Josey Wales' Odyssey, from a man out for revenge to an outlaw on the run to a leader of a group, makes for one of the best Westerns ever. Clint Eastwood gave a great performance and one of his finest directorial efforts as well. One of my favorite films.
"Cry Macho" is one of the worst movies I ever watched all the way through. He should have skipped that one. just awful. Most everything else was great. Tho 2 mules for sister Sara was a stinker.
I just watched this movie last week. It's been years since I last watched it. It's still a great western and one of Eastwood's best. There isn't a weak character in it. It's wonderful, deep and redeeming story. They'll be watching this movie for the next 100 years.
I'm practically watching now😃. Sadly, I'm currently watching the death of the Kid played by the late great Sam Bottoms. I believe this is his first big role in movies. He was also great in Apocalypse Now.
Loved all the cold heart one liners and those fact Clint used a lot of the same players in a lot of his films. Clint rode Norton’s & triumphs a proper mans rebel.
56 and grew up watching Clint Eastwood westerns with my older brothers. This is one of my favourites along with "High Plains Drifter" but the Dollar trilogy beats them all in my humble opinion. The final duel scene with the music in "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" is about the coolest thing put to film.
I must say hd worst was " painting 🎨 his wagging ,' not gud singer but never mind lol ,l nice any way & any songs ..yeah rose alasbane or : I was born under a wanderer star Mr Jose c
Of course it could be made today, we literally got Django unchained several years ago oh wait you lot got offended when we killed white slave owners but you’ll cheer for confederate trash all right.
Ultra, ultra classic. Possibly the best Eastwood movie ever, with the possibly exception of Coogan's Bluf, Dirty Harry, Pale Rider, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven, Play Misty for Me, Million Dollar Baby, The Mule, etc etc etc etc. That's the problem with Clint's movies - they're all so good. How on earth does one determine the best one?
Saw the TGTBATU with my dad when it first came to the theater. Never forget it. We saw this one together ten years later. Grand memories. Never gets old. "I reckon so..."
The scene just before this when he spits his tobacco on the travelling salesman and asks him how his tonic is on stains, is a great scene too. So many memorable scenes and lines in this film. The dry humour throughout it it is brilliant. Still my favourite Eastwood movie to date.
Your a piker I went to the theater twice when it came out and own it on bluray. Must have watched it over the years 50 or more times. It's like Jaws when it comes on you drop watch your doing and watch it.😎
My fav is "Just when I get to likin someone they ain't around very long" and the Chief replies. "I notice when you get to disliking people , They ain't around very long either" Greatest line ever. IMHO.
The two goons @5:27 are carrying 1873 Model Trapdoor Springfield rifles. I recognize them because I have one of my own. These ones fired a .45-70-405 cartridge, meaning .45 caliber firing 70 grains of powder and using a 405 grain projectile. Pretty powerful round. Expensive, too. Custer and his men carried the carbine version at the Little Bighorn. Up until after Little Bighorn, a common problem was the weapon jamming because the cartridge was made of copper and not brass. The copper, upon firing, would greatly expand and get stuck in the breech.
Nice! I owned a carbine for a time. As you mentioned, the model the 7th Cav carried. My aunt tried to mess me over when distributing my deceased Grampa's estate. She thought the carbine was worthless as it was old, beat up and filthy. As luck would have it, the serial number was very desirable. Very. I sold it to a collector and bought a car with the proceeds. LOL
Most of this western? is great. Probably the best US western movie Eastwood ever made. The Leone westerns are fine too. Lots of good bit players in this flick. The OLd lady in the cabin is a hoot. Across the wide Missouri! Right up there with the SEarchers,Shane, as one of the greatest western films.
One of my favorite Westerns, while I admit that parts are awkward and corny, typical of filmmaking at the time. Chief Dan George gave a most delightful and memorable performance. It's quite a saga.
