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Oscar-Winning Western Movies
{ in chronological order }
 | Only three Western feature films have won Best Picture Oscars in the 80+ years of the Academy Awards. So Westerns that were nominated for Best Picture or won or were nominated in other major categories are included here. The list is still too short. |
 | This page kept showing up as the most-popular page on my five online bookstore websites, so I decided to add more data for visitors to enjoy (and more choices for purchase via Amazon). The Western Heritage Awards were begun in 1961, given out each year since by the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum [est. 1955] of Oklahoma City. A certain amount of work gleaning results from IMDb made a nice list of films to add or to have the little statue graphic added to an existing entry. It turned out that only five movies on this page won the award, the rest are among the movies & TV shows on the Western Film Festival Pages. |
See also the Western Film Festival Pages
Oscars index page at Magic Lantern Video & Book Store
"In Old Arizona" [Fox Jan 1929]
  | The first all-talking sound-on-film feature. An Army sergeant conspires with Cisco Kid's faithless girlfriend for the reward for Cisco's capture - dead or alive! Co-directed by Irving Cummings & Raoul Walsh; based on O. Henry's story "The Caballero's Way"; starring Warner Baxter, Edmund Lowe & Dorothy Burgess; won Oscar for Best Actor (Baxter), nominated for Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script & Best Cinematography
Fox DVD [5/2005] for $13.48 full credits from IMDb 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $9.99 |
"Cimarron" [R.K.O. Pictures Feb 1931]
  | Directed by Wesley Ruggles; adapted by Howard Estabrook, based on the Edna Ferber novel; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Script, Best Art Direction, nominated for Best Director & Best Cinematography; starring Richard Dix & Irene Dunne (each nominated for Best Actor/Actress)
Warner Home Video b&w DVD [1/2008] for $17.99 Warner Home Video b&w DVD [1/2006] for $17.99 Warner Video b&w VHS [2/2002] for $13.74 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | based on the 1930 novel by Edna Ferber
Kindle Edition from Vintage/Random House [3/2014] for $11.99 Vintage Movie Classics deckle-edge 8x5 pb [3/2014] for $10.31 Fawcett pb [9/79] out of print/used G&D/Amereon 8½c5¾ hardcover [10/98] for $35.95 BooksOnTape audio [11/83] for $64.00 |
"Viva Villa !" [M.G.M. April 1934]
 | Directed by Jack Conway & Howard Hawks; starring Wallace Beery, Leo Carrillo & Fay Wray; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Script, Best Sound, won for Best Asst Director
DVD not available (2011} • Warner Home Video b&w VHS [4/93] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"San Francisco" [M.G.M. June 1936]
 | Directed by W.S. Van Dyke; starring Clark Gable, Jeanette MacDonald, Spencer Tracy & Jack Holt; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Actor (Tracy), Best AD, won for Best Sound Warner Home Video b&w DVD [6/2006] for $14.99 Warner Home Video b&w VHS [11/90] for $24.98 Great Music Themes soundtrack CD [11/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Stagecoach" [United Artists Feb 1939]
 | Passengers on a stagecoach – the famous Ringo Kid, a drunken doctor, a pregnant woman, a crooked bank manager & others – learn that Geronimo is on the warpath. Directed by John Ford [1894- 1973]; starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt & Tim Holt; Oscar nomina-tions for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Editing, Best B&W Cinematography, Best Art Direction, won Best Music, Best Supporting Actor (Mitchell); listed at National Film Registry 1995
Criterion b&w Blu-ray [5/2010] for $22.70 Warner Video b&w DVD [10/97] for $49.45 Warner Video b&w VHS [6/97] for $3.65 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "John Ford's Stagecoach" [2002] Edited by Barry Keith Grant Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2002] for $22.99 "Stagecoach" [1992] critical text by Edward Buscombe British Film Institute 7½x5½ pb [9/92] for $10.17 |
"The Westerner" [Samuel Goldwyn Sept 1940]
 |  | Directed by William Wyler; starring Gary Cooper, Walter Brennan, Doris Davenport, Fred Stone & Forrest Tucker; won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Brennan), nominated for Best Script, Best Art Direction H.B.O. Video b&w DVD [9/98] out of prodn/used M.G.M./U.A. b&w VHS [9/2001] for $7.88 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Billy The Kid" [M.G.M./Loew's May 1941]
