a livin boy" Awesome Eastwood dialog.
I wish they still made movies this good. Modern movies are made to offend as few people as possible, so they end up entertaining as few people as possible.
Huey Iroquois It seems that the good ones, depending on a person's taste are far, few and in between. I some sometimes feel movies, like a good number of network t.v. programs pander to the lowest common denominator. Cable is different in that area.
My favorite conversation between Dan George and Eastwood. Josey says to chief when I get to liking someone they aint around long.. and George replies, I've notice when you get to disliking someone they aint around very long either. lmao
Great comment, Cito. It brings to mind another phrase used a few times in the movie that brought a smile. One person of Clint's (mini United Nations) group would say something nasty about another race or color etc, then realize someone of that "demographic" was present. And would apologize, "No offense (intended)," Other person would reply, "None taken." LOL And what made it even better was that Dan George said it once, and the little old white lady said it once, and maybe a 3rd person too.
That is the second best lines in the movie. The best line ever is "A man's gotta make a living, dying ain't much of a living boy. Josie Wales is Clint's best movie, I like it much better than Unforgiven.
@@maxpayne2574 He was from a Reserve in the Fraser River Valley in British Columbia. He got his start as an extra in a movie that was being shot there. His son was working on the movie. My old boxing coach was from a neighboring Reserve. I think you have him confused with Iron Eyes Cody.
Other than the Spaghetti Westerns Josey Wales is one of his "Great" westerns. Unforgiven is a very over rated film. It is held up as being great but not me it isn't. A very average studio flick. Josey Wales has "classic" elements.
There are just so many special lines and moments in the movie. One of my favorites is when Wales and Lone Watie are riding after Wales and he killed soldiers they left the Indian woman behind. Wales said that he was just starting to like her, but that is how it was. When he liked people they were not around long. Lone Watie said, "I've noticed that when you get to not liking someone they aren't around very long either." That line gets me every time.
The Outlaw Josey Wales and Jeremiah Johnson are two films that should be on every fathers movie list to bring his children to see. Both of these films bring visions of wonderment to children of all ages.
So funny you should mention fathers in connection with these two movies. I saw both movies with my family and my father was a die hard western fan. I always think of my father whenever I see either of these titles mentioned.
Josey: "Whenever I get to liking someone they're not around long." Lone Watie: "I noticed whenever you get to _disliking_ someone they're not long around either!"
Clint has so much talent and experience at this stage of his life ...He knows how to get what he needs from everyone else cause he does know what he is doing ...You see they all know ...I thought this was his best work , seeing this group and showing all this behind the scene really proves my point...I loved the Chief Dan George what a great man he was...Thank you Clint for giving us this movie to enjoy...Even John Wayne liked it ...
CHIEF DAN GEORGE..R.I.P. AUTHOR, POET, ACTOR, FATHER, UNCLE, BROTHER, GRANDFATHER, WELL RESPECTED...COAST SALISH FIRST NATION NORTH SHORE BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA... VISITED HIS & FAMILY CEMETERY TODAY...MUCH RESPECT...!!!!👍✌🤘🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸👍✌🤘!!!!
YES!!!! Not only was CDG wonderful in this movie, he was REALLY SPECTACULAR in Little Big Man. A WONDERFUL movie. I am a 67 year old WASP, decrepit. But one thing that bothers me tremendously is how even now, America's Native American Indians get so little sympathy or even publicity. Thankfully many reservations have casinos to greatly enhance their standards of living. But it SURE WASN'T THAT WAY for many decades, even over 100 years!!
@@cyndifoore7743 YES HE WAS... SORELY MISSED...BUT HIS LEGACY LIVES ON...SCHOOL'S , PARK'S, KID'S & GRANDKID'S...NAMED IN HIS HONOUR... WE LIVE NEARBY IN EAST VAN..& VISIT HIS FAMILY'S FIRST NATION PLACE OF REST..UPMOST RESPECT!!!
@milowizard YES..REST IN PARADISE CHIEF DAN GEORGE!! LEGENDARY FIRST NATION INDEED!! MAKES US PROUD TO BE FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA..VAN EAST 4-LYF !! WEST COAST !!
the scene with TEN BEARS is my favorite. it's so respectful of native American culture and the dialogue is powerful in its imagery. TEN Bears says to Wales that there's IRON in his words and paper is not strong enough to hold the iron. Those words so concisely stated spoke volumes Then when the two of them cut their palms and clasped them together making a BLOOD COVENANT on the Native Americans terms not some white man's paper treaty was a beautiful cinematic moment what a genius Easywood is
Robert Pirsig wrote a book called Lila where he proposes that American culture was heavily influenced by American Indians. He specifically talked about how their speech, direct and efficient, full of imagery and analogue was reflective of their general no-nonsense behavior, devoid of ceremony and pomp.
Totally agree. Marlon Brando fought for the positive portrayal of American Indians(& other minorities) in Hollywood and that scene is a very good example.
Saw this movie in a theater in the summer of '76 when I was 14. Theaters back then weren't multiplexes, they had big screens and made everything seem larger than life and so left lasting impressions. This movie is just great storytelling and stands up to the test of time. "I guess we all died a little in that damn war."
Made in Italy! However, he was lucky because Sergio Leone was interested in James Coburn not Eastwood to play the Dollar Trilogy...Coburn Asked for 25000 dollars way out of his budget for the productions.
The behind the scenes footage, particularly Clint directing, in his prime, is priceless. Each moment, each piece of the film puzzle coming together, the peering behind the movie-making magic curtain of a film classic like this that is so iconic, is a historical document of not only the creative process, but one of cinema's greatest revisionist westerns put to celluloid. I can't tell you what a kick it is to see Clint's directing style. I've read about his casual, low key approach for decades in print and imagined it, but now here it is in living color, we can see what that actually looks like in real time at the moment a cinema classic was being birthed. He cracked the code on the directing style that would best suit his needs and I love his no bullsh*t approach to filmmaking. Two takes at the most and moving on. The fact there was a personal change at the highest, most crucial behind the scenes position: the director and the STAR of your movie takes over, seems a fools errand and impossible task, and yet, he made it seem seemless, effortless and what is insanely difficult to pull off look easy. That's a gift. And remember, they were days behind in the production schedule when filming halted to address the monumentious director change and by the end when filming wrapped, they came in 8 days early. That is unheard of in Hollywood which is just par the course for Mr.Eastwood. What a pro.
Josey Wales was horribly, horribly directed. The massacre scene might just be the worst 'action' scene ever directed. It looks exactly like it was cut together from random shots of people firing guns and characters falling down with screams dubbed in. There's no geography. The camera is set low so that the clumsiness and incoherence of it all is less evident. Simply awful.
Clint Eastwood paid attention to director Sergio Leone during the making of the "Man with No Name" trilogy. And, I seem to recall - in a different interview that Clint has credited Leone with providing a guiding example in some of his directing techniques. Likewise, I would guess that some of those that Eastwood has directed, went on to use some of those techniques as well. film making legacy......