And that is the moment I first fell in love with American Civil War- and frontier era history (it's happened at least 4-5 times in my life). Watching that river crossing scene in a Canadian theatre just a bit after my 14th birthday. The story, characters, locations, sets, costumes, props, acting and dialogue were so authentic-sounding to my young ears, and Bruce Surtees' gorgeous desaturated cinematography so earthy and real, that I felt I was there -- almost exactly a hundred years earlier, crossing the Missouri River into Indian Territory.
@martinburns7928 Yes, it just feels authentic right down to that kind of historically realistic detail. The settings, the vernacular, the costumes, the guns...Even the amount of grime on the faces of the bounty hunters, the Raiders and the locals seems just right.
The locations and cinematography made this one of the better eastwood films. I guarantee the Coen brothers have studied this. The casting of Bill McKinney and John Vernon was perfect.
Abe was played by Len Lesser who went on to play Uncle Leo on Seinfeld. After all these years I just figured that out. Unbelievable. I've seen this clip dozens of times. Why did I make the connection tonight. WoW! " The mind is a terrible thing"
@@danda219 oh yeah!! I went out and looked at his filmography. Holy Moses!! He's been a ton of stuff that I saw but didn't notice him. That's why this was such an epiphany because I've seen that clip of Josey Wells a hundred times.... SUDDENLY I recognize the voice. Unbelievable!.
This film is one of a kind, although it's a western/civil war story and, as such, one among many. But there is no other film like it. As great and as popular as it's always been, it is still a terribly underappreciated film. Great casting, minimalist acting (for the most part; the scene we just watched was wonderfully over-acted by the two bounty hunters: exactly as needed), and Eastwood's direction allowed the entire production to be gritty as hell, with John Vernon (Fletcher) and Paula Trueman (Grandma) among the standouts. Chief Dan George got a late start in acting, with his greatest role as "Grandfather/Old Lodge Skins" in Little Big Man; here, he's as lovable and authentic as always.
William O Connell, who played Sim the political flip-flopping boat captain in the first scene, also played the scared barber in High Plains Drifter, as Clint shot 3 goons in his barbershop. and "Abe" (len Lesser) was Sgt Bellamy in Kelly's Heroes. Clint mostly has the same close-knit group of friends in his movies.
William O'Connell just passed on (aged 94!) in January. You also saw him as the Orion, Thelev, in the Star Trek episode, "Journey to Babel", in which Billy Curtis (Mordecai from HPD) also appeared.
The Outlaw Josie Wales and Unforgiven are Eastwood's best as a director and possibly as an actor also. They are both great films but their foundation are the outstanding scripts.
The longer I think about this movie, the better I think it is. It's got the real feeling of the grim backwoods of those days. I grew up outside Memphis hearing stories about my great-grandfather "Windy" Smith and how he survived the war as a cavalry trooper with Forrest, and the hungry years afterwards.
God I love this film. A lot of people saying best western ever but I can’t split my favourite westerns. 1. Outlaw Josey Wales 2. Shane 3. The Searchers 4. True Grit 5. Pale Rider 6. They call me Trinity What have I missed?
Probably my favorite Clint Eastwood western. The writers also did their homework on the brutal Missouri-Kansas border guerilla fighting during the Civil War. And Clint's sharpshooter rifle was period correct with its long telescopic sights.
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A true environmentalist. In such a stressful situation, Josey makes sure both the birds and the worms get fed. Warms your heart.
Always thinking of others. 🤣
Confederates were very Green-minded nature lovers.
What? You're lost
Makes me teary eyed just thinking about it.
The worm is your only Emperor for diet. We fat all creatures else to fat us, and we fat ourselves for maggots. Hamlet.
Josey Wales' Odyssey, from a man out for revenge to an outlaw on the run to a leader of a group, makes for one of the best Westerns ever. Clint Eastwood gave a great performance and one of his finest directorial efforts as well. One of my favorite films.
I grew up idolizing Clint Eastwood. This is my favorite western of all time. The direction, as you said, is the best I’ve seen in my 46 years.
me and my dads favorite western - least until he meets sondra lock ..
Absolutely!!
@@michaelstudnickiClint was 46 years old when he made this film
@uttaradit2 lol... same here man!!
"Well, Mister Carpetbagger... we got something in this territory called The Missouri Boat Ride." One of the best Clint movies ever, hands down.
