Westerns for Movie Night
Here's my original list of suggestions for westerns. This doesn't include "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly", but I wanted to see that, too. (1966, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/)
Are we alternating Westerns with so-bad-they're-good, when we come back on the 20th?
Chronological order would give us a feel for the evolution of Westerns. Some of these are from a book of short stories I read titled, "No, But I Saw The Movie":
* Stagecoach, 1939 (based on short story "Stage to Lordsburg") (Starring John Wayne!) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031971/
* High Noon, 1952 (based on SS "The Tin Star") http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044706/
* Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955 (based on SS "Bad Time At Honda") http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047849/
* The Magnificent Seven, 1960 (remake of The Seven Samurai) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054047/
* Unforgiven, 1992 (many name it as the best modern western, I've never seen it) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105695/
That's 5, which plus TGTBATU makes 6, more than "a month". We can talk about whether we want to see that many. I'd like to see those early ones, though. Stagecoach and High Noon are each only 1 1/2 hrs, we could try to do both in one night, if we wanted.
Are we alternating Westerns with so-bad-they're-good, when we come back on the 20th?
Chronological order would give us a feel for the evolution of Westerns. Some of these are from a book of short stories I read titled, "No, But I Saw The Movie":
* Stagecoach, 1939 (based on short story "Stage to Lordsburg") (Starring John Wayne!) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031971/
* High Noon, 1952 (based on SS "The Tin Star") http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044706/
* Bad Day at Black Rock, 1955 (based on SS "Bad Time At Honda") http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047849/
* The Magnificent Seven, 1960 (remake of The Seven Samurai) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054047/
* Unforgiven, 1992 (many name it as the best modern western, I've never seen it) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105695/
That's 5, which plus TGTBATU makes 6, more than "a month". We can talk about whether we want to see that many. I'd like to see those early ones, though. Stagecoach and High Noon are each only 1 1/2 hrs, we could try to do both in one night, if we wanted.