Pablo, good comment! Clint Eastwood was certainly doing the lion's share of the acting, the directing, the coaching of the actors, watching the dailies and the planning for the next day of shooting. That is a lot of hats to wear and responsibility to shoulder.
Jamie: "Wish we had time to bury them fellas" Josey: "To Hell with them fellas. (Splat..tobacco spit on corpse forehead) Buzzards gotta eat...same as a worm." Frickin hardcore, man! Classic.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 : I generally agree with you. But a word of advice and warning. The pedophiles and commies who are NOT in Hollywood may come after you for placing the Hollywood crowd in with them!!!!
@@douggriggs1499 There's no honor among pedophiles. They don't care who they're associated with. That's why they end up dead in prison among rapists and murderers. ; ) Btw, the one movie about that subject Eastwood attempted was pretty bad. He would have done better to do an expose on Hollywood instead of some kind of Shakespearean tragedy set in Boston.
The man the myth the legend? Clint your all three? My favorite western of all time? You learned from the best & you presented the best. Legends never die, they live forever. There will never be another! I started with Rawhide and never let go, you will always be my favorite??
One of my absolute favorite movies of all time. Filled with some of the greatest quotes of all time. We used to sit around the campfire and quote this movie over and over again. Great Job!!
The only better quote movie is tombstone. But the speech about the iron must come from men is so damn powerful in its delivery....." the iron must come from men." Every viewing i get goosebumps.
So, I always saw and enjoyed his films and his ability to portray whether as an actor or director was convincing to the point that until the later yrs of his career, i never considered giving much credence to being polar opposites in life. He is always just that damn good... no, GREAT! It was after all, his mind and how he treated his performances that kept anything else from affecting it 👍🏼
It was pouring down rain and Eastwood briefly looked up to the Heavens and prayed for his friend. "Blue bellies will give you a better burial than I can boy"
Amazing to see how Mr Eastwood directed and acted at the same time, such responsibility to get the job done. He had to know everyone elses lines along with is own. Great behind the scenes coverage. Clint Eastwood is a true larger than life movie legend. The early spaghetti westerns are some of my favorites, lots of foreign talent from on screen, directing and music. Truly fantastic trade craft. Current Hollyweirds/China money have destroyed the Hollyweird movie brand.
I just loved Dan George .. I loved the line about he did not surrender but his horse surrendering and pulling a cart in Kansas somewhere. Over all just another great Eastwood movie...
My top 5 favorite Western movies: 1. Outlaw Josie Wales 2. The Searchers 3. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid 4. Winchester 73 5. Unforgiven I don't like Clint's spaghetti Westerns as much as I like his Malpaso productions. Hang 'em High, High Planes Drifter, Joe Kidd, Pale Rider.
@@michaelward9880 1) Magnificent Seven 2) Rio Bravo 3) Outlaw Josey Wales 4) Silverado 5) For a Few Dollars More 6) Wyatt Earp movie with Val Kilmer and then The Duke n Clint back n forth take your pick. Awesome ....
Usually when they slow down the action, it gets boring, but there are some that really hit the mark, this is one of them! In fact I can't think of any movie Clint has got wrong!
I really found it interesting and fascinating how sympathic and supportive Native Americans are portrayed in this film. Thats a stark contrast to the earlier Westerns (including John Wayne's yes) but in Josey Wales its very well written and executed. Clint did an awesome job making this film
There is some truth to the movie. The Indians sided with the south, the ones in contact with them. That’s just one more reason things went, for a lot of them, after the war.
Chilled his stuff quick, but you see how pride, well the wrong kind of pride can get a person killed. Me I would've never walked back in. I listen to God's word the bible about wrongful price. The one I like the most is found in Proverbs 18:16 Pride is before a crash,And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
Yes, much better. Unforgiven did not have the depth of heart or wisdom of this film...it was so dark...and in some ways, a little cliche.....one woman is hurt, so a hundred men must die....very Hollywood. It was good, don't get me wrong, but Josey Wales is one of the great movies of all time.
I was a kid during these times and it was a good time. I liked my country much better then. A time that is lost and someday will be forgotten. Breaks my heart.
"Josey Wales: Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.". One of the top 5 westerns of all time.
LOL, my friend Kevin and I used to do that scene together at parties and have the people laughing their asses off!! Great memories from a great part of my young life.
I absolutely love this movie...I have it on DVD and would occasionally watch it. And like he said at the end of the documentary, although "Unforgiven" was good and had garnered an academy award, I also feel that "The Outlaw Josey Wales" would have gotten one too if the timing of the release was right. If there was a toss up on which movie is best, I would chose Josey Wales over Unforgiven.
In my estimation “The Outlaw Josey Wales” is BY FAR the best work Clint Eastwood directed or appeared in as an actor. This movie has it all. Josey’s final words with the slow reprise of “Rose of Alabama” as the accompanying score is a moment that is unmatched in American cinema. That’s my view of it.
I don't think that the "powers that be" wants us to see movies like this. It gives people a certain nobility; a path to heroism that does not go along with their plans.
Some of this movie was shot near Oroville, CA. About 30 miles from where I live. I met a guy who had the job of driving the actors around. Once, he drove Eastwood up to the Feather River Canyon about 20 miles out of Oroville. Eastwood told him stop and he got out of the car. Then he told the driver to drive 10 miles up the road and wait for him. Eastwood was an avid runner. The same guy was also given the task of going to San Francisco airport to pick up Sondra Locke and bring her to the shoot. According to him, Ms. Locke was a loon. She was snotty, demanding and insisted on berating him all the way back. He said it was the worse 2 and half hours of his life.
I don't know what she was like inside, but Clint's movies with her were not worth watching. I don't remember her from this one. Maybe I blanked out her performance.
There's one thing about Clint Eastwood, If you where one of his friends you didn't have to worry about looking for acting work. Because he took care of the people that he worked with. If you notice Clint used the same people in a lot of his films in this time period. It didn't matter if it was The Outlaw Jose Whales or Every Which way but loose. Clint loved working with these actors that knew what he was looking for and made it happen.
I love how at the end, despite all of the danger he has faced and overcome, he is defeated by an old lady's look of warning ... he swallows the chaw spit. Take it from one who knows, that in itself is an heroic act. You really, really, _REALLY_ don't want to swallow chaw spit.
Not really, that empty-chair-Obama stunt was very week morally and operationally . Either you agree with the PC conservatives, or you are stupid and amoral. Sickening, really.
I was horrified by his actions during the break up with sondra locke, much more than vindictive. And BTW RIP sondra 11/03/18 - just last month, I didn't even know. Cardiac arrest related to breast and bone cancers at age 74. Burt and Loni another ugly break up requiring my reassessment of a good man to pretty much nothing but a total CS. Just can't abide the low road traveled. Not even the decent thing - really? Ok, then.