Missoura boat rard 👏
@@Aran_chinicame here for the correct response. Well done.
Or he could have cut the ferry rope on his side?. I know,pedantic or what.
@@andyphillips7435 from one pedant to another, bravo sir...
"How is it with stains" always gets me!
The Outlaw Josey Wales is my all-time favorite western. I grew up watching westerns back in the 60's. This movie is number one on my list.
It is actually my favorite film. Of any genre. Second favorite is Bill Murray’s “The Razor’s Edge.” “The Last Samurai” is 3rd.
Me too, no other movie comes near it
Pale Rider up there too. But this is a gem.
Most other movies ain't worth diddly squat!
Released in 1976
Hands down my all time favorite western, PERIOD!!
The Good the bad and the ugly is still better
I have seen a lot of westerns and Josey Wales is the best!
The trilogy is still my favorite. with a few dollars more being my personal all timer. But Josie is right up there
"help me....help me"
-1973 get's my vote.
Anything Clint Eastwood is in is a good movie. This was one of his best.
Well....he was in "Paint Your Wagon."
except that bridge movie
"Cry Macho" is one of the worst movies I ever watched all the way through. He should have skipped that one. just awful. Most everything else was great. Tho 2 mules for sister Sara was a stinker.
I just watched this movie last week. It's been years since I last watched it. It's still a great western and one of Eastwood's best. There isn't a weak character in it. It's wonderful, deep and redeeming story. They'll be watching this movie for the next 100 years.
IT'S ON EVERYWEEK ON THE CABLE CHANNELS.
I'm practically watching now😃. Sadly, I'm currently watching the death of the Kid played by the late great Sam Bottoms. I believe this is his first big role in movies. He was also great in Apocalypse Now.
One of Eastwood’s best. “Are you gonna pull those pistols or whistle Dixie?”
One of the best westerns i think.
Time flies. This film is almost 50 years old. Half of a century.
I know because I'm almost 50. I was born in 1976. Don't remind me!!! 🙄
that sounds like one of my comments.. almost half a century
Loved all the cold heart one liners and those fact Clint used a lot of the same players in a lot of his films. Clint rode Norton’s & triumphs a proper mans rebel.
I believe this is a masterpiece. Up there within my top two favorite Westerns, Shane is the other.
Tombstone ain't bad!
Clint's 1983 movie " The Pale Rider " is basically a remake of the 1953 movie Shane " in so many ways !
The good, bad and the ugly, I like that more❤
PROVE IT
@@ApeLikeCreature Pale rider is also dam good....
Best Clint movie ever made! And I know there are many!!
I am a Clint Eastwood fan for life. Grew up watching him.
I am not American, but I believe Clint brings the wild west to real.
I am 61 this year.
I
56 and grew up watching Clint Eastwood westerns with my older brothers. This is one of my favourites along with "High Plains Drifter" but the Dollar trilogy beats them all in my humble opinion. The final duel scene with the music in "The Good the Bad and the Ugly" is about the coolest thing put to film.
One of My Favorite Clint Eastwood Movies.
I must say hd worst was " painting 🎨 his wagging ,' not gud singer but never mind lol ,l nice any way & any songs ..yeah rose alasbane or : I was born under a wanderer star Mr Jose c
Couldn't be made today. This movie will still be watched and revered 500 years down the road.
RADIATION FROM ALL THE NUKES WILL OVEREXPOSE ALL THE FILM.😂
Of course it could be made today, we literally got Django unchained several years ago
oh wait you lot got offended when we killed white slave owners
but you’ll cheer for confederate trash all right.
@user-do4wn5pk4j but not this one
Because why?
@@borninvincible?
Ultra, ultra classic. Possibly the best Eastwood movie ever, with the possibly exception of Coogan's Bluf, Dirty Harry, Pale Rider, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Unforgiven, Play Misty for Me, Million Dollar Baby, The Mule, etc etc etc etc. That's the problem with Clint's movies - they're all so good. How on earth does one determine the best one?
Let's not leave out Magnum Force, - the best of the Dirty Harry series, IMHO.
