He takes out his arms, legs and stomach and the old cowboy still survives the night. In the copy I watched, there was even a restful set of musical options to relax you: Overture, intermission, Entr’Acte (whatever that may be) and some Exit music to sing you through your popcorn clean-up and hobble out of the theatre. It runs a set of lovely character studies for most of its time. And that’s old Jack’s problem with the film. He’s rumoured to have paid a professional price for killing Wayne in this film, like some kind of crazed pinko-Democrat, but…hmmmm…it’s not a subtle performance, shall we say. And the bad guys spoil it all.īruce Dern plays Long Hair, a complete nutso bully and leader of cattle thieves. It’s a lovely, sad and kind of wonderful moment. And they all stand around the grave as Wayne gives the full-on John-Wayne-Speechifying Experience. One gets trampled by the cattle in a moment of ghastly panic. Another bursts into Vivaldi on the guitar ( John Williams, here doing an early score, wouldn’t let the Vivster get the limelight these days). One is shouted out of his speech impediment. They flinch, scream, laugh and die through two hours of entertainingly played character moments. Wayne gathers a bunch of 10 to 15 year olds and teaches them to bully cattle across the plains.
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