 | Embittered cowhand Billy fights back when his cattleman boss is murdered. Directed by David Miller; loosely based on the novel "The Saga of Billy The Kid" [1926] by W.N. Burns; starring Robert Taylor {as Billy}, Gene Lockhart, Ian Hunter, Brian Donlevy & Mary Howard; Oscar nomination for Best Color Cinematography Region 1 DVD not available (2011) Warner/M.G.M. color VHS [4/94] for $25.25 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia Billy the Kid Page at 'Readers of The Purple Sage' Western Bookstore |
"The Ox-Bow Incident" [Fox May 1943]
 | Directed by William A. Wellman; based on the Walter Van Tilburg Clark novel; starring Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes, Anthony Quinn & Harry Morgan; Oscar nomination for Best Picture; listed at National Film Registry 1999
not available on Region 1 Blu-ray disk (2011) Fox b&w DVD [11/2003] for $12.99 Fox b&w VHS [5/99] for $8.15 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | Novel by Walter Van Tilburg Clark [1940] Modern Library pb [3/2001] for $9.95 |
"High Noon" [Stanley Kramer July 1952]
 | A longtime lawman in a small town in New Mexico Territory has just married a Quaker woman and is planning to hang up his badge; but word arrives that a killer that he sent to prison has been pardoned and is coming on the noon train to avenge his arrest . . . • Directed by Fred Zinnemann, from the short story "The Tin Star" by John W. Cunningham published in the December 1947 "Collier's Magazine"; starring Gary Cooper, Thomas Mitchell, Lloyd Bridges, Grace Kelly, Ian MacDonald & Lee Van Cleef; Oscar nomination for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, won Best Actor (Cooper), Best Editing, Best Music (Dimitri Tiomkin), Best Song; won W.G.A. Award for Best Written American Drama; listed at National Film Registry 1989
Olive Films b&w Blu-ray [9/2016] for $24.99 Olive Films b&w DVD [9/2016] for $22.42 Republic Video b&w DVD [10/2003] out of prodn/used Republic Video b&w DVD [10/2001] out of prodn/used Republic Video b&w VHS [10/97] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "High Noon: The Hollywood Blacklist and The Making of An American Classic" [2017] by Glenn Frankel "The revelatory story behind the classic movie "High Noon" and the toxic political climate in which it was created" – i.e. Joseph McCarthy and the Hollywood Blacklist Kindle Edition from Bloomsbury USA [2/2017] for $9.20 Bloomsbury USA pb [2/2018] for $18.00 
Bloomsbury USA deckle-edge hardcover [2/2017] for $19.04 |
"Viva Zapata !" [Fox 1952]
 | Directed by Elia Kazan; starring Marlon Brando, Jean Peters, Anthony Quinn & Joseph Wiseman; won Best Supporting Actor Oscar (AQ), nominated for Best Script (John Steinbeck), Best Actor (Brando), Best Music, Best Art Direction
Fox Studio Classics b&w DVD [undated] for $17.63 Fox b&w VHS [6/2001] for $42.97 Verese soundtrack CD [3/98] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | John Steinbeck's "Viva Zapata!" script in book form Edited by Robert E. Morsberger Penguin 7¾x5 pb [5/93] for $11.01 |
"The Big Sky" [R.K.O. Pictures Aug 1952]
 | Directed by Howard Hawks, from the A.B. Guthrie Jr. novel; starring Kirk Douglas, Dewey Martin, Elizabeth Threatt, Arthur Hunnicutt & Buddy Baer; Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actor (AH), Best B&W Cinematography Region 1 DVD not available (2011) Warner b&w VHS [5/93] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia novel by A.B. Guthrie, Jr. [1947] Bantam mass pb [10/84] out of print/used |
"Shane" [Paramount April 1953]
 | Directed by George Stevens, screenplay by A.B. Guthrie Jr. from the Jack Schaefer story; starring Alan Ladd, Jean Arthur, Van Heflin, Brandon DeWilde, Jack Palance & Ben Johnson; Oscar nomina-tions for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Script, Best Supporting Actor (JP & BDW), won for Best Cinematography; listed at National Film Registry 1993
Paramount color DVD [8/2000] for $32.99 Hungry Minds color VHS [4/98] for $12.85 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
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novel by Jack Schaefer [1954]
Bantam Starfire pb [10/83] for $6.99 Blackstone Audio UNABR read by Grover Gardner [6/2010] for $14.96 DH Audio UNABR read by Dick Cavett [1/92] out of prodn/used hardcover edition [1992] illustrated by J. McCormick Houghton Mifflin YA [1/92] out of print/many used |
"Hondo" [Warner Nov 1953]