Unforgiven
Joe Kidd
I like Thunderbolt and Lightfoot 👍 George Kennedy/Jeff Bridges 👍
There can be only one.
Unforgiven.
The way the old woman laughs when the guy realizes he made a no way out deal with the devil.
Love Granny Hawkins.
Granny Hawkins know-ed' what was up. Tickles me every time I watch that scene.
@Bstack59 I wonder if Jose ever paid Granny Hawkins for the mustard root, etc, etc.
She said pay me the next time you see me.....that was a reference to don't come back.
@@dr.brinebasterd8982 I took it as "We both know you're not coming back, so consider it a gift."
Saw the TGTBATU with my dad when it first came to the theater. Never forget it. We saw this one together ten years later. Grand memories. Never gets old.
"I reckon so..."
The scene just before this when he spits his tobacco on the travelling salesman and asks him how his tonic is on stains, is a great scene too. So many memorable scenes and lines in this film. The dry humour throughout it it is brilliant. Still my favourite Eastwood movie to date.
My favorite western. Seen it over 10 times.
Your a piker I went to the theater twice when it came out and own it on bluray. Must have watched it over the years 50 or more times. It's like Jaws when it comes on you drop watch your doing and watch it.😎
My favorite line was Captain Redlegs saying "Not a hard man to track, leaves dead men wherever he goes."
My fav is "Just when I get to likin someone they ain't around very long" and the Chief replies. "I notice when you get to disliking people , They ain't around very long either" Greatest line ever. IMHO.
The two goons @5:27 are carrying 1873 Model Trapdoor Springfield rifles. I recognize them because I have one of my own. These ones fired a .45-70-405 cartridge, meaning .45 caliber firing 70 grains of powder and using a 405 grain projectile. Pretty powerful round. Expensive, too. Custer and his men carried the carbine version at the Little Bighorn. Up until after Little Bighorn, a common problem was the weapon jamming because the cartridge was made of copper and not brass. The copper, upon firing, would greatly expand and get stuck in the breech.
Nice! I owned a carbine for a time. As you mentioned, the model the 7th Cav carried. My aunt tried to mess me over when distributing my deceased Grampa's estate. She thought the carbine was worthless as it was old, beat up and filthy. As luck would have it, the serial number was very desirable. Very. I sold it to a collector and bought a car with the proceeds. LOL
Can’t believe Josey Wales almost got catched by Seinfeld’s Uncle Leo
Nearly. Almost. Next to never 😮😢😂
Josie…HELLOOO!!😂
Maloney
Kelly's heroes
I got the watch right here jose
@@StephenBaylor-kl8wx "I got the Gold" not watch 🇯🇲🧐
One of the best movies ever!!!
"Buzzards have got to eat the same a worms", very considerate of the environment old Josey.
Benny was just slow enough to save his own life, lit out when he heard the gunshots 😂
Most of this western? is great. Probably the best US western movie Eastwood ever made. The Leone westerns are fine too. Lots of good bit players in this flick. The OLd lady in the cabin is a hoot. Across the wide Missouri! Right up there with the SEarchers,Shane, as one of the greatest western films.
The Eastwood flick that had one of the most profound, awesome sayings to me ever....
"Hound That Whales To Kindom Come!!!"
LeGendary👊❗️
John Vernon should have gotten an Oscar for this. Outstanding performance!
Love how Clint so matter-of-factly shoots that guy at the end of this clip
One of my favorite Westerns, while I admit that parts are awkward and corny, typical of filmmaking at the time. Chief Dan George gave a most delightful and memorable performance. It's quite a saga.
There isnt any good movies like this any more
God dang what great piece of cinema!
And that is the moment I first fell in love with American Civil War- and frontier era history (it's happened at least 4-5 times in my life). Watching that river crossing scene in a Canadian theatre just a bit after my 14th birthday.
The story, characters, locations, sets, costumes, props, acting and dialogue were so authentic-sounding to my young ears, and Bruce Surtees' gorgeous desaturated cinematography so earthy and real, that I felt I was there -- almost exactly a hundred years earlier, crossing the Missouri River into Indian Territory.
