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When discussing the history of the Western genre, many names and movies spring to mind, whether it be the landmark John Wayne film Stagecoach (1939) or Clint Eastwood's masterful deconstruction of the genre with 1992's Unforgiven. However, there is one series of movies that are often overlooked and underrated.
The team-up of actor Randolph Scott, director Budd Boetticher, and producer Harry Joe Brown created a series known as the "Ranown Cycle" of Westerns. We will examine why these Westerns remain underrated, their importance in the genre's history, and why you should watch them.
The Ranown Cycle of Films and The Studio Behind It
The "Ranown Cycle" refers to a series of Western films made between 1956 and 1960, directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott. Prior to their collaboration,...
When discussing the history of the Western genre, many names and movies spring to mind, whether it be the landmark John Wayne film Stagecoach (1939) or Clint Eastwood's masterful deconstruction of the genre with 1992's Unforgiven. However, there is one series of movies that are often overlooked and underrated.
The team-up of actor Randolph Scott, director Budd Boetticher, and producer Harry Joe Brown created a series known as the "Ranown Cycle" of Westerns. We will examine why these Westerns remain underrated, their importance in the genre's history, and why you should watch them.
The Ranown Cycle of Films and The Studio Behind It
The "Ranown Cycle" refers to a series of Western films made between 1956 and 1960, directed by Budd Boetticher and starring Randolph Scott. Prior to their collaboration,...
- 7/29/2024
- by Adam Symchuk
- MovieWeb
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As the credits come up on screen at the end of Dead for a Dollar, the dedication “In Memory of Budd Boetticher” is bannered so prominently next to the title, it could almost serve as a subtitle for the film itself.
In fact, it’s not entirely clear whether or not it officially is the film’s subtitle. Either way, this entertaining latest feature from venerable writer-producer-director Walter Hill is soaked in elegiac love for the clean lines, brisk storytelling and moral clarity of classic westerns, like the kind Boetticher used to make, such as The Cimarron Kid (1952), The Man From the Alamo (1953) or Comanche Station (1960). Even the highly jiggery-pokered look of the film, presumably shot on digital but adjusted in post so that all the blues get filtered out, makes the movie look like something made 60 or 70 years ago. The palette is a study in earth tones,...
As the credits come up on screen at the end of Dead for a Dollar, the dedication “In Memory of Budd Boetticher” is bannered so prominently next to the title, it could almost serve as a subtitle for the film itself.
In fact, it’s not entirely clear whether or not it officially is the film’s subtitle. Either way, this entertaining latest feature from venerable writer-producer-director Walter Hill is soaked in elegiac love for the clean lines, brisk storytelling and moral clarity of classic westerns, like the kind Boetticher used to make, such as The Cimarron Kid (1952), The Man From the Alamo (1953) or Comanche Station (1960). Even the highly jiggery-pokered look of the film, presumably shot on digital but adjusted in post so that all the blues get filtered out, makes the movie look like something made 60 or 70 years ago. The palette is a study in earth tones,...
- 9/6/2022
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
James Best, who played the memorable Sherrif Roscoe P. Coltrane on the hit TV series The Dukes of Hazzard, passed away yesterday at the age of 88 from complications of pneumonia. The actor played Roscoe P. Coltrane, the longtime rival to the Duke brothers, on all seven seasons of The Dukes of Hazzard, which ran from 1979 to 1985.
The actor was raised in Indiana and ended up moving to New York after serving in World War II. He found work as a fashion model which lead to him being discoverd by a casting agent. He became a contract player for Universal Pictures. He appeared in a number of films throughout the 1950s such as Winchester '73 alongside James Stewart and The Cimarron Kid with Audie Murphy. He ended up working in both TV and film throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, appearing in notable episodes of The Twilight Zone, Wagon Train and Have Gun - Will Travel,...
The actor was raised in Indiana and ended up moving to New York after serving in World War II. He found work as a fashion model which lead to him being discoverd by a casting agent. He became a contract player for Universal Pictures. He appeared in a number of films throughout the 1950s such as Winchester '73 alongside James Stewart and The Cimarron Kid with Audie Murphy. He ended up working in both TV and film throughout the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s, appearing in notable episodes of The Twilight Zone, Wagon Train and Have Gun - Will Travel,...
- 4/7/2015
- by MovieWeb
- MovieWeb
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