 | Directed by John Farrow; screenplay by James Edward Grant, based on a 1952 Louis L'Amour short story; starring John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond & James Arness; Oscar nominations for Best Script & Best Supporting Actress (GP)
Paramount color DVD [10/2005] for $7.99 MPI Home Video color VHS [9/94] for $4.28 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | novelization by Louis L'Amour [1953] The screenplay is based on the 5 July 1952 Collier's Magazine short story 'The Gift of Cochise' by Louis L'Amour; the book "Hondo" was a novelization of the film, also written by L'Amour and published by Gold Medal Books in 1953. Bantam pb [6/91] for $5.99 |
"Broken Lance" [Fox Sept 1954]
 | Directed by [blacklistee] Edward Dmytryk; starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Wagner, Jean Peters, Richard Widmark, Hugh O'Brian & Earl Holliman; won Oscar for Best Script, nominated for Best Supporting Actress (Katy Jurado) Fox color DVD [5/2005] for $12.99 Fox color VHS [2/93] for $14.98 full credits from IMDb |
"Bad Day At Black Rock" [MGM Jan 1955]
 | After World War II, a one-armed man arrives at a whistle-stop town; he is shunned and his life is endangered as the townspeople protect their dark secrets. Directed by John Sturges; starring Spencer Tracy, Robert Ryan, Anne Francis, Dean Jagger, Walter Brennan, Ernest Borgnine & Lee Marvin; Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Script, Best Actor (Tracy)
Warner widescreen color DVD [12/2012] for $7.99 Warner widescreen color DVD [5/2005] out of prodn/used Turner Home Video color VHS [8/96] for $10.00 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia watch official trailer [12/2011 upload; 3:23] online at YouTube |
"You can learn more from John Sturges' audio track on the 'Bad Day At Black Rock' laserdisk than you can
in 20 years of film school." — Paul Thomas Anderson, L.A. Times Calendar Letters 12 Dec 1999
listen on YouTube (with slide show): part 1 [14:46] • part 2 [14:32]
"Giant" [Warner Oct 1956]
 | Directed by George Stevens; based on the Edna Ferber novel; starring Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson, James Dean, Carroll Baker, Chill Wills, Mercedes McCambridge & Dennis Hopper; won Best Director Oscar, nominated for Best Picture, Best Script, Best Actor (RH & JD), Best Music, Best Editing, Best Costumes, Best Art Direction, Best Supporting Actress (MM)
Warner Special Edition widescreen color DVD [10/2003] 2 disks for $9.19 Warner letterbox widescreen color DVD [5/2005] out of prodn/many used Warner Video color VHS [1/2002] 2 tapes for $5.77 Warner Video color VHS [1/2002] 2 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | novel by Edna Ferber [1952] HarperPerennial/IT 8x5¼ pb [9/2000] for $10.18 Fawcett mass pb [1/80] out of print/used Buccaneer 9x5¾ library hardcover [1/96] for $29.95 BooksOnTape UNABR audio [1984] out of prodn/used |
"The Big Country" [United Artists Oct 1958]
 | Directed by William Wyler; based on the Donald Hamilton novel; starring Gregory Peck, Jean Simmons, Carroll Baker, Charlton Heston, Burl Ives & Charles Bickford; won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Ives), nominated for Best Music
M.G.M. Video widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2011] for $8.99 MGM/UA widescreen color DVD [5/2001] for $8.99 MGM/UA color VHS [5/2000] for $8.95 MGM/UA color VHS [7/94] 2 tapes for $8.95 MGM/UA widescreen VHS [9/97] 2 tapes for $9.69 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia novel by Donald Hamilton [Dell 1958] Dell mass pb [11/71] out of print/used Dell mass pb [1958] out of print/used |
"The Alamo" [Batjac/Alamo Oct 1960]
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|  | Directed by & starring John Wayne; co-starring Richard Widmark, Richard Boone, Laurence Harvey, Frankie Avalon, Patrick Wayne, Linda Cristal, Chill Wills & Denver Pyle; Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor (Wills), Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Music (Dimitri Tiomkin), won Oscar for Best Sound
MGM/UA widescreen color [162 min.} DVD [12/2000] for $10.99 MGM/UA UNCUT {202 min.} color VHS [12/2001] for $3.95 MGM/UA widescreen color[173 min.} VHS [6/97] 2 tapes for $5.27 Sony soundtrack CD [3/95] out of prodn/many used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"How The West Was Won" [M.G.M./Cinerama Feb 1963]
"Cat Ballou" [Columbia June 1965]