When Wales is acting indifferent to Chief Dan George's character, they're actually connecting and sharing their personal pain. This movie is well written, well directed and well acted.
charlie dee , Will Sampson Jr. 1933-1987 Chief Dan George 1899-1981 Sandra Locke 1944-2018 Sam Bottoms 1955-2008 Bill McKinney 1931-2011 John Vernon 1932-2005
Andrew Russell , What do you mean by Eternal Soul ? No one has an Eternal Soul , so someone must have told you this because it is not in the Bible , Ezekiel 18: 20
Definitely one of the greatest westerns ever made. I think Chief Dan George was the key to this movie being so great. He was just natural and his comedic timing was spot on…
Not just him, but it's because one neat character, good or bad, is introduced after another as the story moves on. Some of my favorite characters in it are Vernon and McKinney's characters and even the one politician or whatever that says 'go get him'. Meaty, well cast actors.
Jesse, are u aware it’s widely rumored that Pale Rider is a unofficial sequel to Josey Wales? Watch the movie again with that in mind, & tell me u don’t agree. Remember how they NEVER reveal anything concrete or clear about his back story? They only vaguely hint very little, & imho it matches JW. Also, Iirc, he’s sporting the identical pistols Wales did? But for me, the biggest confirmation was the scene where he beds the married woman just once; the dialog leading up to it & the guilt he clearly shows after (which to me seemed like he felt he betrayed the memory of his murdered wife or his vows to her , as well as his boy. Again, watch the film while keeping this theory in mind & tell me u don’t see the possibility PR is the ‘unofficial’ sequel to J. Wales. 😉 And like many have stated here, I too feel that the best Westerns ever made are Josey Wales, the amazing Tombstone with my man Kurt badass Russel & the best performance of Val Kilmer’s career as the immortal Doc Holliday, & of course, the thunder classic True Grit.
"Well, Mr. Carpetbagger, we got somethin' in these parts called a "Missoura Boatride." Love that line. Also loved "Granny" Hawkins and Will Sampson (Ten Bears). Clint almost always has good character actors which fill in the story line in many of his stories. Makes a huge difference.
My favourite Eastwood story; After filming a scene, the Director called 'Cut' and said to him, 'Clint, that was perfect, We'll just do another take.' Clint replied, 'Perfect is as good as I get.' and walked off the set.
That was a great movie. I met Bill McKinney many years ago at Golds Gym in North Hollywood CA he was a great guy , very friendly. I don’t know why Josey Wales hated the dog so much. I thought it was a nice dog. Felt bad for it when Josey spit his chew on his head. Poor thing. 🤠
Wow. How cool was this, after all these years getting to see these behind the scenes on the set out there? Clint directing and stuff. SO cool. Glad I stumbled upon this.
Mr. Eastwood please, please make just one more old retired gunfighter turned rancher goes on a revenge hunt searching for a ruthless gang of cut throats that hurt someone you cared about. Please I promise to go see it!!!! I think it's safe to say millions will want to see it.
This comment actually brings to mind one of the most interesting comparisons between JOSEY WALES and UNFORGIVEN... They are reflections of each other. Both films have Clint playing infamous gunfighter/farmers out of Missouri. But Josey Wales out of Missouri was a farmer turned gunfighter. While William Munny out of Missouri was a gunfighter turned farmer. That difference is surely completely intentional. The two movies are making different points, and telling different tales, about living, dying, and morality.
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Clint Eastwood is a legend..has delivered so many classics. The Outlaw Josey Wales is my favourite western movie
Mine too along with The Treasure of Sierra Madre, and the secene where Bogart gets a haircut, and I love Stagecoach with John Wayne.
Mine too
Buzzards gotta eat, same as worms
People always rave about "Unforgiven" as Clint's best western. Don't get me wrong because it is a fine movie.....but I always have enjoyed "The Outlaw Josey Wales" so much more.
John Fuentes Unforgiven‘s a great Western swan song for Eastwood because it was his last one and he went out on a high note with that movie. However The Outlaw Josey Wales was made while he was still young and in his prime. It depends on how you look at where he was at during those two movies.
Unforgiven is an amazing movie, but only because Josey Wales set the stage first.
John F: I agree with you. I have never been a huge fan of Unforgiven. But that is my problem. I understand and recognize that tons of other people have raved about it. And frankly .... wait. I will make a separate comment about MY favorite Clint western ...
imo,, "PALERIDER" was his best western, along with "high plains drifter"
@@sam-sy8jy Preacher!!!
As a Cub Scout in the late 60s I was absolutely blown away to meet the legendary Chief Dan George at a Scout Jamboree near Dallas. We were completely hypnotized by his stories. One of the kindest wisest humans I've ever met. He could paint pictures in your mind. It changed my life. What an honor.
You Lucky lucky Man .. i feel he touched you from another world you never knew .. How Beautiful is that !!! I hope & wish your life is full & well ?? My sister says to me'' if I aint Native in this life, You might be in the next........... Does the Great Spirit work like that ?? Any how Josey was the best in the West'' & I know he won't like it because No one in the world is the BEST. Let's not blow ourselves UP OK .
Ah, we now live in a world without great story tellers. I really agree with you, Bryan. What's funny is when I read your comment, my first thought was how cool it would be to sit with you and hear the story of meeting Dan George. Good story tellers are passed from father or mother to child. I promise you, Dan George had a great grandfather who told beautiful stories of brave warriors and the sweet young wičhíŋčala who awaited their return.
As a new EMT I used to transport a native woman 125 miles three times a week to dialysis treatments. Very nice lady. She kind of adopted me into her family and home. She told me stories about notable mountain views and streams that had importance to her tribe. I'll never forget her. I loved those stories, and to this day they are important to me too.
You are Blessed to have met Chief Dan George. I'm envious, BIG TIME!
Worth Ranch?
Josie: "Whenever I get to liking someone they ain't around long." Chief: "I noticed when you get to disliking someone they ain't around for long neither."
I reckon so.
Lol... great line 🔥
So thats why he was spitting on everything including the dog that wanted to go with him! He just didnt want him to die.
Bwhahahaaaaaaaaaaaa !
That movie is nothing but one incredible line after another.
Chief Dan George!! Deserving of an academy award for his performance here. Screw Hollywood.
This is a fact!
1 of the greatest westerns of all time, Academy award should have been given
Indeed. Yet I was born in '75 and had never heard of it until college and most of my friends hadn't either. The first time I saw it I couldn't believe it wasn't more popular. There's so many great lines it's hard to pick a favorite.
@@plmn93 Very possibly the best western ever made.
Chief Dan George made this movie, he was a riot one of my favorite characters.
"You gonna pull those pistols or whistle dixie?"
The scene with Josey and Ten Bears is the most powerful scene in any movie I've ever watched. The straight forward talk, honesty and respect between these two men is memorable and deeply moving. I always thought that if people would live by the words and the code they displayed, war and conflict would cease to exist.
I too was moved by this riviting scene. I was hoping to see it again, but I guess I will just have to watch this movie again, but that's ok. Like two other movies, Stagecoach (John Wayne) and The Treasure of Sierra Madre, I never get tired of watching them.
