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El Dorado (1966)
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El Dorado doesn't quite have the scope or ambition of Howard Hawks's greatest Westerns, Red River and Rio Bravo. But this relaxed picture, made near the end of Hawks's marvelous career, still shows the steady, sure hand of a master. Hawks reunites with John Wayne, playing a hired gun mixed up in a range war; Robert Mitchum is Wayne's old pal, now a sheriff in the midst of a hopeless drunken bender. James Caan, in one of his first sizable roles, plays a kid who can't shoot straight and wears a funny hat (every character in the movie makes fun of this hat). As the plot moves along, it begins to resemble Rio Bravo...
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| El Dorado Movie Review by William (7/22/2009) |
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El Dorado is probably the best kinda-sorta sequel to Rio Bravo ever done. The story about two buddies, one a drunken sheriff(kinda familar, huh), and the other an old friend who later becomes his deputy, tries to fight off a group of hired guns led by a guy named of Jason( played by Ed Asner). John Wayne, who plays Cole...
(complete El Dorado review by William)
The John Wayne marathon continues with another of the Top Twelve John Wayne films. This one with John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, and James Caan - three of the biggest names in movies. Directed by Howard Hawks, who directed one of my all-time favorite war movies - Sergeant York.
While The Duke is helping his friend Mitchum,...
(complete El Dorado review by Movie Addict)
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