Brian Hannan

The Gunslingers of '69

Western Movies' Greatest Year

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In 1969--the counter-cultural moment when Easy Rider triggered a ""youthquake"" in audience interests--Westerns proved more dominant than ever at the box office and at the Oscars. It was a year of masterpieces--The Wild Bunch, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Once Upon a Time in the West and True Grit. Robert Redford achieved star status. Old-timers like John Wayne, Gregory Peck and Robert Mitchum appeared in two Westerns apiece. Raquel Welch took on the mantle of Queen of the West. Clint Eastwood and Lee Marvin tried their hand at a musical (Paint Your Wagon). New directors like George Roy Hill reinvigorated the genre while veteran Sam Peckinpah at last found popular approval. Themes included women's rights, social anxieties about violence and changing attitudes of and towards African-Americans and Native Americans. All of the 40-plus Westerns released in the U.S. in 1969 are covered in depth, offering a new perspective on the genre.

---

Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 310
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 587g
• ISBN-13: 9781476679358
• ISBN-10: 1476679355
• Artikelnr.: 57118177

Autorenporträt

Brian Hannan writes a regular column for Cinema Retro magazine and gives lectures on film at Strathclyde University in Glasgow, Scotland.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Preface Introduction
1.
The Sound of Silence: The Stalking Moon
2.
Controversy Runs Wild: 100 Rifles
3.
The Cleverest Lawman in the West: Support Your Local Sheriff
4.
Kill the Messenger: Heaven with a Gun and Smith!
5.
Western as Opera: Once Upon a Time in the West
6.
The Roadshow That Never Was: Mackenna's Gold
7.
Retread of a Retread: Guns of the Magnificent Seven
8.
Tough Rider: True Grit
9.
Bloody to the Bone: The Wild Bunch 10.
The Good, the Bad and the Burt: Young Billy Young
The Good Guys and the Bad Guys 11.
One Step Ahead of the Audience: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 12.
A Roadshow Too Far: Paint Your Wagon 13.
Pedigree Is Not Enough: The Undefeated 14.
Cause Célèbre: Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here 15.
Reissue Fever: A Fistful of Dollars
For a Few Dollars More
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Hang 'Em High
Return of the Seven
The Stranger
The Stranger Returns 16.
The Last Round Up: The Great Bank Robbery
The Desperados
Death of a Gunfighter
A Talent for Loving
Charro
A Time for Dying
Sam Whiskey
A Man Called Gannon
Journey to Shiloh
Death Rides a Horse
Day of Anger
A Bullet for the General
God Forgives ... I Don't
The Brute and the Beast
The Man from Nowhere
Ace High
Any Gun Can Play
Payment in Blood
More Dead Than Alive
The Ramrodder
Brand of Shame
Hot Spur Conclusion Appendix A: City-by-City First Run Opening Dates Appendix B: City-by-City First Run Box Office Earnings Appendix C: Annual Rankings of Westerns at the Box Office, 1960-1969 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index