The accuracy of names places and events (aside from the particular movie setting) is what seems to bring it one step away from reality
@martinburns7928 Yes, it just feels authentic right down to that kind of historically realistic detail. The settings, the vernacular, the costumes, the guns...Even the amount of grime on the faces of the bounty hunters, the Raiders and the locals seems just right.
CLASSIC!!!!!!
Love this movie
This never gets old !!!!!!!!!!
One of the best westerns ever
It’s my favorite.
My favorite movie of all time. My Marine brother and I can quote every line.
I notice when you get to disliking someone they ain't around for long either
@@8551-w5v only a horn toad could quote every line
"Buzzards gotta eat...same as worms."
Stone. Cold.
This movie is one of my favorites . Whip them again, Josie.
This movie is one of the greatest ever made. Excellent from start to finish.
"pa, is that you pa ? I got the gold right here"
I STILL use that line😂
Saw it in the theater when I was a teenager...loved it !
Hands down, one of the greatest movies ever made.
The locations and cinematography made this one of the better eastwood films. I guarantee the Coen brothers have studied this. The casting of Bill McKinney and John Vernon was perfect.
I love the understated moments of humor in this movie. Especially with Dan George.
you cannot get any better than this !
My two favorite lines in the movie are "shut up Lige" and "pull Lemuel, pull"
How about, "so I can count the hairs on that hand..."?
“Jerk beef with the Comanches “is a pretty good one too, but definitely the two you listed
Great Biblical names
Abe was played by Len Lesser who went on to play Uncle Leo on Seinfeld.
After all these years I just figured that out. Unbelievable. I've seen this clip dozens of times. Why did I make the connection tonight.
WoW!
" The mind is a terrible thing"
He was also Bellamy in Kelly’s Heroes and a mafiosi in Magnum Force, two more Clint Eastwood vehicles.
@@danda219 oh yeah!!
I went out and looked at his filmography. Holy Moses!!
He's been a ton of stuff that I saw but didn't notice him.
That's why this was such an epiphany because I've seen that clip of Josey Wells a hundred times.... SUDDENLY I recognize the voice. Unbelievable!.
His partner Doug McGrath was in the gauntlet and pale rider
He played Exidor on Mork and Mindy
@@Robert-t3z1g
And in.porkys
This film is one of a kind, although it's a western/civil war story and, as such, one among many. But there is no other film like it. As great and as popular as it's always been, it is still a terribly underappreciated film.
Great casting, minimalist acting (for the most part; the scene we just watched was wonderfully over-acted by the two bounty hunters: exactly as needed), and Eastwood's direction allowed the entire production to be gritty as hell, with John Vernon (Fletcher) and Paula Trueman (Grandma) among the standouts. Chief Dan George got a late start in acting, with his greatest role as "Grandfather/Old Lodge Skins" in Little Big Man; here, he's as lovable and authentic as always.
William O Connell, who played Sim the political flip-flopping boat captain in the first scene, also played the scared barber in High Plains Drifter, as Clint shot 3 goons in his barbershop. and "Abe" (len Lesser) was Sgt Bellamy in Kelly's Heroes. Clint mostly has the same close-knit group of friends in his movies.
This 66 year old’s favorite. Of any genre.
This epic movie was a first step towards the best Western movie of all time ...Unforgiven
Pale Rider. “You just shot an unarmed man.” Well he shoulda armed himself😂
@@randolphtolbert3825 I bet that line was in Unforgiven
The boat operator is the barber in high plains drifter, I believe.
He’s also one of the Black Widows in Any Which Way But Loose.
The guy doing all the talking was the bandleader in Kelly's Heroes
@@kenforu1531 Yeah. He was Uncle Leo in Seinfeld too.
Client Eastwood has/had a "stock player" company. Lots of folks weave thru his movies.
William O'Connell just passed on (aged 94!) in January. You also saw him as the Orion, Thelev, in the Star Trek episode, "Journey to Babel", in which Billy Curtis (Mordecai from HPD) also appeared.
