Cowboys [VHS]
starring: John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern, Colleen Dewhurst, Alfred Barker Jr.
directed by: Mark Rydell
directed by: Mark Rydell
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Notorious as the first John Wayne film that does the unthinkable--subject Wayne's character to a nasty fate after only a short time--the 1972 Cowboys isn't much more interesting beyond that. The story finds Wayne playing a rancher who takes 11 boys on a cattle drive. They run into a nut case (Bruce Dern) who deprives the kids of their leader, and the rest of the film is a tale of revenge. Mark Rydell (Cinderella Liberty) directs an unexciting production, although performances by some of the younger actors such as A. Martinez and Robert Carradine are memorable.--Tom Keogh
Notorious as the first John Wayne film that does the unthinkable--subject Wayne's character to a nasty fate after only a short time--the 1972 Cowboys isn't much more interesting beyond that. The story finds Wayne playing a rancher who takes 11 boys on a cattle drive. They run into a nut case (Bruce Dern) who deprives the kids of their leader, and the rest of the film is a tale of revenge. Mark Rydell (Cinderella Liberty) directs an unexciting production, although performances by some of the younger actors such as A. Martinez and Robert Carradine are memorable.--Tom Keogh
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- Excellent from top to bottom
The Cowboys is, in my opinion, the most subtle, complete and compelling performance of John Wayne's career.As the taciturn ranch owner/cattleman Wil Andersen, he's had to bury his only two sons, admitting that either they went bad or he went bad on them.As his pending cattle drive approaches, his ranch hands desert him in order to strike it rich.Left with the daunting task of moving his cattle across country, he hires on 11 boys, none older than 15 years.
With a supporting cast ... Read More
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- The Cowboys (Deluxe Edition)
Not much to say.When I received the package, there was no DVD inside.Amazon promptly agreed to a refund, but I don't think I'll order another of the same DVD.
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- About the blu-ray
"The cowboys" shines on blu-ray with the superb image quality that provides the best way to watch the movie's splendid vistas. Don't be put off by the main credit's soft look, due to the optical tricks involved, which degrade the clips used in it.
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- "The Cowboys" stands simply as one of John Wayne's best Westerns...
Wil Andersen (John Wayne) is an aging rancher who traveled 30 miles that day and didn't find a single hand that could throw in with him...
Anse Petersen (Slim Pickens) suggests to his best friend to hire local teenagers as cowboys for his 400-mile cattle drive... So, in the morning the children came very early to put in for the job... Obviously, nobody of them has been on a cattle drive...
For a cook, Wil hires a black man, Jedediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne), who asked ... Read More
Rating: - One Question!
I'd really like to know why on Earth they didn't use a portrait of John Wayne FROM THIS MOVIE for the cover of the DVD.The illustration here looks to pre-date The Cowboys by a good fifteen years and does the film a disservice.
- Excellent from top to bottomThe Cowboys is, in my opinion, the most subtle, complete and compelling performance of John Wayne's career.As the taciturn ranch owner/cattleman Wil Andersen, he's had to bury his only two sons, admitting that either they went bad or he went bad on them.As his pending cattle drive approaches, his ranch hands desert him in order to strike it rich.Left with the daunting task of moving his cattle across country, he hires on 11 boys, none older than 15 years.
With a supporting cast ... Read More
- The Cowboys (Deluxe Edition)Not much to say.When I received the package, there was no DVD inside.Amazon promptly agreed to a refund, but I don't think I'll order another of the same DVD.
- About the blu-ray"The cowboys" shines on blu-ray with the superb image quality that provides the best way to watch the movie's splendid vistas. Don't be put off by the main credit's soft look, due to the optical tricks involved, which degrade the clips used in it.
- "The Cowboys" stands simply as one of John Wayne's best Westerns... Wil Andersen (John Wayne) is an aging rancher who traveled 30 miles that day and didn't find a single hand that could throw in with him...
Anse Petersen (Slim Pickens) suggests to his best friend to hire local teenagers as cowboys for his 400-mile cattle drive... So, in the morning the children came very early to put in for the job... Obviously, nobody of them has been on a cattle drive...
For a cook, Wil hires a black man, Jedediah Nightlinger (Roscoe Lee Browne), who asked ... Read More
- One Question! I'd really like to know why on Earth they didn't use a portrait of John Wayne FROM THIS MOVIE for the cover of the DVD.The illustration here looks to pre-date The Cowboys by a good fifteen years and does the film a disservice.
