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they don't make a really good western anymore so this is one that you need to see.
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Wondrous special edition of this Budd Boetticher western. Boetticher, like Samuel Fuller, is an underrated American director and SEVEN MEN FROM NOW an undisputable masterpiece. The duel between Randolph Scott and Lee Marvin is a model of the genre.
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Unlike some others, kept my interest all the way through. Fairly adult, some originality, and some nice cinematography. Tale a little too simple. Glad I got it. Glad I watched it. But probably won't watch it again for quite some time, maybe never.
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Last night I sat and watched SEVEN MEN FROM NOW. Just been released after a long absence. Randolph Scott, always good. Very stoic hero, with little to say but a good screen presence. Lee Marvin, playing his usual tricky character. Other bad guy was John Larch. The female character was played by Gail Russell. Very understated performance by a very attractive actress. Scott played his usual character of a man on a quest for vengeance against the men who killed his wife during a robbery.
Script was by Burt Kennedy. A good, literate script with some telling lines. Directed by Budd Boetticher. Some fabulous scenery. Desert and semi-mountain backgrounds. By contrast some lush locations too. Flawless photography.
Made in 1956. It runs for 78 minutes, but every one of those short minutes is worth it.
I'd spent a busy afternoon at the keyboard, so mug of coffee in hand I settled down and thoroughly enjoyed the movie. A great way to unwind. Highly recommended. This is how a Western should be made.
MikeL
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There's something to be said for tweaking the formula jest a tad. This Western has the usual characters -- an ex-sheriff on the hunt, scoundrels, killers, a pretty woman and her naive husband. The usual settings -- on the dusty trail, saloons, muddy streets, rocky canyons. And motives -- vengeance, greed. But the writer Burt Kennedy changed things around so I could not manage to predict anything but the ultimate outcome. Packaged with fine visuals by director Budd Boetticher and crew, that makes me one happy viewer.
Randolph Scott takes John Wayne's place in this Wayne production and I much prefer him. While limited in range, he's a better actor. He just doesn't have Wayne's outsized persona. Wayne would win in the end because that's what Wayne the Icon was 'posed to do. Scott would win because that's what his character would do.
Gail Russell was an affecting presence in a couple ways. It was sad to see how much she aged (she was only about 32 years old), and to realize that in about 5 years she would be gone. She retained some of her prettiness and gained as an actress, giving her character warmth, intelligence and grace.
And there was a gen-nu-wine thief in the cast -- a stealer of scenes. He was the young Lee Marvin. Without Wayne's potbelly to contend with, Marvin's deep voice, cocky manner and looming size pretty much let him have his way with the film. It wouldn't have been as good without him.
The film isn't as great as I expected it to be based on the rumors. But it IS a long lost gem.
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