Best scene in the Best movie
Epic....."I came here to die with you"..... "there is iron in your words "
@@marksisto900 "Dyin ain`t hard for men like us, It`s livin thats hard" I aint promisin you nuthin, and you don`t have to promise me. I am just sayin that men can live together without butcherin each other"
Agreed. The whole cast was great, but Will Sampson as Ten Bears was on another level. You literally don't know if everyone's going to make peace, start killing each other, or what. The tension is palpable, even after Ten Bears says "It shall be life."
‘You can’t deny this is absolutely one of the greatest westerns ever made! Eastwood’s directing and acting have always been top shelf for sure!
It's one of those movies that you have watched 100 times and if it's on you'll watch it again
Agreed
Hombre and the hired hand are also quite good.
Great Movie! And never really got the recognition it deserved.
I agree the full 100%
"I didn't surrender neither...but they took my horse, and made _him_ surrender...." LOL Perfectly delivered
One of my favorite movie lines ever.
@@mikegoodwin2386 And mine! So 'throw away' - but so significant...
John B Truly a great line. For me what made it so great was that the character never surrendered his self respect or his dignity. And that line brought to mind something my Japenese step mother told me. She and her family were in prison camps during WWII. The conscious mindset she had then and through her life was, "I shall not be defeated". Pretty powerful considering her family was not happy with her not marrying a Japenese man and she endured a lot of issues, from many directions, being in a mixed marriage. Never the victim and she love her Lakers. Sorry folks for getting slightly off topic.
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My dad was civilian POW in Japanese POW slave labor camps in Shanghai and Osaka. He was a wise man. He said the Japanese soldiers did what their government ordered them to do. Just like me. My government ordered me to go to Wake Island and I was captured. Dad ate 1 cup of rice a day for 4 years. We all suffer.
@@tigerpisces5506 There are no winners in war and you are so right, "We all suffer". Thanks for sharing.
My father took us to see this in 1976, the same year he died. I'm 56 now I have always viewed this a perfect movie. Eastwood is the best!
So very young to lose a father. God bless.
….that’s awesome to hear I’m 54 and although I never got the chance to go to the movies to see this masterpiece my pops had it on VHS in the 80’s and it was our Thanksgiving Day movie together for years. Best movie ever. John Vernon (Fletcher) is also an incredible actor.
This and Lonesome dove are my Favorite Westerns ever made,Better yet my 2 favorite movies of any genre.
Totally Agree
Greatest western ever. One of the best movies ever made. There just aren’t any bad things about this movie. The characters are classic, the actors were perfect, the story is excellent. The style, the score, everything gels and works. So many classic lines delivered perfectly. This is one of those rare movies that if you are changing channels and its on...you are done for the night. Stops you every time. Thank you Clint for making such a great movie, casting such great natural actors and bring to life a rugged time in this country’s history. Love the Native Americans and their realness. Finally, thanks for going with your gut and not following other studios who said the western was dead. Far from it. It is still alive and well today!!
Completely ignoring slavery is one issue with it.
Agreed!!!!
so much was so good and so right,,some majors flaws though..like sharp shooting with a gattling gun,,hitting soldiers but not horses.... Too many very dark, as in lighting, scenes,, but all in all great fun. Open Range , much better.
@@DenkyManner, I would suggest that slavery didn't have anything to do with Wales. It's not like these men were fighting for the confederacy when their families were murdered. Poor farmers didn't own slaves...
@@DenkyManner and it didn't address a woman's right to control her body...and it didn't show respect to men who want to be women or women who want to be men or teaching 6 yr olds about gender or changing gender...or men wanting to use women's bathrooms....or...or...or a lot of other social justice!
You have totally changed my mind on this movie....lol
My father was a man who never liked going to the movies, but for some reason he decided that he, myself, and my two brothers were going to see this movie together. My sister and mom were not invited. I didn't want to go because I thought the movie was going to be lame, but my father gave me no choice, so we all went together. Needless to say, I fell in love with the movie as did my brothers. My father passed away many years ago, but my brothers and I still quote this movie to each other all the time, and remember my father and the bonding we had that day. One of my most enduring and endearing memories of my youth.
My dad and I used to quote this movie back and forth. His favorite line was " Thats a nice horse ya got there mister, ya wanna sell it? When he got sick we watched this movie together the day before he passed.
I bet your dad read the book it was based on.
How awesome! What a treat I bet that was, not just the day of the movie, but the years after and the bonding it created. Simply wonderful.
SO MANY GREAT QUOTES in this movie.
This movie & "the jerk"
I remember me and my father watching 'Lawman' with Burt Lancaster, so l know what youre talking about.
And that's how you make a great film without CGI
Josie Wales confronting and communicating with Ten Bears is the single best scene in any movie ever made, in my opinion. It is sad that governments are chiefed by the double tongues.
Rodger P politicians never change no matter what party they belong to they're pathological liars who snow the public at every turn and for some stupid reason we actually half believe their bullshit! The only difference in a democrat and a Republican is the lie they tell you! One will take your money and tell you he's doing you a favor, the other just takes your money! Which label you put on them usually goes by personal preference but the truth is that they are two heads of the same damned coin! End of sermon! Lol
One line in movie history that rings true to the day
@Bobby Hood You're wrong - They're not two heads of the same coin, they're two heads of the same snake. They're two heads of the same rat. They're two ends of the same turd. There we go, THAT'S the correct metaphor.
He nailed that scene.
Samson and Eastwood were both at the top of their games. And, we can't forget that Eastwood was directing WHILE acting. He even admitted that sometimes he had to take a few steps back and get perspective on what he was doing.
So many great quotes from this film. One of my favorites: "When I get to likin' someone, they ain't around long." "Well I noticed when you get to dislikin' someone, they ain't around long neither.".... Epic.
Hahaha
I like east woods quote at 11:50 “a movie can be like a family or a bunch of people in conflict with each other.”
Same difference to many of us.
my favorite quote is towards the end... at the bar...when the guy says "well a man's got to make a living"...and Jose Wales says "dying aint' much of a living"....
One of my all time favorite lines was " You a bounty hunter" "Man's got to do something for a living" "Dyin ain't much of a livin boy" Awesome Eastwood dialog.
I wish they still made movies this good. Modern movies are made to offend as few people as possible, so they end up entertaining as few people as possible.
Today we have too many BS superhero boring dialogue drivel. Too much predictive programming
Huey Iroquois It seems that the good ones, depending on a person's taste are far, few and in between. I some sometimes feel movies, like a good number of network t.v. programs pander to the lowest common denominator. Cable is different in that area.
It's still PC to offend Southerners.
Im not sure what you mean. I don't think this was filmed to offend anyone.
@@hunterlangley8287 I don't think that most movies are made to offend people, but nowadays people go around looking for excuses to be offended.
My favorite conversation between Dan George and Eastwood. Josey says to chief when I get to liking someone they aint around long.. and George replies, I've notice when you get to disliking someone they aint around very long either. lmao
Lol that was gold😂
My favorite western. Chief was an endearing scene steal'r.