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Hilarious parody, an utter delight, with Marvin in a dual role; Cole & Kaye step out and sing parts of the story, accompanied by banjo music. Directed by Elliot Silverstein; based on the novel by Roy Chanslor; starring Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin, Michael Callan, Dwayne Hickman, Nat 'King' Cole, Stubby Kaye, Tom Nardini, Arthur Hunnicutt & John Marley; won Best Actor Oscar (LM), nominated for Best Script, Best Editing, Best Music, Best Song
Columbia/TriStar widescreen color DVD [8/2000] for $6.99 Columbia/TriStar color VHS [1/92] for $7.99 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "The Ballad of Cat Ballou" [1956] by Roy Chanslor Signet mass pb [1963] out of print/used Little, Brown mass pb [1956] out of print/used Little, Brown hardcover [1956] out of print/used |
"The Professionals" [Columbia Nov 1966]
 | Written & directed by Richard Brooks; based on a Frank O'Rourke novel; starring Burt Lancaster, Lee Marvin, Robert Ryan, Woody Strode, Jack Palance, Claudia Cardinale & Ralph Bellamy; Oscar nominations for Best Director, Best Script, Best Cinematography
Sony Pictures Home Ent. widescreen color Blu-ray [6/2008] for $14.99 Sony Pictures Home Ent. Special Edition widescreen color DVD [4/2005] for $10.99 Columbia/TriStar widescreen color DVD [7/99] for $9.82 Columbia/TriStar color VHS [6/93] for $3.57 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia "A Mule For The Marquesa" novel by Frank O'Rourke [1964] Pocket mass pb [4/87] out of print/used Avon mass pb [1969] out of print/used |
"The Wild Bunch" [Warner/Seven Arts June 1969]
 | A deep meditation on the ending of the Western frontier, controversial for the vividness of the on-screen violence, yet superbly romantic: All that a Western tale should be. Directed by Sam Peckinpah; starring William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan, Edmond O'Brien, Ben Johnson, Warren Oates, and the scurrilous L.Q. Jones & Strother Martin; Oscar nominations for Best Script & Best Music; N.F.S.C. award for Best Cinematography; listed at National Film Registry (1999)
Warner Home Video 134-min. widescreen color Blu-ray [9/2007] for $7.99 Warner Video 145-min. Director's Cut widescreen color DVD [8/97] for $10.19 Warner Video 145-min. Special Edition widescreen color DVD [8/97] 2 disks for $9.99 Warner Video 134-min. 30th Anniv. Edition color VHS [11/2001] for $1.49 {sic} full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Sam Peckinpah's The Wild Bunch" [1998] Screenplay & critical text, edited by Stephen Prince Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/98] for $35.75 |
Directed by Paul Seydor; Oscar-nominated documentary short; full credits from IMDb
available on two-disk DVD as above for $9.99
"Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid" [Fox Sept 1969]
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Directed by George Roy Hill; starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Katharine Ross & Strother Martin; won Oscars for Best Script (William Goldman), Best Cinematography, Best Music, Best Song, nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Sound; also won W.G.A. Award, 9 BAFTA awards, Grammy Award, 2 Laurel Awards; listed at National Film Registry (2003); at end of 2011, holds #33 box office ranking, at 70,557,900 tickets
Fox widescreen color Blu-ray [5/2008] for $16.99 Fox Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [6/2006] two disks for $14.99 Fox Special Edition widescreen color DVD [5/2000] out of prodn/many used Fox Special Edition color VHS [5/2000] for $4.00 Fox Special Edition color VHS [5/2003] for $4.09 A&M soundtrack CD [7/87] for $8.95 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | script in book form [1969] by William Goldman (with photos) Bantam mass pb [9/69] out of print/used Bantam mass pb [9/69] out of print/used Dell mass pb [1975] out of print/used |
"The Resurrection of Broncho Billy"
[U.S.C./Universal June 1970]
 | 23-minute short film made by 'watershed' team of U.S.C. student filmmakers; a boy living in the city dreams of life as a cowboy in the West. Produced & co-written by John Longenecker; directed & co-written by James R. Rokos; co-written, editing & music by John Carpenter; co-written & cinematography by Nick Castle; co-written by Trace Johnston; narrated by Ruth Hussey & Rick Nelson; starring Johnny Crawford & Kristin Harmon Nelson; won the Oscar for Best Live Action Short Subject VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
watch copy from French TV free online at YouTube: Part 1 [10:00] • Part 2 [10:20]
"Little Big Man" [Dec 1970]