This is a great movie.
Outside of Tombstone and Lonesome Dove, this is the best western ever made.
The Outlaw Josie Wales and Unforgiven are Eastwood's best as a director and possibly as an actor also. They are both great films but their foundation are the outstanding scripts.
If it wasn’t for ‘unforgiven’ this would be the greatest western ever made.
Not even close. This was much better. I would not rank Unforgiven in his top 5. It may have won him the Oscar but that was a sentimental thing,
I’ve watched this clip too many times …
What a badass !
Great acting, great script. A true classic portion of a true classic movie. With some great one-liners as a bonus.
Funniest scene out of the whole movie. Clint’s comic wit is off the charts once again.
My favorite western!
I don't often remember quotes from movies but I can remember several from Josey Wales and the Godfather. Masterfully written.
"at best he'll only get two or three up front there" cold hearted to the max!
The Outlaw Josey Wales is THE BEST CAST film ever. Each character was perfect - pinnacled by the woman who played Granny at the outpost.
Love this movie. One of Eastwoods best!! 👍
"We got us the Josey Wales!" 😂😂
Your wanted Wales… guess I’m real popular. One of the best lines in ever in Cinema and only Clint could deliver.
"Pa, is that your? I've got the gold right here. The gold Jesse and I stole from that bank."
BANG!
🤣
“There is a such thing in this country called justice”
“Well Mr. Carpetbagger, we got something in this territory called the Missouri boat ride”
I forgot what a great movie this is.
The 2 Josey Wales books are excellent reading. I really wish Revenge Trail could have also been made by Eastwood.
The longer I think about this movie, the better I think it is. It's got the real feeling of the grim backwoods of those days. I grew up outside Memphis hearing stories about my great-grandfather "Windy" Smith and how he survived the war as a cavalry trooper with Forrest, and the hungry years afterwards.
It's too bad he didn't write a book, you can bet he had a ton of amazing stories to tell.
Best western ever.
One of the best movies ever produced.
Great classic from Clint Eastwood
Sad that they don't make Movies that are anywhere near this Good, Today.
One of my all time favourite movies. Top 5.
The line about the buzzards and worms was cold.
"Buzzards got to eat the same as worms.."🤣
@6:08 "Shoot him now Abe, shoot him now!" Reminds me of a combination of Bugs Bunny "Hillbilly Hare" and "Rabbit Seasoning". lol.
The Missouri Boat Ride. the best scene in the movie.
I love the Missouri boatride. You only need a converted Sharps rifle. with a scope mounted.
And know how to use it. Great scene.
Ol Granny Hawkins Looks Like the REAL DEAL 😊 Great Laugh at Capn Red Legs😊
Truly great film not just a western.
Lemuel was a simple man but he could pull like hell...
Every scene is a classic...all lines are memorable rose of Alabama!
My dad always loved Clint Eastwood westerns. 🥲
"I seen him do some things". Love that line.
'We got the Josey Wales!...'
Worms start tucking napkins under their collar.
God I love this film. A lot of people saying best western ever but I can’t split my favourite westerns.
1. Outlaw Josey Wales
2. Shane
3. The Searchers
4. True Grit
5. Pale Rider
6. They call me Trinity
What have I missed?
7. Conagher and 8. Tombstone (Val Kilmer version)
This is totally what Joss Whedon must have watched when he was writing the script for Firefly. Awesome!
I always liked the old lady's laugh.
I ain't ever been shot, but that poultice on the wound was my childhood equivalent of "just rub some dirt on it", when I got hurt.
Just can’t beat a good ol’e “Lindsey Woolsy shirt.”
Best movie EVER!! Hands down!! 🎉🎉🎉
WHAT a film !!!.... 'watch him lije !!!'....a fabulous western...ive never tired of watching this classic film....and never will !! 🍻
Probably my favorite Clint Eastwood western. The writers also did their homework on the brutal Missouri-Kansas border guerilla fighting during the Civil War. And Clint's sharpshooter rifle was period correct with its long telescopic sights.
"Shut up Ladge." Famous last words
Dying ain’t much of a living boy😂