That is hilarious😄😄😄
Great comment, Cito. It brings to mind another phrase used a few times in the movie that brought a smile. One person of Clint's (mini United Nations) group would say something nasty about another race or color etc, then realize someone of that "demographic" was present. And would apologize, "No offense (intended)," Other person would reply, "None taken." LOL And what made it even better was that Dan George said it once, and the little old white lady said it once, and maybe a 3rd person too.
That is the second best lines in the movie. The best line ever is "A man's gotta make a living, dying ain't much of a living boy. Josie Wales is Clint's best movie, I like it much better than Unforgiven.
The Outlaw Josey Wales & Jeremiah Johnson my two favourite westerns of all times watched both many times they never get old.
Absolutely cinema gold 👌 👍
Brilliant script and timing of character’s makes one my most watched repeatable films ever, Eastwood Master Craftsman
Chief Dan George stole every scene he was in. A great actor and fine man.
I try to use the line "I shall endeavor to perservere" at least once a week. What a great line and well delivered.
Yup
Also not a real Native a Sicilian
@@maxpayne2574 He was from a Reserve in the Fraser River Valley in British Columbia. He got his start as an extra in a movie that was being shot there. His son was working on the movie. My old boxing coach was from a neighboring Reserve. I think you have him confused with Iron Eyes Cody.
Agreed....powerful stuff
For me this was the best Clint Eastwood movie I've watched this movie so many times and always enjoyed it
The Outlaw Josey Wales is one of those rare movies that you must watch, whenever you see it's on television.
And I have it on DVD!
Agreed
I've watched it over and over. And will again!
For me that's any Clint movie. They are all fascinating .
I watch it like it’s the first time everytime
The best Eastwood film ever. I've watched it many times.
Bertram Oredroc Outlaw Josey Wales, and Pale Rider are my favorite
I don't know, I think I love Kelly's Heroes just as much and The Good the Bad and the Ugly even more. But it is a great movie.
I bought it on amazon about two months ago and I’ve watched it at least 50 times
Other than the Spaghetti Westerns Josey Wales is one of his "Great" westerns. Unforgiven is a very over rated film. It is held up as being great but not me it isn't. A very average studio flick. Josey Wales has "classic" elements.
There are just so many special lines and moments in the movie. One of my favorites is when Wales and Lone Watie are riding after Wales and he killed soldiers they left the Indian woman behind. Wales said that he was just starting to like her, but that is how it was. When he liked people they were not around long. Lone Watie said, "I've noticed that when you get to not liking someone they aren't around very long either." That line gets me every time.
Just a spectacular movie. Easily in the top five all-time westerns. So gritty and so realistic.
The Outlaw Josey Wales and Jeremiah Johnson are two films that should be on every fathers movie list to bring his children to see. Both of these films bring visions of wonderment to children of all ages.
So funny you should mention fathers in connection with these two movies. I saw both movies with my family and my father was a die hard western fan. I always think of my father whenever I see either of these titles mentioned.
Along with the original stories.
Crow Killer and Bushwhacking Bill
Damn Skippity
Kelly's Heroes
I met the man that made all the tomahawks and bowies for Jeremiah Johnson he taught my grandfather how to make knives In the early 70's
Josey: "Whenever I get to liking someone they're not around long."
Lone Watie: "I noticed whenever you get to _disliking_ someone they're not long around either!"
I absolutely loved this movie, it was wonderful.
Clint has so much talent and experience at this stage of his life ...He knows how to get what he needs from everyone else cause he does know what he is doing ...You see they all know ...I thought this was his best work , seeing this group and showing all this behind the scene really proves my point...I loved the Chief Dan George what a great man he was...Thank you Clint for giving us this movie to enjoy...Even John Wayne liked it ...
CHIEF DAN GEORGE..R.I.P. AUTHOR, POET, ACTOR, FATHER, UNCLE, BROTHER, GRANDFATHER, WELL RESPECTED...COAST SALISH FIRST NATION NORTH SHORE BRITISH COLUMBIA CANADA... VISITED HIS & FAMILY CEMETERY TODAY...MUCH RESPECT...!!!!👍✌🤘🇨🇦🇬🇧🇺🇸👍✌🤘!!!!
YES!!!! Not only was CDG wonderful in this movie, he was REALLY SPECTACULAR in Little Big Man. A WONDERFUL movie. I am a 67 year old WASP, decrepit. But one thing that bothers me tremendously is how even now, America's Native American Indians get so little sympathy or even publicity. Thankfully many reservations have casinos to greatly enhance their standards of living. But it SURE WASN'T THAT WAY for many decades, even over 100 years!!
Phee Shankar he was an awesome man.
@@cyndifoore7743 YES HE WAS... SORELY MISSED...BUT HIS LEGACY LIVES ON...SCHOOL'S , PARK'S, KID'S & GRANDKID'S...NAMED IN HIS HONOUR... WE LIVE NEARBY IN EAST VAN..& VISIT HIS FAMILY'S FIRST NATION PLACE OF REST..UPMOST RESPECT!!!
@milowizard YES..REST IN PARADISE CHIEF DAN GEORGE!! LEGENDARY FIRST NATION INDEED!! MAKES US PROUD TO BE FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA..VAN EAST 4-LYF !! WEST COAST !!
Always been my favourite Western never miss it when its on A masterpiece.
The scene with Ten Bears has to rank among the best scenes of all time in any movie.
Yes, because you find out that Ten Bears and Josie have something in common. They've had children killed by the Blue Coats.
I can never seem to let that scene go by without rewinding two or three times. Excellent scene.
I reckon so..
Very powerful scene...I think about it all the time.
@@terrancecoard388 "There is iron in your words." 10 Bears
the scene with TEN BEARS is my favorite. it's so respectful of native American culture and the dialogue is powerful in its imagery.
TEN Bears says to Wales that there's IRON in his words and paper is not strong enough to hold the iron. Those words so concisely stated spoke volumes Then when the two of them cut their palms and clasped them together making a BLOOD COVENANT on the Native Americans terms not some white man's paper treaty was a beautiful cinematic moment
what a genius Easywood is
Robert Pirsig wrote a book called Lila where he proposes that American culture was heavily influenced by American Indians. He specifically talked about how their speech, direct and efficient, full of imagery and analogue was reflective of their general no-nonsense behavior, devoid of ceremony and pomp.
Well said 🙏
Totally agree. Marlon Brando fought for the positive portrayal of American Indians(& other minorities) in Hollywood and that scene is a very good example.
Here-here!🙏🇺🇲💪
Made me well up mate.
Saw this movie in a theater in the summer of '76 when I was 14. Theaters back then weren't multiplexes, they had big screens and made everything seem larger than life and so left lasting impressions. This movie is just great storytelling and stands up to the test of time. "I guess we all died a little in that damn war."
CLINT EASTWOOD IS AN AMERICAN ICON
A legend to the screen.
Made in Italy! However, he was lucky because Sergio Leone was interested in James Coburn not Eastwood to play the Dollar Trilogy...Coburn Asked for 25000 dollars way out of his budget for the productions.
Agreed. Every movie he releases I think, “this could be the last one.” And that is a horrible thought.
