The Outlaw Josey Wales

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Time Out says

A remarkable film which sets out as a revenge Western: Eastwood sees his family massacred and joins the Confederate guerillas; after the Civil War, he is hunted by Union soldiers while he pursues his family's slayer and a friend apparently turned traitor. But slowly the film changes direction, until through a series of comic interludes it becomes the story of a man who (re)discovers his role as family man, as he befriends Indians and various strays and leads them to a paradise of sorts where they can forget their individual pasts. If that seems like a rewrite of Hawks' Red River, visually The Outlaw Josey Wales is closest to Anthony Mann in its breathtaking survey of American landscapes (and seasons). Most importantly, after a period of directorial uncertainty, the film demonstrated Eastwood's ability to recreate his first starring role, as the mythic Man with No Name of the Italian Westerns, and to subtly undercut it through comedy and mockery.

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Release details

UK release:

1976

Duration:

134 mins

Cast and crew

Screenwriter:

Philip Kaufman, Sonia Chernus

Production Designer:

Tambi Larsen

Cast:

Matt Clark, Sam Bottoms, John Vernon, Sondra Locke, Chief Dan George, Woodrow Parfrey, Clint Eastwood, Joyce Jameson, Sheb Wooley, Bill McKinney, Royal Dano, Geraldine Keams, Will Sampson, Paula Trueman

Editor:

Ferris Webster

Director:

Clint Eastwood

Cinematography:

Bruce Surtees

Producer:

Robert Daley

Music:

Jerry Fielding

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  • Correai, the focus of Flags of Our Fathers was on the soldiers who raeisd the flag and their post-war experiences. Those were five Caucasians and one Pima Indian. A motion picture tells a story. It is not required to be a democratically planned creation, assembled to be representative of everyone's concerns, viewpoints, or desires. If that was the requirement for films, then not only would the majority of Eastwood's films be different, but so would Spike Lee's. Frankly, I don't know why people haven't dismissed this tempest in a teapot for what it is: an increasingly irrelevant and unpopular director desperately trying to grab some press coverage at the expense of a more critically acclaimed and more popular veteran director.

    Correai, the focus of Fl Sat Jul 28 2012
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