 | Directed by Arthur Penn; based on the Thomas Berger novel; starring Dustin Hoffman, Faye Dunaway, Martin Balsam, Richard Mulligan, Jeff Corey & Aimée Eccles; nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar (Chief Dan George) and for W.G.A. Best Adaptation
Paramount widescreen color Blu-ray [11/2011] for $15.49
Paramount widescreen color DVD [4/2003] for $11.99 Paramount color VHS [11/2000] for $9.65 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | based on the 1964 novel by Thomas Berger
Delacorte 8x5¼ pb [10/89] for $10.88 Isis UNABR audio CD [3/2002] for 107.89 commercial price book sequel "Return of Little Big Man" by Thomas Berger [1999] Back Bay Books 8¼x5½ pb [3/2000] for $18.01 Little, Brown 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/99] out of print/dozens used Isis UNABR audio CD [9/2002] for $107.89 commercial price |
"McCabe & Mrs. Miller" [Warner Bros. 1971]
 | Co-written & directed by Robert Altman [1925-2006]; based on the Edmund Naughton novel; starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane, John Schuck, Bert Remsen & Shelley Duvall; nominated for Best Actress Oscar (JC); listed on National Film Registry (2010)
Warner widescreen color DVD [6/2002] for $5.62 Warner color VHS [5/99] for $3.50 Warner color VHS [8/93] for $6.48 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia based on the 1964 novel by Edmund Naughton Leisure Books mass pb [2/91] out of print/used Berkeley Medallion movie tie-in mass pb [1971] out of print/used |
"Blazing Saddles" [Warner Bros. Feb 1974]
 | Co-written & directed by Mel Brooks; starring Cleavon Little & Gene Wilder; Oscar nominations for Best Supporting Actress (Madeline Kahn), Best Editing, Best Song; won W.G.A. Award for Best Comedy; listed at National Film Registry (2006); at end of 2011, holds #48 box office ranking, at 63,227,500 tickets
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [9/2006] for $9.99 Warner Home Video Special Edition widescreen color DVD [6/2004] for $4.99 Warner widescreen color DVD [8/97] out of prodn/used Creative Design Ltd Edition Collectors Set DVD [6/2000] out of prodn/used Warner Special Edition color VHS [4/2001] for $2.95 Warner Special Edition widescreen color VHS [4/2001] for $19.95 full credits from IMDb • theme music [1min:55sec] • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "Back In The Saddle: A Retrospective" [Warner Home Video 2001] half-hour docufilm that discusses the 1974 movie "Blazing Saddles" and its place in modern culture • Produced by Jonathan Gaines; featuring interviews with producer-director Mel Brooks, writer Andrew Bergman, producer Michael Hertzberg, Harvey Korman, Gene Wilder, Burton Gilliam; with archive footage of Dom DeLuise, John Hillerman, Madeline Kahn, Alex Karras, Cleavon Little, Jessamine Milner, Slim Pickens DVD/Blu-ray not available • full credits at IMDb watch short film [8/2019 upload; 28:25] online at YouTube |
"Days of Heaven" [Paramount Sept 1978]
 | Written & directed by Terrence Malick; Néstor Almendros won an Oscar for his superb cinematography; starring Richard Gere, Brooke Adams, Sam Shepard, Linda Manz & Robert J. Wilke
Criterion widescreen color DVD [10/2007] for $33.99 Paramount widescreen DVD [3/99] out of prodn/many used Paramount color VHS [5/97] out of prodn/used Paramount widescreen VHS [5/98] out of prodn/used 101 Distribution import soundtrack CD [3/2010] for $30.52 {with "Sister Sara" tracks} full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Comes A Horseman" [Chartoff-Winkler 1978]
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Directed by Alan J. Pakula; starring James Caan, Jane Fonda & Jason Robards Jr.; nominated for Best Supporting Actor Oscar (Richard Farnsworth) MGM/UA widescreen color DVD [4/2001] for $11.99 MGM/UA color VHS [4/2001] for $2.30 {sic} MGM/UA widescreen color VHS [4/2001] for $25.50 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"City Slickers" [Columbia June 1991]
 | Directed by Ron Underwood; starring Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Bruno Kirby, Josh Mostel & David Paymer; won Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Jack Palance)
Columbia/TriStar color VHS [9/92] for $2.99 {sic} MGM/UA widescreen DVD [5/2001] out of prodn/many, many used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia sequel "City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold" [Columbia June 1994] Directed by Paul Weiland Castle Rock color VHS [1/99] for $9.94 full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Dances With Wolves" [Orion Nov 1990]