Yes, and I am his ninth child = heeheehee. No, seriously Clint is such an awesome man in so many ways...and I find him very refreshing.
"Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining". Legendary line.
July 12, 2020----This is what the people be telling our so called elected officials.
@@oldbaldfatman2766 Hear Hear! lol in reality, maybe they'd melt.
I'm your Huckleberry 👍
Dyin's no one to make a living, boy
I reckon so...
The behind the scenes footage, particularly Clint directing, in his prime, is priceless. Each moment, each piece of the film puzzle coming together, the peering behind the movie-making magic curtain of a film classic like this that is so iconic, is a historical document of not only the creative process, but one of cinema's greatest revisionist westerns put to celluloid. I can't tell you what a kick it is to see Clint's directing style. I've read about his casual, low key approach for decades in print and imagined it, but now here it is in living color, we can see what that actually looks like in real time at the moment a cinema classic was being birthed. He cracked the code on the directing style that would best suit his needs and I love his no bullsh*t approach to filmmaking. Two takes at the most and moving on. The fact there was a personal change at the highest, most crucial behind the scenes position: the director and the STAR of your movie takes over, seems a fools errand and impossible task, and yet, he made it seem seemless, effortless and what is insanely difficult to pull off look easy. That's a gift. And remember, they were days behind in the production schedule when filming halted to address the monumentious director change and by the end when filming wrapped, they came in 8 days early. That is unheard of in Hollywood which is just par the course for Mr.Eastwood. What a pro.
Josey Wales was horribly, horribly directed. The massacre scene might just be the worst 'action' scene ever directed. It looks exactly like it was cut together from random shots of people firing guns and characters falling down with screams dubbed in. There's no geography. The camera is set low so that the clumsiness and incoherence of it all is less evident. Simply awful.
Clint Eastwood paid attention to director Sergio Leone during the making of the "Man with No Name" trilogy. And, I seem to recall - in a
different interview that Clint has credited Leone with providing a guiding example in some of his directing techniques. Likewise, I would
guess that some of those that Eastwood has directed, went on to use some of those techniques as well. film making legacy......
@@johnstrawb3521
What movie success's do you have...?
Pablo, good comment! Clint Eastwood was certainly doing the lion's share of the acting, the directing, the coaching of the actors, watching the dailies and the planning for the next day of shooting. That is a lot of hats to wear and responsibility to shoulder.
Very well stated.
Jamie: "Wish we had time to bury them fellas"
Josey: "To Hell with them fellas. (Splat..tobacco spit on corpse forehead) Buzzards gotta eat...same as a worm."
Frickin hardcore, man! Classic.
He spit his tobacco on poor Uncle Leo.
@@82cpop Spit dabacky between that dogs eyes too :)
So the horses belong to them there pilgrims...lol
“Shut up Blanche”
I Love Clint. Be it westerns, Dirty Harry, Any Which Way movies or Gran Turino. The guy is class and coolness personified. A true true legend.
Absolutely, brother.
indeed, im vary happy he turned out NOT to be a total cunt like so many other 'cool' actors. deniro is a total cunt
Mr. America (how it used to be)
One of those movies that I will never get tired of watching.
His movies are nothing but great! Movies now a days are not worth a shit literally
Exactly. He was bucking leftist Hollywood then, but these days it's a lost cause. Hollywood is a den of pedophiles and commies.
@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 : I generally agree with you. But a word of advice and warning. The pedophiles and commies who are NOT in Hollywood may come after you for placing the Hollywood crowd in with them!!!!
@@douggriggs1499 There's no honor among pedophiles. They don't care who they're associated with. That's why they end up dead in prison among rapists and murderers. ; )
Btw, the one movie about that subject Eastwood attempted was pretty bad. He would have done better to do an expose on Hollywood instead of some kind of Shakespearean tragedy set in Boston.
Not worth a Josey Wales' Spit of Beechnut!
They don't make shows like the old days either like the Munsters, Gilligan's Island , Batman, Tarzan, and more shows today suck.
He's been directing excellent movies for 50 years.
I absolutely love this movie.
The man the myth the legend? Clint your all three? My favorite western of all time? You learned from the best & you presented the best. Legends never die, they live forever. There will never be another! I started with Rawhide and never let go, you will always be my favorite??
One of my absolute favorite movies of all time. Filled with some of the greatest quotes of all time. We used to sit around the campfire and quote this movie over and over again. Great Job!!
it's my favorite movie of all time the quotes are timeless like Missouri boat ride and dying ain't much of a living boy Clint Eastwood is the Man
Yep.... This one and Blazing Saddles are the two most movies I quote.
@@jrsmith1008 Screw them fellas.... Buzzards gotta eat....same as the worms.
Did Clint Eastwood ever make a bad movie??
The only better quote movie is tombstone. But the speech about the iron must come from men is so damn powerful in its delivery....." the iron must come from men." Every viewing i get goosebumps.
So, I always saw and enjoyed his films and his ability to portray whether as an actor or director was convincing to the point that until the later yrs of his career, i never considered giving much credence to being polar opposites in life. He is always just that damn good... no, GREAT!
It was after all, his mind and how he treated his performances that kept anything else from affecting it 👍🏼
" There's another old saying Senator. ' Don't piss down my back and tell me it's raining' "
ITS RAININ MEN
Dean Wurmer
My dad has a version of that saying, " Don't piss on my head and tell me it's raining, and I won't kick your ass and say it was an earthquake."
Still holds true
I've used that line many times in my life
" This boy grew up in a time of death and dyin, never turned his back on his folks or his kind, I rode with em, I got no complaints. " Josey
Great line😓
@@ezeztztztz Dont ya just wish we used that word a lot more than we do nowadays? Lol
It was pouring down rain and Eastwood briefly looked up to the Heavens and prayed for his friend. "Blue bellies will give you a better burial than I can boy"
So Many Great 1 Liners in This Movie.
"Not a Hard Man to Find,Leaves Dead People Wherever He Goes"
"Well...you gonna pull those pistols, or....whistle dixie?" One of the greatest lines ever uttered on film.
my ass
The film has a lot of fantastic lines--and this might be the best one.
tried to replicate this line in Dirty Harry, but didnt quite get there
Well ... PUNK!
dying aint much of a living is a great line
Amazing to see how Mr Eastwood directed and acted at the same time, such responsibility to get the job done. He had to know everyone elses lines along with is own. Great behind the scenes coverage. Clint Eastwood is a true larger than life movie legend. The early spaghetti westerns are some of my favorites, lots of foreign talent from on screen, directing and music. Truly fantastic trade craft. Current Hollyweirds/China money have destroyed the Hollyweird movie brand.
I just loved Dan George .. I loved the line about he did not surrender but his horse surrendering and pulling a cart in Kansas somewhere. Over all just another great Eastwood movie...
'Endeavor to persevere'.
"They made my horse surrender" Chief Dan George
"But it's not for eatin. . . it's for lookin through".
@@wallyman292 What scene was that from?
@@bellavia5 it's when the chief shows Jose the rock candy he has. Somewhere in the middle of the film.
@@wallyman292 I see it now. Thanks Wally Man
To endeavor to persevere...
The Outlaw Josey Wales - one of the very best movies ever made... a masterpiece! Clint Eastwood - a true genius! A man with heart and brain!
I'm not a fan of every Eastwood movie, but I like most of them. This was the best.
"You know she thinks I'm some kind of Cherokee chief."
"I wonder where she ever got that idea."
Hahaha
Lmao!
Hard to figure, lol.
Our last living Hollywood icon. Clint is the greatest.
My top 5 favorite Western movies:
1. Outlaw Josie Wales
2. The Searchers
3. Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid
4. Winchester 73
5. Unforgiven
I don't like Clint's spaghetti Westerns as much as I like his Malpaso productions.
Hang 'em High, High Planes Drifter, Joe Kidd, Pale Rider.
Probably the most powerful actor in the world....
@@michaelward9880 1) Magnificent Seven 2) Rio Bravo 3) Outlaw Josey Wales 4) Silverado 5) For a Few Dollars More 6) Wyatt Earp movie with Val Kilmer and then The Duke n Clint back n forth take your pick. Awesome ....
@@jupitermoongauge4055 GFY
jupiter moongauge Service dodgers are true patriots. War is commerce.
Josey Wales is an iconic western and one of Clint's best
Re-release it. We'd pay to see it on the big screen again. I might even go several times.
With you there...!!
Usually when they slow down the action, it gets boring, but there are some that really hit the mark, this is one of them! In fact I can't think of any movie Clint has got wrong!
Love to see it again on an iMax screen.
Josey Wales was the bad guy in this movie
I was just thinking this today. They really should
I really found it interesting and fascinating how sympathic and supportive Native Americans are portrayed in this film. Thats a stark contrast to the earlier Westerns (including John Wayne's yes) but in Josey Wales its very well written and executed. Clint did an awesome job making this film
that's honestly why I want to watch this movie now, after seeing all the trailers and interviews I feel compelled to see it now.
@@JudoChamp -- What were the context of these statements?
Thats one of the reasons this movie has aged well
There is some truth to the movie. The Indians sided with the south, the ones in contact with them. That’s just one more reason things went, for a lot of them, after the war.
Even John Ford and the Duke softened on the Indians later in life, see McLintock and Cheyenne Autumn.
This movie is the absolute KING of one-liners. And not just Josey, but everyone has good ones. Excellent film.
"Dying ain't much of a living boy".....Josey Wales
TENKARA 1 my favorite line
TENKARA 1 best line ever.
Just remember. The buzzards gotta eat.
Chilled his stuff quick, but you see how pride, well the wrong kind of pride can get a person killed. Me I would've never walked back in. I listen to God's word the bible about wrongful price. The one I like the most is found in Proverbs 18:16 Pride is before a crash,And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
Are you gonna pull them pistols or whistle Dixie?
I always thought this was a more fulfilling and more complete western, and a better picture than Unforgiven,
Better than unforgiven? Sorry no👎
Yes I agree it's better than Unforgiven. Both excellent.
Yes, much better. Unforgiven did not have the depth of heart or wisdom of this film...it was so dark...and in some ways, a little cliche.....one woman is hurt, so a hundred men must die....very Hollywood. It was good, don't get me wrong, but Josey Wales is one of the great movies of all time.
And Josey is much more quotable
@@robertcarrico8953 Lots feel the way you do, no question.
I was a kid during these times and it was a good time. I liked my country much better then. A time that is lost and someday will be forgotten. Breaks my heart.
I feel the same, i used to be proud to be a american. Now im not my country is embarrassing.
Same here in the UK. KIND REGARDS
OUTLAW JOSEY WALES is one of those movies that I can watch over and over and I never get tired of it! I'd say it's the best western ever made period!
If got a dollar for every time I watch it I'd have about $50. Lol
"Josey Wales: Now remember, when things look bad and it looks like you're not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. Cause if you lose your head and you give up then you neither live nor win. That's just the way it is.". One of the top 5 westerns of all time.
Many times in my life I have recalled those lines and have had to live by them , got me through some tough situations.
Words to live by
Best movie line ever!
In my opinion, this is the greatest western ever made. I've seen it dozens of times and it never gets old.
And the GOOD, BAD and the UGLY...coin toss
the Wales--Ten Bears scene is one of the best ever filmed...
bigrobnz Clint was fair minded in his approach with different races.
LOL, my friend Kevin and I used to do that scene together at parties and have the people laughing their asses off!! Great memories from a great part of my young life.
"to prove that men CAN live together"
@@joemarshall4226 "without BUTCHERIN' one another..."
I absolutely love this movie...I have it on DVD and would occasionally watch it. And like he said at the end of the documentary, although "Unforgiven" was good and had garnered an academy award, I also feel that "The Outlaw Josey Wales" would have gotten one too if the timing of the release was right. If there was a toss up on which movie is best, I would chose Josey Wales over Unforgiven.
Both excellent movies and I'm in complete agreement although I feel the Unforgiven was the last true western made .
That's a tough decision for me.
It would be hard for me to call that one .
@@spiritoflights I don't know about that...Broken Trail and Open Range were both excellent.
In my estimation “The Outlaw Josey Wales” is BY FAR the best work Clint Eastwood directed or appeared in as an actor. This movie has it all. Josey’s final words with the slow reprise of “Rose of Alabama” as the accompanying score is a moment that is unmatched in American cinema. That’s my view of it.
I don't think that the "powers that be" wants us to see movies like this. It gives people a certain nobility; a path to heroism that does not go along with their plans.
Loved Chief Dan George in this movie!
Some of this movie was shot near Oroville, CA. About 30 miles from where I live. I met a guy who had the job of driving the actors around. Once, he drove Eastwood up to the Feather River Canyon about 20 miles out of Oroville. Eastwood told him stop and he got out of the car. Then he told the driver to drive 10 miles up the road and wait for him. Eastwood was an avid runner. The same guy was also given the task of going to San Francisco airport to pick up Sondra Locke and bring her to the shoot. According to him, Ms. Locke was a loon. She was snotty, demanding and insisted on berating him all the way back. He said it was the worse 2 and half hours of his life.
In my eyes she was the personification of Cocaine whore....
I don't know what she was like inside, but Clint's movies with her were not worth watching. I don't remember her from this one. Maybe I blanked out her performance.
Great story!!
Never liked her, a pain to Eastwood I think.
Maybe that is part of the reason she isnt featured in this video at all
There's one thing about Clint Eastwood, If you where one of his friends you didn't have to worry about looking for acting work. Because he took care of the people that he worked with. If you notice Clint used the same people in a lot of his films in this time period. It didn't matter if it was The Outlaw Jose Whales or Every Which way but loose. Clint loved working with these actors that knew what he was looking for and made it happen.
Clint is the Elvis of movies, what a great man and actor.
Should have won an Oscar.
I love how at the end, despite all of the danger he has faced and overcome, he is defeated by an old lady's look of warning ... he swallows the chaw spit. Take it from one who knows, that in itself is an heroic act. You really, really, _REALLY_ don't want to swallow chaw spit.