"Unforgiven" [Warner Bros Aug 1992]
 | Directed by & starring Clint Eastwood; co-starring Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris & Frances Fisher; won Oscars for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (GH), Best Editing, nominated for Best Script, Best Actor (CE), Best Cinematography, Best Art Direction, Best Sound; also won D.G.A. Award, nominated for Best Script by W.G.A.; listed on Time Magazine's All-TIME 100 Movies (10/2005)
Warner Home Video widescreen color Blu-ray [10/2006] for $18.12 Warner Home Video widescreen color snap-case DVD [3/97] for $15.20 Warner Home Video color VHS [8/2000] for $7.48 Warner Home Video widescreen color VHS [3/2001] for $9.99 Warner Home Video color VHS w/Spanish subtitles [7/2000] out of prodn/used Verese soundtrack CD [8/92] out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb • movie entry at Wikipedia |
"Brokeback Mountain"
[Focus Features/Paramount Sept 2005]
  | This may not be yer 'classic' Western, but it has cowboys and horses and a love story, and it was nominated for 8 Oscars – and made its production costs back in the first week of release. In 1963, a ranch hand and a rodeo cowboy meet while herding sheep in the mountains of Wyoming; their decades-long bond is profound and passionate and poignant and ultimately tragic. Directed by Ang Lee; co-produced & script by Larry McMurtry & Diana Ossana, based on the 1997 short story by Annie Proulx; starring Heath Ledger [1979-2008], Jake Gyllenhaal, Randy Quaid, Michelle Williams & Anne Hathaway; won Oscars for Best Director, Best Script Adaptation & Best Original Music Score, also nominated for Best Picture, Best Actor (HL), Best Supporting Actor (JG), Best Supporting Actress (MW) & Best Cinematography; won 4 BAFTA Awards (plus 5 noms); won C.S.A., D.G.A., P.G.A. & W.G.A. Awards, 2 Independent Spirit Awards, and a Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival Universal Studios widescreen color Blu-ray [1/2010] for $16.73 Focus Features Collector's Edition widescreen color DVD [1/2007] 2 disks for $4.55 Universal Studios widescreen color DVD [4/2006] for $3.99 Focus Features soundtrack CD [11/2005] 17 tracks for $11.42 full credits from IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia 11"x17" poster from Amazon for $2.10 {sic} 27"x40" poster from Amazon for $12.99 |
"True Grit" [Paramount Dec 2010]
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PREDICTION 12/2010: Lots of 'Oscar buzz' on this film, especially for the actress Hailee Steinfeld. The remake is based directly on the 1968 novel by Charles Portis, rather than on the 1969 John Wayne film. Location filming in Texas and in in New Mexico (Buena Vista Ranch, Charles R Ranch, Cristobal Ranch, Pecos, Santa Clara Pueblo, and Garson Studios). A 14-year-old farm girl hires reprobate U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn to track down her father's killer, and forces him to take her along. Co-produced, adapted & directed by Joel & Ethan Coen; starring Jeff Bridges, Hailee Steinfeld, Matt Damon, Josh Brolin & Barry Pepper; ten Oscar noms, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Adapted Script - but no wins; won BAFTA for Cinematography, Western Heritage Bronze Wrangler Award, A.F.I. Movie of The Year Paramount Pictures widescreen color Blu-ray/DVD combo [6/2011] 2 disks for $15.49 Paramount Pictures widescreen color DVD [6/2011] for $14.99 Nonesuch soundtrack CD [12/2010] 20 tracks for $14.99 full credits at IMDb • official movie site • movie entry at Wikipedia |
 | "True Grit: A Novel" [1968] by Charles Portis First serialized in Saturday Evening Post Magazine in 1968, then published in slightly-altered book form. Elderly spinster Mattie Ross tells of her long-ago quest at age fourteen to avenge her father's death with the help of a U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger. • book entry at Wikipedia Overlook Trade 8x5½ pb [11/2010] for $10.17 Overlook Trade 8x5½ pb [8/2007] out of print/many used Overlook Trade pb [12/2002] out of print/used Amereon Ltd. 8¼x5½ hardcover [1/2011] for $29.95 S&S 8¼x5¾ hardcover [6/68] out of print/many used |
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"Monte Walsh", "The Magnificent Seven", "The Searchers",
both "3:10 To Yuma" movies, or anything by Budd Boetticher . . .
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Road Movies Film Festival at Magic Lantern
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