😂 I remember swallowing spit from nicotine gum. That was pretty bad. Never chaw though.
Carter's book is actually titiled Gone To Texas.
Dan George was beautiful. Will Sampson was superlative. Eastwood is a genius.
Clint Eastwood, a class act in all his films.. don't know if he's religious. But he's always held the moral High Ground..
Morals don't have anything to do with religion.
Not really, that empty-chair-Obama stunt was very week morally and operationally . Either you agree with the PC conservatives, or you are stupid and amoral. Sickening, really.
@@roquefortfiles Amen!
I'm pretty sure Clint practices T.M.
I was horrified by his actions during the break up with sondra locke, much more than vindictive. And BTW RIP sondra 11/03/18 - just last month, I didn't even know. Cardiac arrest related to breast and bone cancers at age 74. Burt and Loni another ugly break up requiring my reassessment of a good man to pretty much nothing but a total CS. Just can't abide the low road traveled. Not even the decent thing - really? Ok, then.
After all these years, this is still one of my favorites. That scene where Josie settles things with Ten Bears is just epic, still as powerful today.
This movie has been my favorite western of all times .I have watched it over 300 times. I have been Clint"s biggest fan for 60 years
No, I'm his biggest fan! Willing to share that title! Loved him since "Rawhide" He only got better!!!!
Ten Bears looks like someone not to be trifled with. Perfect character.
Will Sampson was also one of the loonies in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.
@@andyharman3022 he die too too young...Always liked him...
Indeed!
You know your watching a masterpiece when you forget your watching a movie! Loved the respect he showed to Native Americans!
When Wales is acting indifferent to Chief Dan George's character, they're actually connecting and sharing their personal pain. This movie is well written, well directed and well acted.
Every time I see John Vernon all I can think of is "double secret probation"
zero - point - zero !!!!!!!
Charley dee, "fat and drunk is no way to go through life"!!!
charlie dee , Will Sampson Jr. 1933-1987
Chief Dan George 1899-1981
Sandra Locke 1944-2018
Sam Bottoms 1955-2008
Bill McKinney 1931-2011
John Vernon 1932-2005
Andrew Russell , What do you mean by Eternal Soul ?
No one has an Eternal Soul ,
so someone must have told you this because it is not in the Bible , Ezekiel 18: 20
Out with it!
Definitely one of the greatest westerns ever made. I think Chief Dan George was the key to this movie being so great. He was just natural and his comedic timing was spot on…
He definitely played a key part in the movie's impact.
Not just him, but it's because one neat character, good or bad, is introduced after another as the story moves on. Some of my favorite characters in it are Vernon and McKinney's characters and even the one politician or whatever that says 'go get him'. Meaty, well cast actors.
"Dyin' ain't much of a livin', boy"
One of the greatest lines ever.
Yep....LOVED that line..!!
Top of the tree, along with:
"He had it comin'."
"We all got it comin'"
"I had to come back."
"I know."
(Great minimal dialogue that conveys everything)
Outlaw Josey Wales, and Pale Rider are my favorite Eastwood movies
Jesse, are u aware it’s widely rumored that Pale Rider is a unofficial sequel to Josey Wales? Watch the movie again with that in mind, & tell me u don’t agree.
Remember how they NEVER reveal anything concrete or clear about his back story? They only vaguely hint very little, & imho it matches JW. Also, Iirc, he’s sporting the identical pistols Wales did? But for me, the biggest confirmation was the scene where he beds the married woman just once; the dialog leading up to it & the guilt he clearly shows after (which to me seemed like he felt he betrayed the memory of his murdered wife or his vows to her , as well as his boy.
Again, watch the film while keeping this theory in mind & tell me u don’t see the possibility PR is the ‘unofficial’ sequel to J. Wales. 😉
And like many have stated here, I too feel that the best Westerns ever made are Josey Wales, the amazing Tombstone with my man Kurt badass Russel & the best performance of Val Kilmer’s career as the immortal Doc Holliday, & of course, the thunder classic True Grit.
I always thought Pale Rider was a tribute to Shane. I wish Pale Rider had not slept with Moriarty's woman, otherwise near perfect.
@@dgrundman7499 if it were a prequel, then the preacher would still have the scar on his face that Josie did.
I always felt that Pale Rider could have been a second act of High Planes Drifter ...
“ My #1 Childhood Hero. “
“EVERYTHING about him radiates $UCCE$$.”
Thank GOD he’s still here.
“ I guess we all died a little in that damn war”.... one of the best (last) lines in a movie!
"He has the first move, I owe him that much." I tear up every time.
And in 1976, it was so poignant after the futility of Vietnam.
Think I'll go down to New Mexico and look for him...John Vernon, brilliant actor and what a voice....
Ten Bears /Josey Wales possibly one of the best movie scenes ...EVER
I believe I can speak for millions of people when I say, "Thank you, Mr. Clint Eastwood, for being Clint Eastwood."
"Well, Mr. Carpetbagger, we got somethin' in these parts called a "Missoura Boatride." Love that line. Also loved "Granny" Hawkins and
Will Sampson (Ten Bears). Clint almost always has good character actors which fill in the story line in many of his stories. Makes a huge
difference.
that was my favorite scene in the movie. Whopped 'em agin!!! LOL
"I say that's worth doodley squat!" Granny Hawkins
My favourite Eastwood story; After filming a scene, the Director called 'Cut' and said to him, 'Clint, that was perfect, We'll just do another take.' Clint replied, 'Perfect is as good as I get.' and walked off the set.
That was a great movie. I met Bill McKinney many years ago at Golds Gym in North Hollywood CA he was a great guy , very friendly.
I don’t know why Josey Wales hated the dog so much. I thought it was a nice dog. Felt bad for it when Josey spit his chew on his head. Poor thing. 🤠
"Endeavor to persevere" one of my favorite movie scenes/ lines ever. Along with "How's it work on stains?"
Great monologue in a great scene, for sure.
Wow. How cool was this, after all these years getting to see these behind the scenes on the set out there? Clint directing and stuff. SO cool. Glad I stumbled upon this.
This is his absolutely best film... he does have so many that are great and some of the best movies ever... Thank you Clint for all of them ...
Mr. Eastwood please, please make just one more old retired gunfighter turned rancher goes on a revenge hunt searching for a ruthless gang of cut throats that hurt someone you cared about. Please I promise to go see it!!!! I think it's safe to say millions will want to see it.
Too busy playing a cocaine smuggler.
We don’t need no stinkin badges..!
He did. Pale Rider...
This comment actually brings to mind one of the most interesting comparisons between JOSEY WALES and UNFORGIVEN... They are reflections of each other. Both films have Clint playing infamous gunfighter/farmers out of Missouri. But Josey Wales out of Missouri was a farmer turned gunfighter. While William Munny out of Missouri was a gunfighter turned farmer. That difference is surely completely intentional. The two movies are making different points, and telling different tales, about living, dying, and morality.